Founder Institute Mentors

Wisconsin - Chicago 2023 (MERGED)

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 Wisconsin program below.

Mentors

Anthony Swindell

Director gBETA, Gener8tor

Arlene Martin

Founder & CEO, Martin Financial Resources, LLC

Bill Furlong

Founder & CEO, SquareStack

Carrie Thome

Managing Director , NVNG Investment

Dave Aumuller

Co-Director, Founder Institute of Wisconsin

Dave Saliaris

Owner, Saliaris Consulting Group LLC

David Atkinson

Founder, President and CEO, Z Sphere, Inc

George Vukotich

Founder, FinTank

Grady Buchanan

FI Mentor

James Pruitt

Founder & President, Pruitt Zabkowicz S.C.

Jason Jacobsohn

Managing Director, Propellant Ventures

Jason Wischer

Advisory Solutions Consultant, Kanini Software Solutions

Jeff Hunter

Co-Director, Founder Institute, Wisconsin

Jeffrey Daniel

Co-Director, Founder Institute, Wisconsin

Jim De Long

Independent Consultant, SeriousBots

John Prinz

Founder, Managing Partner, Gordian Growth & Income Fund

Kiran Vedak

CTO, Designs Touch

Leslee Cohen

Managing Partner, AllRise Legal Counsel, Leslee Cohen PC

Meg Schmitz

Senior Franchise Consultant, FranChoice

Michael Hipp

Director Global Costing, Johnson Controls, Inc

Mike Foley

Owner, Divinci Painters, Inc

Monte Mitchell

President & CEO, Fourtre Consulting

Peter Tapling

Managing Director, PTap Advisory, LLC

Peter Layton

CEO/Partner, Tallgrass Group/Blackthorne Capital Management

Rick Onyon

CEO, PosIQ

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Scott Kortendick

Co-Director, Founder Institute, Wisconsin

Tony Bigonia

Co-Director, Founder Institute, Wisconsin

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