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Founder Institute Mentors

Denver - Silicon Valley Fall 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 Colorado program below.

Mentors

Aaron Fitzgerald

CEO , Mars Materials

Aaron Walls

CEO, BEERMKR

Adam Burrows

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Range Ventures

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Adolfo Perez Duran

CTO, cataworx

Alex Shockley

President, Journey.AI

Alex Cooper

Fintech Innovator, Business Development Dynamo, GTM Strategist, Payments Geek, IronCEO, Mindset Coach, Ingo Money

Alexandria Scobee

Leadership Coach, Living Audaciously

Allen Martinez

Founder, Noble Digital

Allison Seabeck

Executive Director, The Warehouse Business Accelerator

Andrea Perdomo

Director Economic Inequality Initiative, Uncharted

Anke Corbin

Founder, CEO, Globig

Arjun Pillai

Founder & CEO, Insent.ai

Asa Goldstein

Founder & CEO, BrandShine Creative Services

Ashlee Cloud

Head of People Operations, Atoms

Becca Williams

Founder, Thought Distillery

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Blair Simpson

Principal, Frontier Venture Capital

Bo Brustkern

Co-Founder & CEO, LendIt Fintech

Bob Goodman

Founder, Focused Strategy LLC

Bonnie Trowbridge

Executive Director, Drive Clean Colorado

Bradley Brown

CTO, Onemata

Brandon Metzger

Community Manager, Colorado Startups

Brett Stewart

Founder & CEO, Split.Social

Brian Brown

Investor/Owner, Visionary Holdings, LLC

Brian Pontarelli

Founder and CTO, FusionAuth

Briar Prestidge

Founder and CEO, Prestidge Group

Brooks Van Norman

CEO & Founder, Brooksfield Technologies

Caroline Gash

Managing Director, IrishAngels Inc.

Cassandra John

CFO, Allumia

Cesar Gonzalez

Startup CEO Coach, Thrive Impact

Chad Johnson

Co-Founder/Architect, Thrive Workplace - WilliamChad LLC

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christian Behl

International Business Development, Cognition IP

Christine Hernandez

CEO, Bold Leader Collective

Christopher Sweat

Founder, StemFlow

Cindy Skalicky

CEO, On Point Communications, LLC

Craig Swiatek

FI Mentor

Csilla Brimer

Co-Founder, Willenrimer

Daniel O'Brien

CEO, MediaShift Technologies

David Markowski

VP, Sales and Customer Success, Everactive

David Silverstein

Founder & CEO, Amaze PBC

David Kendall

Founder, CEO & Attorney, Bold Legal LLC

David Mandell

Co-Founder, Managing Director, Massive

David Pickeral

Head of Strategy, Sheeva.ai

Dax Craig

C-Founder and President, Pie Insurance

Diane Bailey

Head of Accelerator Growth, Founder Institute

Dianne Myles

Community Chair, Denver Startup Week

Don Golden

CEO, Precision Sample LLC

Edward Chiang

CEO, Moment Energy

Elaina Mc Millan

Belief Coach, Speaker, Hypnotherapist

Elliott Lyons

Founder & CEO, EnVision App, Inc

Eric Laughlin

CEO, Tailwind Imaging

Erica Feucht

CEO, Pit Liquor

Eyal Amir

CEO, Parknav

Gabor Puhalla

Co-Founder & Partner, Coreteq Ventures

Gary Gaessler

SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements

George Morris

Founder, GMORRIS

Greg Edwards

Chief Software Architect, Gregory Edwards Inventions

Greg Narain

Founder, Founder Craft

Hanny Sunarto

CEO/Co-founder, Mike's Naturals

Ingrid Alongi

General Partner, Stage Fund

Ja Colantonio

Technology Scout, Baltimore Air Coil

Jaclyn Fu

Co-Founder & CEO, Pepper

Jacqueline Wicks

Founder, PEERtrainer, Inc

Jake Wells

Entrepreneur / EOS Implementor, Level 11 Consulting

James Waldrop

Advisor, James Waldrop Consulting

James Trevey

CTO, Forge Nano

James Fleetwood

President, GAINTECH Capital

Jamison Shelton

Program Director, World Trade Center

Jason Abromaitis

Co-Founder & CEO, Launchpad

Jen Seregos

Founder, Athena Digital

Jerry Jacobson

CEO, PatientNOW

Jim Franklin

Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Jim Dunn

Partner, D Partners

Joel Flom

Founder & Principal, Dialogue

John Allen

COO, Tilled, Inc.

John Grispon

Founder and Sales Coach, Early Revenue

John Moore

Director of Startup Support, Morrow

John Scull

Managing Director, Southern Cross Venture Partners

John Ladaga

Co-Founder, Sturppy

Jon Nordmark

Co-Founder & CEO of Iterate.ai, Co-Founder & 10-Year CEO of eBags.com

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute

Joseph Salvador

Founder and CEO, Energy Spark Inc.

