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Jeff Solomon

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(24 reviews)
Entrepreneur, Investor & 5x Founder: 3 Exits, $35MM+ Venture Raised, 500+ Advisory Calls at Professional Mentor/Teacher
Seasoned Startup Executive w/ Over 1000 Mentorship Calls
Why work with me? I have deep expertise in Saas, Venture, Angel & Seed Funding, Startup Accelerators, Content Marketing, SEO, Lead Generation, UX, B2B Software, Enterprise Sales, Bootstrapping. If I…
Startups Entrepreneurship Venture Capital Accelerators
Starting from
$550 /month
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Ashod Donikian

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(2 reviews)
Founder & Startup Builder / 3x startup founder (2x venture-backed) / Robotics PhD
Swiss Army Knife of startup advice: I offer actionable, tactical, & strategic guidance from real experience
I’m a 3x startup founder (2x venture-backed) with deep experience building companies from research to market. My first startup spun out of my PhD in robotics and machine learning, giving me first-han…
Entrepreneurship Engineering Fundraising Venture Capital
Starting from
$360 /month
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Only 5 spots left

Snizhana (Sana) Sukhoroslova

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(6 reviews)
24+ Years in Strategy, Finance & Personal Performance
Speaks English, Russian, Ukrainian
I turn professionals into confident, high-impact leaders using science and executive experience.
I help high-potential professionals become high-impact leaders using science-backed frameworks and 20+ years of executive experience. I’m C-Level Executive & Certified Leadership Coach. Now I ment…
Leadership Decision Making Productivity Public Speaking
Starting from
$200 /month
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Gus Bartholomew

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4.8
(4 reviews)
Co-Founder at Leafr
Commercial Leader at Seed & Series A Start-ups
Startups don't fail because of bad ideas, they fail because they work on the wrong things, in the wrong order, for too long. If you're a founder or operator at a Seed to Series A company, you like…
Growth Strategy Pricing Product Led Growth SaaS
Starting from
$150 /month
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Oleg Karakash

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(4 reviews)
CEO / CPO / Founder at Intercom / Stamina AI / ExoChat / Gradient / Teleport / Rozetka
Speaks English, Russian
🔥🔥🔥 Startup growth, fundraising & product strategy | Exit to Snapchat $8M | $10M+ raised
I help founders turn bold ideas into scalable, investable companies. With over 9 years of experience launching 10+ products and raising $10M+ in funding, including a successful exit to Snapchat, I kn…
Entrepreneurship Start Up Fundraising Go To Market
Starting from
$180 /month
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Ben Sheppard

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(17 reviews)
CEO at Silta Finance
4x Founder - 1 Exit, 12 years as a Board Director, C-Suite professional
As a Board Director, startup coach, and technology executive, I bring over two decades of experience advising governments, founders, and legal teams across Asia and Europe. My work sits at the inters…
Leadership Sales Fundraising Marketing
Starting from
$240 /month
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Mark Mullinix

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5.0
(9 reviews)
Principal at Growth Vectors
Leadership | Start-Ups | Innovation | Loyalty | Financial Services
I've been a business leader and coach since 2013 when I left a successful career at American Express to found my own business. I've always been fascinated by the way people behave, both alone and in …
Startups Team Leadership Consulting Business Strategy
Starting from
$100 /month
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Mark Kleyner

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(18 reviews)
Co-Founder at Dream VC
Founder, Angel Investor, VC in Africa. Coached 400+ Founders & 100+ VCs. Global Award Winning Mentor @FI
Angel Investor, Co-Founder and VC in Emerging Markets. Background: - Actively Mentor 400+ Founders across Founder Institute, Village Capital, Seedstars & Impact Hub - Multi-time (4x) Founder, Co-Fo…
Venture Capital Startups Entrepreneurship VC
Starting from
$550 /month
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Mikhail Sidakov

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(10 reviews)
Venture Builder, VC Scout, Startup Mentor, 2X Founder, Ex-BCG
Venture Builder, VC Scout, Startup Mentor, 2X Founder, Ex-BCG
Diverse corporate, startup, and VC experience: - Venture Partner Program Member at Republic - Mentor at Techstars, Startupbootcamp - VC scout at Flashpoint VC, First Momentum Ventures, Outlander V…
Career Development Go To Market Strategy Entrepreneurship Fundraising
Starting from
$210 /month
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Jeremy Glassenberg

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(1 review)
Director/VP Product, Platform and APIs at Ex-DocuSign, Box, Tradeshift, Salesforce
16+ Years Product Leadership experience, launching and growing developer platforms and API programs
I'm Jeremy. I have over 17 years of experience in Product Leadership, building Platform Product teams at several startups now worth over $1 billion, specialized in APIs and Marketplace products. I l…
People Management Product-Market Fit API Startups
Starting from
$240 /month
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Haiguang Li

