Founder Institute Mentors

Greenville 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 Greenville program below.

Mentors

Aaron Smith

President, Anchora Insurance

Andrea Meade

President, Raise Craze

Anna Locke

A.T. LOCKE, A.T. LOCKE

Ben Moore

CEO, tForm and parmetric

Benjamin Moore

Founder | CEO, tForm

Chris Rogers

Founder and CTO, Ballyhoo Sports

Craig Kinley

CEO & Chairman, WiProwess & e-MERGE @ The Garage

David Setzer

CEO, Virtual Connect Technologies

David Pence

CEO, Acumen IT

Deb Sofield

CEO, Deb Sofield Speaks

Drew Felty

FI Mentor

Elizabeth Barr

Co-founder, Bev

Frank Greer

CEO, Zipit Wireless

Hao Wu

VP of Finance and Operations, BandwagonFanClub, Inc.

Harold Hughes

CEO, BANDWAGON Fanclub

Jason Premo

Chairman, Premo Ventures

Kenworth Reeves, Jr.

Founder; Co-Founder, TKG Ventures; 13 Stripes Brewery

Kevin Hendricks

Managing Partner, ELG Entrepreneurs Law Group

Kristian Pflieger

Founder, CEO, OneGarageOver

Kylie Felker

COO, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC

Lauren Taylor

CEO, Capaven

Manfred Gollent

Executive Business Coach & CEO, QLI International LLC

Matthew Klein

Managing Partner, Redrock Capital

Melissa Halliburton

CEO, BringFido

Michael Bolick

CEO, Selah Genomics

Nika White

President, CEO, Nika White Consulting, LLC

Paul Della Maggiora

Sr. Director, Sales Engineering for the Americas, NCR Retail

Peter Waldschmidt

CEO, Gnoso

Phil Yanov

Executive Producer, Tech After Five

Ryan Johnston

Publisher, Upstate Business Journal

Ryan Beck

Managing Partner, Beck Digital

Scott Cochran

President, Spartanburg Methodist College

Steve Townes

CEO, Ranger Aerospace

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