Josh Berg

Managing Director, Magna Technology

Julian Busch

Director, Denver Angels

Julien Denaes

Co-Founder , Alpin

Karl Dakin

Principal, HO2

Kate Caldecourt

Strategy & Organizational Design Partner, Strategy Architect

Kelly Watters

Founder & CEO, Western Rise

Kevin Kudra

Executive Director, Rockies Venture Club

Koko Zarov

VP, Enterprise Data Sales, Onemata

Kristie Hunziker

Head of People Operations, Cloud Elements

Kristin Miller

Founder, InMotion Albums

Lang Mei

CEO, informu

Laura Fox

General Manager, Citi Bike, at Lyft Bikes and Scooters, Lyft

Leah Garcia

Founder & CEO, Nulastin

Logan Grizzel

Partner, MUUS Climate Partners

Luke Norris

Founder, Exec-Chairman, Faction Inc.

Mac Kyle

VC Associate, Skyview Ventures

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)

Marc Nager

Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Co-Founder of Startup Weekend

Marcus DeVane

Program Manager, Dell for Entrepreneurs

Mark Geene

CEO & Co-Founder, Cloud Elements

Mark Newhouse

General Partner, Innosphere Fund

Mark Tegtmeier

CEO & Design Director, Trailmerge

Mark Salsberry

CEO, Modern

Martín Martinez

Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas

Matt Mandell

Principal, PayNerd.com

Matt Frary

CEO/Founder, Digital Good

Matt Holmes

Founder & CEO, Handshaking.com

Matt Chambers

Founder, CEO, Loxo

Matt Millen

Co-Founder, Willenrimer

Mayur Vyas

CFO, Finconoso

Michael Frederick

CEO and Fund Manager, Flatirons Development

Mike Freeman

CEO, Innosphere Ventures

Mike Connolly

COO, Dope Mom Life

Mike Rosenberg

CEO, Prieto Battery

Nathan Sleadd

Chief Advisor, 8th Moment

Natty Zola

Partner, Matchstick Ventures

Nelly Yusupova

Founder, TechSpeak.co

Nick Albanese

Director of Market Research, Westly Group (Cleantech VC)

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Oza Klanjsek

Lead Director Architecture, CVS Health

Pat Riley

CEO, Global Accelerator Network

Peter Bryant

Managing Partner, Clareo

Peter Adams

Managing Director, Rockies Venture Fund

Peter Byrne

President, driveEDR

Rahul Razdan

CEO, Raz Institute

Randall Hartman

Founder, Interactive Director, Groundwrk

Rastislav Kanocz

General Partner & Co-Founder, Coreteq Ventures

Ray Hutchins

CEO, Cybersecurity Llc

Rich Maloy

Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures

Richard Fallah

Founder, Vbout.com

Rio Hodges

Director and VC Investor, Antler

Rob Rusher

Managing Partner, Mountain Office

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Ryan Gibson

Founder, Content Lift

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sandro Sacerdoti

Member & Attorney, Bold Legal LLC

Scott Yates

Co-Founder, CEO, BlogMutt

Scott Rohrbaugh

Founder, Orca EV

Scott Doniger

CMO, Growth Warrior Capital

Scout Tweedie Yates

Regional Manager , The Founder Institute HQ

Serene Papenfuss

Principal, Kickstart

Shaun Lane

Founder, NanoCrete

Shea Gerhardt

Founder & CEO, Buderflys

Sneha Lundia Agrawal

Founder & CEO, Step2Growth

Sonya Guram

Deputy Director - Business Funding & Incentives, Colorado OEDIT

Spencer Ingram

Managing Director, Colorado Angel Network

Stephen Meade

Founder & CEO, MonetaPro

Stephen Clevett

President and COO, Volta Mobility

Stephen Price

EIR, Founder Institute

Steve Jovanelly

CEO/CTO, Adattivo

Steve Meyer

CEO, Mainstreet Mobility

Steven Rooney

CEO, Intelligent Vehicle Briefs

Taj Adhav

Founder, Leasecake

Taylor Mc Lemore

Managing Director, Techstars

Teresa Densmore

Manager, The Commons on Champa

Theresa Szczurek

CEO and serial entrepreneur, Technology and Management Solutions

Tim Krebs

Founder, Pantanal Management

Todd McWhirter

Managing Partner, Oldham Beckley Investment Group

Todd Kleinhans

CEO, Zone of Hope

Todd Emaus

Executive Coach, Evolution Service Corp

Tom Schreiber

CEO, Perch Mobility

Vanessa Clark

CEO, Atomos Space

Will Sacks

Founder & CEO, Fulcrum Venture Accelerator

YJ Lin

Program Manager, Dell for Entrepreneurs

Yoav Shalev

Founder & CEO, SHALEV

Zach Nies

Managing Director, Techstars Sustainability

Ze Shan Malik

Founder, Brandathon

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