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Founder Institute Mentors

Philadelphia Fall 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

Abe Kwon

FI Mentor

Albert Whale

Founder & CEO, IT Security Solutions

Alfred Poor

Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The Health Tech Futurist

Anthony Putignano

Tech executive | Advisor | Angel investor, AP

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills, MSEL, PCC, CPQC®, CELC

Founder & Owner, Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Ben Williams

FI Mentor

Bill Rivkin

Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding, Citizens Bank

Bobbi Muscara

CEO - Director of Education, Ledger Academy

Brian Griffiths

FI Mentor

Carl Starkey

Co-Founder & CEO, AWSM Sauce Co

Cassie Tate

FI Mentor

Chris Morris

FI Mentor

Daniel Nelson

Recovering Accountant, Startup Economics

Daniel Ritterman

CEO & Founder, MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)

Daria Duda

Product Marketing, Consultant

David Stengle

CEO & Founder , Board++

David Postolski

Partner, Gearhart Law

Deep Parmar

Founding Partner, Caramel Advisors LLC

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Don Pancoe

Chief Blinker, Blinkenlights Technologies

Drew Chapin

Partner, The Discoverability Company

Dustin Betz

Director of Operations, White Rose Ventures

Ellen Weber

Executive Director, Robin Hood Ventures

Elzat Erken

Founder | SEO Specialist, Stevie AI

Eric Torigian

CEO and Managing Director, Advisory Services, CHRO Solutions

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

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

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

Jon Wonnell

CEO, Transformative Sciences LLC

Josh Devon

CEO, Sublime Strategy

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Karen Robinson

Pitch Deck & Data Room Advisor, Karen Robinson Consulting

Karina Sotnik

Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart

Mac Goswami

Senior Technical Program Manager, Fiserv Inc

Maggie Dillon

CEO, Empress Security Insights, LLC

Mara Schwartz

FI Mentor

Mark Crouse

FI Mentor

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Matthew C Philistine, AWMA®

Startup Mentor, MCP Insurance Group

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Mellie Chow

Venture Partner, Archangel Axion

Michael Spidaliere

Principal, First Time Founder Capital

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

Mose Cassaro

FI Mentor

Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA

Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science

Nathan Mancine

FI Mentor, LeanTaaS

Nicholas Mattero

FI Mentor

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Orly Zeewy

Brand Strategist, Zeewy Brands

Owen Occhetti

Consultant, Avant Technology Group

Ozan Sonmez

Co-Founder, Brutally Honest 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

Rajiv Madhok

Founder, Oorja

Randy Fisher

CEO, Expand to New Markets

Rick Nucci

FI Mentor

Ronda Siegel

Partner, RSiegel Consulting LLC

Roopak Gupta

FI Mentor

Ryan Long

CPO & Founder, OnPurpose Studio

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Sara Ledterman

General Partner, 3+ Ventures

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Stacy Kimmel

Independant Consultant , FoodVisors LLC

Stefanie Smith

Founder, Double S Consulting

Stefanos Damianakis

President, Zaruko Advisors

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Stephen Spivak

FI Mentor

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Tyler Bubin

GTM Leader: AI, Web3, B2B SaaS, Conduit.xyz

Vipin Makhija

Founder, Mentor, Advisor, Kast

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Vladimir Baranov

Founder Coach for Deep Tech Teams, Human Interfaces

Vladislav Pavlov

Founder, Furtherance Network

Wendy Moore

Founder & CEO, Eleve Talent

Will Trible

FI Mentor

Xan Hong

Owner, Drive Phase Consulting

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

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