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Founder Institute Mentors

Pittsburgh - 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 Pittsburgh program below.

Mentors

Aaron Karp

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Albert Whale

Founder & CEO, IT Security Solutions

Alfred Poor

Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The 75% Solution

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills

Founder & Owner, Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions

Bill Jackson

Co-founder and CEO, Sinovia Technologies

Bill Rivkin

Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding, Citizens Bank

Carl Starkey

Co-Founder & CEO, AWSM Sauce Co

David Cerniglia

Software Developer, The Dev Shop

David Schneider

CEO, Shortlist.io

Deep Parmar

Founding Partner, Caramel Advisors LLC

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Don Pancoe

Chief Blinker, Blinkenlights Technologies

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

Jim Jordan

CEO, StraTactic, Inc.

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

Juan Lacey

CEO, Farms Close By

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Lauren Townsend

Co-Founder, Millie's Ice Cream

Mac Goswami

Senior Portfolio/Program Manager, Fiserv Inc

Maggie Dillon

CEO, Empress Security Insights, LLC

Manush Saydmohammed

Co-founder & CEO, Zegenex

Martina Truche

Healthcare Innovator , Space Medicine Enthusiast

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

Nathan Mancine

FI Mentor, LeanTaaS

Orly Zeewy

Brand Strategist, Zeewy Brands

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

Randy Eager

CEO and Co-Founder, SilisiumTech Inc.

Randy Fisher

CEO, Expand to New Markets

Ryan Long

Founder & CEO, Pique Solutions

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Shawn Johnston

CEO, Destination Renew (Transformational Life Coach)

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

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