Christian Busch CISSP
Product & go-to-market mentor for B2B software and AI founders @ Mulligan Valley PartnersChristian Busch CISSP
Product & go-to-market mentor for B2B software and AI founders @ Mulligan Valley PartnersServices
$600 / month
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Free 7-day trial
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Ongoing calls + chat
4 × 45-min calls per month, unlimited Q&A. Replies in 24 hours or less. -
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No lock-in
Month to month, no contract.
MentorCruise summary
Christian is a hands-on founder and product executive at Mulligan Valley Partners. He has 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley and grew an IoT business at SAP to about $250 million in annual recurring revenue. He helps first-time founders validate ideas, build products and go-to-market plans, and prepare for fundraising.
Based on 7 verified mentee reviews
- Reviewers often praise his guidance through early startup stages, including validating ideas, preparing for funding, and turning products into first clients.
- Two reviewers point to sharp, practical advice tailored to their stage or a specific sales-team challenge.
About
Hi, I'm Chris. I help B2B software and AI founders figure out what customers will pay for, what to build first, and how to win those customers.
I work with founders from pre-seed through Series A. Early on, we might work through customer conversations, choose a first market or decide what belongs in your MVP. Once you have customers, we can look at pricing, why deals aren't moving and how to make sales more repeatable.
I've spent 20 years in Silicon Valley's tech and AI scene. I've founded a software company, created SAP's Connected Goods platform, and led product teams at Cognizant and Elevance Health. I've also mentored founders through Stanford GSB's Ignite program, Alchemist and German Accelerator. Enterprise software and healthcare are areas I know well.
You can bring the unfinished version: an idea you're questioning, a sales pitch that isn't landing or a decision you keep going back and forth on. I'll ask questions, give you honest feedback and help you decide what to try next. First-time and nontechnical founders are welcome.
Monthly mentoring gives us four 45-minute conversations to work through your product and customer decisions, review what you've tried and agree on next steps. Between calls, you can message me with follow-up questions and work in progress. I reply within 24 hours on workdays. Full deck reviews, written strategy reviews and specialist implementation projects are scoped separately.
If you need help with one decision, a paid one-off session may be enough. If you're considering ongoing mentoring, send me a few lines about what you're building, your stage and the decision you need help with. We can start with a message, then arrange a short introduction if there's a fit.
What mentees say
5 out of 5 stars
I met and began this mentorship with Christian just as my company was in the pre seed development stage. Christian was instrumental in guiding us from a company who had no.clue as to what we were getting into. And now we were prepared to enter the Peachscore accelerator program and receive early stage funding. Thanks Christian
Keith
Standard Plan • 2 years
5 out of 5 stars
Christian gave sharp, practical advice in our very first call. No fluff, no theory, just real experience applied to our specific stage. Looking forward to working together on an ongoing basis.
Taskin
Session
5 out of 5 stars
I worked with Chris for over a year as I made my transition out of a full time role into working on my startup full time. Coming in as non-technical, first-time founder, Chris was an absolute wealth of knowledge. He helped me better understand the healthcare, health tech and raising landscape. I initially had a pretty set product vision but made pivots from our work together that have been well received by prospective users and investors. Highly recommend working with Chris if you are looking to raise, better understand healthcare (users, customers, payers) and health tech (high level compliance, best practices, product direction) and raising (pitch deck and pitch).
Taylor
Lite Plan • 1 year
Get to know Christian
What happens when you start
You tell Christian your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Christian reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
