Founder Institute Mentors

Philadelphia Fall 2024

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Philadelphia program below.

Mentors

Aaron Karp

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute

Abby Sugar

CEO, Play Out Apparel

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform

Alan Rihm

Managing member, Entrevest

Alfred Poor

Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The 75% Solution

Amrish Macedo

Co-Founder, Intempio

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills

Founder & Owner, Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions

Bill Rivkin

Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding, Citizens Bank

Carl Starkey

Co-Founder & CEO, AWSM Sauce Co

Chris Foltz

Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents

Daniel Nelson

Recovering Accountant, Startup Economics

Daniel Rosenthal

Partnerships Manager, StartEngine

Daniel Ritterman

CEO & Founder, MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)

Daria Duda

Product Marketing, Consultant

David Lasus

CEO, Heart + Paw

David Stengle

CEO & Founder , Board++

David Schneider

FI Mentor

Deep Parmar

Founding Partner, Caramel Advisors LLC

Don Samoil

COO, Blacksite Solutions

Don Pancoe

CTO, Kapsul

Ed Keenan

Lead Principal, iO Associates

Elena Mlotok

General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon

Ellen Weber

Executive Director, Robin Hood Ventures

Eric Torigian

CEO and Managing Director, Advisory Services, CHRO Solutions

Eric Griffin

FI Mentor

Frank Vito

Corporate & Technology Attorney , OlenderFeldman LLP

Frank Jacquette

FI Mentor

Gary Cohen

Owner, Practical Agility LLC

Geoffrey Kent

Founder and CEO, I left corporate America 24 years ago, and launched my current venture (Think Big with Geoffrey Kent) 4 years ago.

Greg Mester

President, Idea Communication Networks, Inc.

Heather Lawver

Founder & CEO, Ceemo

Isabelle Kent

FI Mentor

Jasmin Sethi

CEO, Sethi Clarity Advisers

Jedidiah Weller

CEO, OpenForge

Jennifer Sydeski Hurd

CEO, Connect Wolf

Jess Edelstein

FI Mentor

Jesse DiLaura

FI Mentor

Joe Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Joel Ginsparg

Managing Partner, Firelight Partners, LLC

John Weathers

Business Development & Research Consultant | Board Member | Co-Founder & Director, Vizmoo.com | BenchK12.com | The Cultural Bridge Project

John Schnelle

Director of Sales, Early Charm Ventures

John Wilson

FI Mentor

Jon Zaikowski

Assistant Director, New York Angels

Jon Wonnell

CEO, Transformative Sciences LLC

Jonathon Beschen

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June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Karina Sotnik

Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart

Ken Cheo

FI Mentor

Kiley Giebel

Managing Partner, Techstars

Mac Goswami

CEO and Startup Advisor, Infosys and Macgen Ventures

Mara Schwartz

FI Mentor

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Michael Bertoni

Founder and CEO, SaaS Talent

Michael Spidaliere

Principal, First Time Founder Capital

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

Morgan Doyle

Associate Director - Buisness Development, Corporate Tax Incentives (CTI)

Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA

Senior Director, Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science

Nathan Mancine

FI Mentor, Hospital IQ

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Orly Zeewy

Brand Strategist, Zeewy Brands

Owen Occhetti

Consultant, Avant Technology Group

Ozan Sonmez

Co-Founder, SAGE HQ & Zillion Pitches UC Berkeley SCET Global Ambassador

Pam Knox

CEO/Chief Strategist, Pam Knox LLC

Paul Mosenson

Owner, NuSpark Consulting and NuSpark Media

Pete Biggam

Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute

Peter Chmiel

Owner, Cutting Edge Consulting

Raghu Rao

CEO, Splitbyte Inc

Rajiv Madhok

Founder, Oorja

Randy Fisher

CEO, Expand to New Markets

Raoul Davis

CEO, Ascendant Group

Ryan Long

Founder & CEO, Pique Solutions

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Scott Wittrock

Fractional CPO, Head for Product

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Shawn Gregoire

FI Mentor

Solomon Asad

Venture Partner, Forward Deployed VC

Stefanos Damianakis

President, Zaruko Advisors

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Stephen Spivak

FI Mentor

Tanya Williamson

Chief Visionary Officer , Tanya Williamson

Tim Dodd

Founder, JTD Group

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Trevor Longino

Chief Marketing Officer, Unito

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

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