Mentors

They are the best and the brightest entrepreneurial minds around, and they’ll all be at TechStars this summer. They’ll participate on panels, present topics and provide the feedback that will help your company succeed.

Geraldine AliasVice President, Fidelity Ventures
Dion AlmaerFounder, Ajaxian and Director, Developer Tools at Mozilla
Stewart AlsopPartner, Alsop-Louie Partners
Colin AngleChairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of iRobot
Pano AnthosPresident & CEO, Hangout Industries
Micah BaldwinVP, Business Development and Chief Evangelist, Lijit Networks
Steve BayleManagement Consultant
David BeiselVice-President, Venrock
Jeff BennettFounder, President and COO of NameMedia
Woody BensonPartner, Prism VentureWorks
Paul BerberianFounder and former CEO of Raindance Communications
Ron BernalPartner, Sequel Venture Partners
Adam BerreyEntrepreneur in Residence, General Catalyst Partners
George BilbreyCo-Founder, President Return Path, Inc.
Matt BlumbergCo-Founder, CEO & Chairman Return Path, Inc.
Dan BricklinCo-creator of VisiCalc, and Founder of Software Garden, Inc.
Shawn BroderickExecutive Director, TechStars Boston and Founder/CEO, TrustPlus
David BrownFounder and President, ZOLL Data Systems
Ben CasnochaEntrepreneur & Author
Jon ChaitPartner, Dace Ventures
Jeff ClavierFounder, SoftTech VC
David CohenExecutive Director, TechStars
Jarrett CollinsManaging Director, NeoCarta
Tim ConnorPartner, Sequel Venture Partners
Dick CostoloFounder and CEO, FeedBurner
Matt CutlerVice President of Marketing & Analytics, Visible Measures
Richard DalePrincipal, Sigma Partners
Howard DiamondChairman of the Board, Rendezvous Entertainment
Don DodgeDirector of Business Development, Microsoft Emerging Business Team
Dave DrachManaging Director, Microsoft Emerging Business Team
Eran EgozyCo-Founder and CTO, Harmonix Music Systems
Brad FeldManaging Director, Foundry Group
Tim FerrissAuthor, Advisor, Investor
Bill FlaggPresident and former Co-Owner, RegOnline
Bob FrankstonEvangelist, IP Everywhere
Daniel GaffneyCEO/Director, Brightleaf Corporation
Gabor GaraiPartner, Foley & Lardner LLP
David GoldVenture Partner, Access Venture Partners
Mike GrandinettiSenior Advisor
Dayna GraysonPrincipal, North Bridge Venture Partners
Jean HammondEntrepreneur and Investor
Rob HayesPartner, First Round Capital
Chris HeidelbergerCEO, Nexaweb
Will HermanMassively parallel entrepreneur
John HessionPartner in Charge, Cooley Godward Kronish
Tom HigleyCEO, Iggli
Eric HjerpeVenture Partner, Atlas Venture
Kirk HollandGeneral Partner, Vista Ventures
Matt Van HornBusiness Development Manager, Digg; Co-founder, Zimride
David HoseFounder, Ideas and Plans
Josh HugCEO & Co-Founder, Shelfari.com
Nabeel HyattFounder, Conduit Labs
Brett JacksonVice President of Marketing, AVX Aircraft Company
Jeffrey KalmikoffChief Creative Officer, skinnyCorp and Threadless
Steve KaneEntrepreneur and Investor
Alec KarysChief Technology Officer
Warren KatzFounder and Chief Executive Officer, VT MÄK
Alex KingFounder of CrowdFavorite.com, former founder of FeedLounge.com and Original Contributing Developer, WordPress
Will KohlerPartner, Prism VentureWorks
John LandryDirector, Investor, and Entrepreneur
Margaret LawrencePartner, Pilot House Ventures Group
Wendy LeaCEO, GetSatisfaction.com
Rich LevandovGeneral Partner, Avalon Ventures and Masthead Ventures
Seth LevineManaging Director, Foundry Group
Howard LindzonCreator, Wallstrip, StockTwits and Biltmore Venture Partners
Don LoebVP of Partner Services, FeedBurner
David MandellSenior Marketing and Communications Executive and Entrepreneur
Eric MarcoullierFounder and CEO, Gnip and Founder, MyBlogLog
Dave McClureInvestor, the Founders Fund
Ryan McIntyreManaging Director, Foundry Group
Don McLaganEntrepreneur
Jason MendelsonManaging Director, Foundry Group
Rich MinerPartner, Google Ventures
Chris MoodyFounder & President, Aquent On Demand
Dave MorinSenior Platform Manager, Facebook
Ken MorseSenior Lecturer and Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Matt MullenwegFounder, Automattic (Wordpress.com, Akismet)
Steve MunroeCEO and President, SANBlaze Technology
Kimbal MuskFounder and CEO, Medium and angel investor, Paypal, X.com
Margaret OlsonCTO & Co-Founder, Plum
Andy PayneCo-founder & Director, FanSnap
Michael PlattPartner, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
Jared PolisChairman, The Jared Polis Foundation and Founder of BlueMountain.com and ProFlowers.com
Sarah ReedGeneral Counsel, Charles River Ventures
Greg ReinackerFounder and CTO, Newsgator Technologies
Eric RichardVice President of Engineering, Compete.com
Niel RobertsonFounder and CTO, Newmerix
Jothy RosenbergPrincipal at Tabach Technology Team
Bijan SabetGeneral Partner, Spark Capital
Andy SackInvestor
Ron SchmelzerFounder and Senior Analyst, ZapThink
Nitzan ShaerManaging Director, High Start Group
Dharmesh ShahCo-founder and CTO, HubSpot, and blogger - OnStartups.com
Chris SheehanManaging Director, CommonAngels
Pete SheinbaumCEO, DailyCandy
Brian ShinFounder & CEO, Visible Measures
Sim SimeonovTechnology Partner, Polaris Ventures
David SkokPartner, Matrix Partners
Dave TaylorSerial entrepreneur, author, and consultant
Todd VernonCEO, Lijit.com and founder of Raindance Communications
Jeffrey VogelManaging Director, Velocity Equity Partners
Claire WadlingtonPartner & CFO, FA Technology Ventures
Chris WandManaging Director, Foundry Group
Bill WarnerFounder, Avid Technology, Inc.
Coach WeiCEO, Yottaa Inc. and Chairman, Nexaweb Technologies, Inc.
Fred WilsonPartner, Union Square Ventures
Michael ZeisserSenior Vice President, Liberty Media Corporation
Ken ZolotSenior Lecturer, MIT and Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Advisors

