Author, marketing strategist and startup advisor, Andy Smith is a Principal of Vonavona Ventures where he advises and bootstraps technical and social ventures. Over the past 20 years, he has served as an executive in the high tech industry leading teams at Dolby Labs, BIGWORDS, LiquidWit, Intel, Analysis Group, Polaroid, Integral Inc. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.As a guest lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Andy speaks on social technology, engineering virality, and brand building, with a focus on applying technology to address real problems. He is a contributor to GOOD Magazine, where he writes on businesses that embrace and integrate a social mission. He has also spoken at The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf), World 50, Marketing Week, Intel, TechCore and Interbrand, and appeared on NBS's press:here. He is also on the boards of 140 Proof, ProFounder, LIF Brands, EveryWun, and One Family One Meal.A permanent transplant to the Bay Area from New Jersey, Andy has studied in The Parthenon, lived in a converted South African prison, and counts a regiment of Windsor Castle's Scots Guards among his friends.Andy earned his MBA at UCLA's Anderson School and holds an Economics degree from Pomona College.Follow Andy on Twitter: @kabbenbockFollow The Dragonfly Effect on Twitter: @dflyeffect