Philadelphia 2023
Founder Institute Philadelphia Mentors
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 Philadelphia program below.
Aaron Karp
Entrepreneur-in-Residence @ Founder Institute
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Alfred Poor
Keynote speaker and virtual event expert @ The Health Tech Futurist
ANDRES OLIVEROS GONZALEZ
Co-Founder @ ASTROLAB
Arsy Khodabandelou
Founder @ WoofHelp.com
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills, MSEL, PCC, CPQC®, CELC
Founder & Owner @ Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions
Bill Rivkin
Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding @ Citizens Bank
Carl Starkey
Co-Founder & CEO @ AWSM Sauce Co
Daniel Nelson
Recovering Accountant @ Startup Economics
Daniel Ritterman
CEO & Founder @ MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)
Daria Duda
Product Marketing @ Consultant
David Lasus
CEO @ Heart + Paw
Don Samoil
Managing Partner @ Trusted Scale
Don Pancoe
Chief Blinker @ Blinkenlights Technologies
Ed Keenan
Lead Principal @ iO Associates
Elena Mlotok
General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand @ Amazon
Ellen Weber
Executive Director @ Robin Hood Ventures
Eric Torigian
CEO and Managing Director, Advisory Services @ CHRO Solutions
Eric Griffin
Frank Vito
Corporate & Technology Attorney @ OlenderFeldman LLP
Heather Lawver
Founder & CEO @ Ceemo
Isabelle Kent
Jasmin Sethi
CEO @ Sethi Clarity Advisers
Jedidiah Weller
CEO @ OpenForge
Jesse DiLaura
Joe Daniels
Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies @ Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Joel Ginsparg
Managing Partner @ Firelight Partners, LLC
John Weathers
Business Development & Research Consultant | Board Member | Co-Founder & Director @ Vizmoo.com | BenchK12.com | The Cultural Bridge Project
John Schnelle
Director of Sales @ Early Charm Ventures
Jon Zaikowski
Assistant Director @ New York Angels
Jon Wonnell
CEO @ Transformative Sciences LLC
Ken Cheo
Larry Gordon
Managing Director @ Gordon Risk Solutions
Leong Cheah
Founder & CEO @ ae'lkimi Consulting FZ LLE
Mac Goswami
Senior Technical Program Manager @ Fiserv Inc
Mara Schwartz
Matt Salerno
Matt Star
Co-Founder / Head of Operations @ Narrator
Michael Bertoni
Founder and CEO @ SaaS Talent
Michael Spidaliere
Principal @ First Time Founder Capital
Michelle Peters
Co-Founder & CEO @ Supplino
Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA
Senior Director of Product and Business Development @ Allarta Life Science
Noah Wallach
Founder @ Hope OS
Orly Zeewy
Brand Strategist @ Zeewy Brands
Owen Occhetti
Consultant @ Avant Technology Group
Pam Knox
CEO/Chief Strategist @ Pam Knox LLC
Paul Mosenson
Owner @ NuSpark Consulting and NuSpark Media
Raghu Rao
CEO @ Splitbyte Inc
Raoul Davis
CEO @ Ascendant Group
Roger Yomba Ngue
Founder & CEO @ Dhaxle Inc
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Scott Wittrock
Fractional CPO @ Head for Product
Seth Goldstein
Principal Creative Director @ Goldstein Media LLC
Solomon Asad
Principal @ SSCP
Stefanos Damianakis
President @ Zaruko Advisors
Stephan Thomas
Managing Partner @ Artimon3D
Stephen Spivak
Tim Dodd
Founder @ JTD Group
Tovit Neizer
Chief Storyteller @ Yellow Bricks
Zach Messler
Founder @ 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)
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