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(19 reviews)
Staff Software Engineer/Manager at Google Deepmind
Speaks English, Chinese
10+ years of experience in AI, ML and SWE
As a highly experienced software engineer with a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, I’ve built my career at the intersection of large-scale engineering and artificial intelligence…
Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence TensorFlow Algorithms
Starting from
$270 /month
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Alexandre Azevedo

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(1 review)
Founder at The Traction Stage
Mentor of early-stage startups
Hi there, I'm Alex. 👋 For many years, I worked in the Corporate Finance department of a big multinational company. Yes, a very methodical environment with a ton of big responsibilities. But, as…
Startup Lean Startup Early-Stage Cash Management
Starting from
$350 /month
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Hugo Oliveira

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(2 reviews)
Director, Product Management at Mastercard
Speaks English, Portuguese
24+ years - Strategic Mentorship for Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Product Managers
I've been building and leading digital products and strategies across multiple roles in telecom and finance, from cloud computing solutions to tokenization & blockchain technologies. As a product lea…
Product Product Management Product Strategy Innovation
Starting from
$180 /month
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Sofia Holden

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(14 reviews)
Head of Marketing at Klar | Former Nike, Mars, PepsiCo, Bayer
Speaks English, Spanish
+20 years marketing experience working in a variety of top companies.
I’m originally from Mexico City, and I’m deeply passionate about sports, with extensive experience in marketing. As a former professional tennis player, I earned two scholarships to pursue a Bachelor…
Brand Strategy Personal Branding Marketing Leadership
Starting from
$200 /month
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Itay Forer

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(21 reviews)
Serial Entrepreneur, Founder & Coach
Speaks English, Hebrew
Top 1% mentor | Serial Entrepreneur| 18+ yrs of experience | YC Alum | Mentored 400+ Founders & Professionals.
I'm a happy father, deliberate optimist, and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience, who built a business from day 1 with an initial team of 3 to managing a 400+ person workforce. I am pro…
Bootstrapping Product Market Fit Startup Founder
Starting from
$500 /month
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Elliot Boucher

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(8 reviews)
Founder & CEO at Edusign
Speaks English, French
Business Founder, From 0 to 5m+ ARR (profitable) - Find your product market fit & grow as a leader
I built Edusign, a B2B SaaS from 0 to 5m+ in ARR (profitable), 3m users, 50 employees in full remote, and 2500 happy clients in 5 years. My focus is on creating a product people love and Go To Mar…
Business Marketing Growth Product
Starting from
$360 /month
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Alexander Estner

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5.0
(8 reviews)
Founder / Startup Mentor at Eversports/ Strydal/ Classcamp/ Working on new start-up right now
Helping early-stage B2B SaaS founders quickly grow from 0€ to 1M€ ARR with a powerful Go-to-market engine
As a freelance startup consultant, I help early-stage B2B SaaS founders quickly grow their business from 0€ (pre-revenue) to 1.000.000€ ARR with a powerful Go-to-market (GTM) strategy, focused on Sal…
Sales Fundraising Growth Business Development
Starting from
$700 /month
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Only 2 spots left

Jimmy Jaspers

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(19 reviews)
Founder & CEO at Vincitori
Speaks English, Dutch
🚀 Strategic Entrepreneurship Mentor and Business Development Expert 📈
I’m Jimmy, a 5/5 star top rated business mentor. I have 15+ years experience in business, sales, marketing and entrepreneurship. I have worked with thousands of people world-wide. Besides having my o…
eCommerce Growth Marketing Sales Strategy
Starting from
$390 /month
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Frank Banks

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Top Mentor Medal Top Mentor
5.0
(13 reviews)
Serial Entrepreneur & Software Engineer | Ex-Zynga Lead Systems Engineer at 25+ Years Building Software Products & Startups
Hi! My motto is think different and build things. I coded my first web software in the mid-90s and had my first successful exit in 1998. I’ve spent my entire career building software products, for my…
Startups Lean Startup Software Engineering Product Development
Starting from
$140 /month
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Andrew Brummer

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Response Time Quick Responder
5.0
(4 reviews)
Fractional CEO | Business Polygraph | Operator | Business Advisor | Author | Hobbyist at The Ardunan Village
"Andrew is one of the most kind, wise, strategic, and generous individuals I've ever worked with"
The $53M Wake-Up Call That Changed Everything March 2024: The call every executive dreads. "Andrew, without funding, we might not survive." At 53, this South African immigrant with no college degree…
Business Operations Culture Scaling Teams Executive
Starting from
$110 /month
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