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Founder Institute Mentors

Los Angeles Fall 2019

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 Los Angeles program below.

Mentors

Aaron Ross

Author, Predictable Revenue

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Allison Silvers

Early-Stage Investor; Startup Advisor, Tech Coast Angels

Angela Lee

CEO & Co Founder, From Fat to Finish Line

Angelo Di Leva

Founder & CEO , Simply I Do, Inc.

Bridgit Lombard

CEO & Founder, Marea Partners

Chris Bechtel

Managing Partner, Growth Engine Labs

Courtney Nichols Gould

CEO & Co Founder, SmartyPants Inc.

Delilah Panio

Vice President, Capital Formation, TMX Group

Derrick Oien

FI Mentor

Dimitri Villard

CEO, Live Longer, Inc.

Dolly Singh

CEO & Founder, Thesis Couture

Don Di Pietro

Co-Founder/COO, XIRKL Networks

Edmond Banayan

Entrepreneur / CEO / VP of Biz Development / Board Observer / Investor / Mentor, See LinkedIn

Elizabeth Topp

CEO & Co Founder, MOD - Meaningful Organizational Design

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Frank Mastronuzzi

Founding Partner, Punch Financial

Gabe Zichermann

CEO, Failosophy

Gaurav Bhattacharya

CEO & Co-Founder , Involve.ai

Gioia Messinger

Gioia Messinger - Founder and Chairman, Avaak, Inc. (San Diego/Orange County FI), LinkedObjects, Inc.

Gregg Spiridellis

CEO, JibJab

Jad Meouchy

FI Mentor

Jay Samit

Former CEO, SocialVibe

Jay Tsao

CEO & Founder, GM Technologies

Jilliene Helman

Co-Founder & CEO, Realty Mogul

Jimmy Hendricks

Jimmy Hendricks - CEO & Co-Founder, , Light Post Digital & Deal Current Network

Joe Bezdek

Co-founder, DivX, Inc.

Joe Bayen

CEO, Credit Plus

Madeline Fraser

CEO & Founder, Gemist

Mark Landay

Managing Director, Dynamic Synergy

Mark Hellinger

Chief Marketing Officer, InvolveSoft

Matt Walker

Founder, DayPoint

Michael Green

President , Tech Coast Angels

Penny Bauder

CEO & Founder, Green Kids Craft

Ralph Simon

Chairman Emeritus & Founder, MEF

Richard Koffler

CEO, Greenwings Biomedical

Robert Tercek

President, General Creativity Consulting

Ryan Kaltman

CEO, Brevity Inc

Saumya Bhatnagar

CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai

Scott Painter

Co Founder, BrightHouse

Scott Wayman

Founder & CEO, Kangarootime

Sergey Sundukovskiy

Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy

Shawn Gold

CMO, Lowell Herb Co.

Shuki Lehavi

CEO & Co-Founder, Gumiyo

Sky Meltzer

Executive Chairman, WellSet

Stephen Meade

Founder & CEO, MonetaPro

Susy Pang

Director of Customer Operations, InvolveSoft

Thom Kozik

Chief Commercial Officer, Loyyal

Walter O'brien

CEO, Scorpion Computer Services

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