GamesBeat speaker spotlight: VCs Tim Chang and Bing Gordon to talk on gaming’s future

We’re pleased to announce that Tim Chang, managing director at Mayfield Fund, and Bing Gordon, a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will speak together in a joint fireside chat at our GamesBeat 2013 conference on Oct. 29-Oct. 30 in Redwood City, Calif.

Tim Chang, managing director at Mayfield Fund
Tim Chang, the managing director at Mayfield Fund.

I will moderate the talk, “The view from the balcony: What’s hot or not? Trends and predictions.” Both Chang and Gordon are among the most visible investors in disruptive game companies. They have co-invested in companies such as Ngmoco and Ouya.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.