Mentors
Mentors make the difference. While there is a ton of "how to turn your idea into a unicorn" advice, it is hard to always know what is right for you, the founder. Your company, your vision, may not follow the same path as those before you. Mentors help you pick out the useful advice and information from the avalanche of feedback and suggestions. They help you see what is important and what can wait. We are honored to have a phenomenal set of mentors ready to help the entrepreneurs in our Accelerator Program!
Sudhir Aggarwal
Sudhir is an financier, private investor, CEO and board member. As CEO of an internet community and commerce site, he lead a valuable exit to a strategic buyer.
Lew Altman
Lew is Managing Partner of Lew Altman Consulting. A serial entrepreneur, he makes complex technologies easy to digest and compelling to the market.
Kirsten Bay
Kirsten is a rare combination of leader, learner and cybersecurity expert. On top of that she has hacked several companies into growing, profitable enterprises.
Meg Bear
Meg is a disruptive technologist, change agent, innovator, patent holder, thought leader, TEDster, startup advisor and coach. She is endlessly curious and happy to help.
Paul Bianchi
Paul's specialty is people. With broad experience in multiple industries and high-growth, high change companies, he's ready to help you build your team!
Dr. Ann Blackburn
If you want to make sure your company culture doesn't fail, Dr. Blackburn is the one to call. She called the cultural meltdowns at Uber and Zenefits before they happened!
Noha Elfiky
Noha is a data science powerhouse. Her interests include computer vision, machine learning, and geo-localization, and she has a PhD (with honors) to back it up!
Lonnie Finkel
Lonnie is a business, finance and IP attorney who has worked with hundreds of technology start-ups. He founded Finkel Law Group to serve tech entrepreneurs.
Joshua Greenough
Josh is an experienced technology leader. His work at companies large and small gives him a unique perspective on scaling startups.
Lauren Horvath
Laura is a jack of all trades and top SaaS Executive. She single-handedly grounded the entire USAF bomber division (and almost got arrested by a 4 star general!).
Robert Hull
Rob is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO. His company, Adaptive Insights, has been on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for six straight years.
John Lee
John is an engineering mastermind. He's led teams at companies big and small through extensive growth, while solving complex challenges.
Yuet Lee
Yuet is a master of technologies and mathematics. He has lots of experience helping startups navigate successful partnerships with big companies.
Pat McClellan
Pat is a writer, developer, media producer, and experiential marketing veteran, helping brands articulate their value prop and connect with consumers.
Peter Meechan
Peter is an accomplished operations executive, innovator and venture capitalist. He has seen it all, from ground zero to an IPO and a $3.4B exit.
Heidi Melin
Heidi is a marketer extraordinaire. She has successfully prepared four companies for growth and successful exits.
David Petroni
David knows how to put companies together and has lead a hat trick of $1.5B transactions. From strategy to integration, David has done it all!
Sherry Platt
Sherry Platt is an astute and experienced Talent Strategist. She excels at helping employers strategically attract and retain top employees.
Mary Jo Potter
Mary Jo is both an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. She successfully sold her first company and now enjoys supporting healthcare entrepreneurs.
David Samuelson
David knows how to make products and infrastructure - including machine learning algorithms - work at scale. He's a math wizard as well!
Mike Smart
Mike is a product strategist and a focused problem solver. He is big on community engagement and relentless about achieving market success for his clients.
Justin Smith
Justin eats Data Science and Analysis for breakfast. He's used his skills to tame the big data universes of advertising and search applications.
EJ Tavella
EJ specializes in strategic supply chain management, particularly in the high-tech and consumer electronics business. He's seen it all, from startup to Fortune 50.
Greg Thompson
Who you gonna call when your web site or app won’t scale? Greg! He's crafted VoD and AWS cloud solutions for companies of all sizes including nCUBE, Cisco, and more.
David Weisman
David is a enterprise cybersecurity expert. He has protected the data and resources of companies like PayPal and Workday and been an entrepreneur himself.
Eric Woo
Eric is a venture capital fund investor who advises seed/early-stage fund managers and their portfolio companies. He started his career in Mechanical Engineering.
Scott Wornow
Scott is a super-accomplished, not-your-typical-“Wall-Street” lawyer and leader. He’s actually helped start energy management, wireless and legal analytics companies!
Sabina Zafar
Sabina is an accomplished engineer and leader. Her most unusual entrepreneurial endeavor? Her campaign to get elected to the San Ramon City Council!
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