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Founder Institute Mentors

North Carolina 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 North Carolina program below.

Mentors

Anjul Singhvi

SEO Manager|Digital Strategist Cisco|Digital Marketing Specialist, Reunion Marketing

Anthony Rotoli

CEO, Ocelot

Bill Fields

NC Market Leader for Venture Debt, Bridge Bank

Bill Harper

CEO & Chief Creative Officer, BrandBossHQ

Brian Reale

Founder, Processmaker.com

Chris Hare

CEO, PRTI

Christian Palombo

Chief Revenue Officer , Sprockets

Clay Lehman

CTO, Firm360

Danielle Livy

VP of Marketing, Viably

Dennis McCarron

VP, Head of Corporate Strategy and Development , Sabre

Erica Jenkins

Founder, Erica Jenkins Consulting

Erik Severinghaus

VP, Bloomfilter, Inc

Greg Brown

President, Cardinal Finance LLC

Greg Lissy

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Finmark

Gregg Armitage

CEO, FoundHuman

Gregg Bordes

Managing Partner, Front Porch Venture Partners

Jan Davis

Managing Partner, Davis Growth Partners

Jenn Summe

Startup Investor, Primordial

Jesse Jones

Owner, Fourscore Business Law

Jesse Lipson

CEO, Levitate

John Turner

Director of Engineering, Ampla

Jonathan Rollman

Founder, ProdUx Design

Joshua Herzig Marx

Founder and PM Coach, Founder and PM Coach

Joshua Diver

Partner at Smith Anderson & General Counsel RTP Angel Fund, Smith Anderson

K.J. Royal

Co-Founder, The Startup Studio

Laura Maiurano

CRO & Co-Founder, Fivefoottwo Marketing

Linda Sanders

Managing Director, Transition360 Partners

Lister Delgado

Founder and Managing Partner, IDEA Fund Partners

Mark Kelley

Co-Founder, Zero Copy Labs

Merrill Mason

Owner, Smith Anderson

Oz Merchant

CEO, Founders Local

Ray Antonino

CEO, Co-Founder, PERMITS.com

Robert Williams

Managing Partner, 3 Waves Capital

Scot Wingo

CEO, Spiffy

Sean Mitton

Professional Speaker & Coach, Question Based Mind Mapping

Steve Klein

Former Co-founder, Statuspage.io (acquired by Atlassian)

Tobi Walter

Partner, Cofounders Capital

Todd Brengel

SVP, Sales, The Muse

Tom Collopy

CEO, Co-founder, Unbiased Insights, Inc.

Tom Fisher

Founding Advisory Board Member, Carry Venture Capital

Venus Liles

Startup Attorney & Founder of Liles Law, Liles Law

Yasin Abbak

CEO / CoFounder, GroupUps

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