Mitchell AshleyFounder, Converging Network
Douglas CarlsonMBA Intern, TechStars Boston
Andrew CurrieFounder of EMail Publishing, Inc., and Cyberspace Development, Inc.
Tom EganEntrepreneur
Terry GoldFounder, CEO, and President, Gold Systems
Ryan HunterVice President of Marketing, Newmerix
Paul JerdeDirector, University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and The Deming Center
Healy JonesAdvisor and Entrepreneur
Tom KellerFounder and CEO, Intense Debate, Inc.
Lee KennedyFounder, TriCalyx
Rick KlauGoogle Business Product Manager, Blogger
Sue KunzFounder and CEO, Solidware Technologies
Dana LampertFounder, Wiggio
Jim LejealFounder, Chairman, and CEO, Oxlo Systems
Ryan MartensFounder and CTO, Rally Software Development
Tim MillerCEO, Rally Software Development
Frank MoyesEntrepreneurship Scholar in Residence, University of Colorado
Jeff NolanVP, Corporate Development at NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
Jim PollockCEO, AWhere, Inc.
Lisa RutherfordTwofish, Inc.
Lucy SandersFounder and CEO, National Center for Women & Information Technology
Mark SawyerPresident and CEO, Vico Software
Brad SchellFounder & Board Member, Sketchup (acquired by Google)
Alan ShimelChief Strategy Officer, StillSecure
Jeff SteevesAdvisor
Dan TheurerLeader, Partner Integration and Technical Evangelism team, Yahoo! Developer Network
Mark TortorellaMBA Intern, TechStars Boston
Sanjay VakilFounder & Leader, LuckyCal

 

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