New Bay Area Mentors (and applications due shortly)

The Summer 2010 Bay Area semester of the Founder Institute has added six new Mentors. These new Mentors will join a strong list of top-rated professionals, such as Aaron Patzer of Mint.com, Phil Libin of Evernote, Fred Joyal of 1-800-Dentist and Philip Kaplan of Blippy. The newest Mentors are:

Dave McClure - Speaker and Angel Investor
David Weekly - Cofounder of PBWiki
Eric Ries - Cofounder of IMVU and The Lean Starup
Jim Greer - CEO of Kongregate
Shervin Pishevar - CEO of SGN
Ziv Gillat - Cofounder of Eye-Fi

A complete list of the Bay Area Mentors can be seen here, and more Mentors will be added over the next few weeks.

Bay Area applications are due Tuesday, June 1st. The application form is just two questions and a LinkedIn profile. Less than 48 hours remain, so apply here.

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