Our 600+ Mentors are the backbone of the Founder Institute - providing the passion, dedication, and support that helped launch 300 businesses since the Institute was founded in 2009, and will help launch another 500 businesses in 2011. Mentors have shared their hard lessons and inspired our Founders to build the next generation of meaningful and enduring technology companies.
Among these great individuals, there are some Mentors that stand out. This past Wednesday, we celebrated these extraordinary Mentors at our first annual Mentor Awards Luncheon, where we gave out the following awards:
- Most Interesting Mentor Company: Mosoro, by Mike Stemple (Co-Founder of SkinIt)
- Most Sessions Mentored: Joe Betts-La Croix (Co-Founder of OQO)
- Most Locations Mentored: Matthew Mandell (Serial Entrepreneur)
- Highest Rated Mentor in Asia: Ann Burgraff (National University of Singapore Enterprise)
- Highest Rated Mentor in Europe: Jonathan Benassaya (Founder & CEO of Plizy)
- Highest Rated Mentor in the Eastern U.S: Roger Yee (Founder & CEO of ShadowLogic)
- Highest Rated Mentor in the Western U.S: Justin Moore (CEO of Axcient)
- Highest Rated Individual Session: Gabe Zichermann (Editor at Gamification.co)
- Most Supportive Mentor: David Weekly (Founder of PBWorks)
- Highest Rated Overall: Phil Libin (CEO of Evernote)
Congrats to our great winners!
