Weiting Liu
Co-Founder & CEO, SocialPicks

Weiting is the co-founder of SocialPicks, a Silicon-Valley based startup changing the way stock investors discuss and share ideas on the Web. Weiting has a MS in MS&E Finance from Stanford University and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and previously held several technical and product roles at silicon valley startups.

SocialPicks recently announced a partnership with Reuters for its Stock Buzz social network product. SocialPicks is backed by Bay Partners, Y Combinator, and prominent silicon valley angels, including the founders of social networks such as Bebo and HotorNot.

Sessions

10:00am Thursday, 02/07/2008

Collective Money Management

Location: Starlight Roof

Jimmy Guterman (O'Reilly Media, Inc. ), Ken Kam (Marketocracy), Steven A. Carpenter (Cake Financial), Weiting Liu (SocialPicks), Richard 'Rikki' Tahta (Covestor), Michiel de Boer (Zecco)

The stock market has long been seen as the antithesis of sharing. There is only so much money to be made, so why would you tell anyone else your good ideas? How, then, do we explain the rise of a host of new web-based services predicated on sharing information about trades and stocks? Read more.