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Founder Institute Mentors

Philadelphia Spring 2024

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.

Mentors

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

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

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

Chris Sprague

CEO, Chris M. Sprague

Daniel Nelson

Recovering Accountant, Startup Economics

Daniel Ritterman

CEO & Founder, MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)

Daria Duda

Product Marketing, Consultant

David Lasus

CEO, Heart + Paw

David Schneider

CEO, Shortlist.io

Deep Parmar

Founding Partner, Caramel Advisors LLC

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Don Pancoe

Chief Blinker, Blinkenlights Technologies

Ellen Weber

Executive Director, Robin Hood Ventures

Frank Vito

Corporate & Technology Attorney , OlenderFeldman LLP

Frank Jacquette

FI Mentor

Gary Cohen

Owner, Practical Agility LLC

Geoffrey Kent

Founder and CEO, I left corporate America 24 years ago, and launched my current venture (Think Big with Geoffrey Kent) 4 years ago.

Greg Mester

President, Idea Communication Networks, Inc.

Heather Lawver

Founder & CEO, Ceemo

Isabelle Kent

FI Mentor

Jasmin Sethi

CEO, Sethi Clarity Advisers

Jedidiah Weller

CEO, OpenForge

Jess Edelstein

FI Mentor

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

Jon Zaikowski

Assistant Director, New York Angels

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Karina Sotnik

Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart

Mac Goswami

Senior Technical Program Manager, Fiserv Inc

Mara Schwartz

FI Mentor

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Michael Spidaliere

Principal, First Time Founder Capital

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

Morgan Doyle

Associate Director - Buisness Development, Corporate Tax Incentives (CTI)

Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA

Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science

Nathan Mancine

FI Mentor, LeanTaaS

Neeraj Vir

Tech Entrepreneur, Investor and Mentor, Amalgam Inc, Lotus Rise

Olek Shestakov

CEO, GlenFlow

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

Pete Biggam

Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute

Peter Chmiel

Owner, Cutting Edge Consulting

Raghu Rao

CEO, Splitbyte Inc

Randy Fisher

CEO, Expand to New Markets

Raoul Davis

CEO, Ascendant Group

Ryan Long

CPO & Founder, OnPurpose Studio

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Shawn Gregoire

FI Mentor

Stefanos Damianakis

President, Zaruko Advisors

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Stephen Spivak

FI Mentor

Tanya Williamson

Chief Visionary Officer , Tanya Williamson

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

Zoe Qiao

FI Mentor

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