Category: Mentors (Page 11 of 23)

Laszlo founded award winning (Best In Integrated Search 2012, 2013, 2014, Best in Digital Branding, 2014, Best in Mobile. 2014) global online search, advertising and media agency ActiveMedia in 1996.

Prior to launching his business, Laszlo was tapped as a Strategic Consultant for America Online in 1995. His clients included the Greenhouse of AOL Studios, the AOL Finance Channel and a wide range of interactive brands like the Motley Fool, iVillage and NetNoir. Laszlo placed the first advertising program on AOL’s largest content site and contributed to the launch of over 50 digital startups.

Laszlo received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995. He graduated from the Film Academy of Budapest in 1989, as a film and television director, including a study period at the BBC in London. Laszlo received his Bachelor of Arts degree in languages literature from the ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary. He provides services for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (www.exportvirginia.com) export promotional programs. Read More...

As member of Constant Contact’s founding team, Alec learned invaluable lessons as he helped the company through its initial building stages, go-to-market and growth.

Having also worked with thousands of new and growing small businesses along the way, Alec has distilled some of his knowledge and experience into his “Ten Pillars for Achieving Small Business Success,” a strategy that will help any business gain perspective and learn effective tactics that can be put into practice both quickly and easily.

It will also help businesses think about different ways they can gain additional exposure, deepen their current customer relationships and create new ones. Read More...

Jon is a senior executive who brings a unique perspective to the world of startups. He has been both a venture capitalist as well as the founder and CEO of two venture backed companies, eBoomerang, an enterprise software company which was sold in 2006 and Artificial Muscle, Inc., a spinout from Stanford Research Institute (SRI).

As a principal and founder of Threshold Ventures, Jon works with companies around the world, serving as an advisor/mentor, working on specific projects and when appropriate, taking on interim operating roles. He has worked with a wide range of software, telephony, hardware and services businesses. Earlier in his career Jon was a General Partner at Oscco Ventures, a Sand Hill Road early-stage venture capital firm which was one of the pioneering firms in Silicon Valley. He has invested in a range of companies including Landec, Peerless Systems, and Coinstar.

Jon now spends his time teaching, mentoring and advising early stage companies around the world. In the past two years he has worked with companies from Silicon Valley, S. Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Venezuela, Mexico, Denmark, Australia, Tunisia, Norway, and elsewhere.

Gary Feierbach is an Adivsor and Mentor for Founders Space.

He was an engineering manager at Intergraph, Sun and Apple, computer architect at NASA, and founder at Systems Specific, Associated Data Consultants, Autologic Inc., Minicomputer Technology Corp., Inner Access Corp., and Tamago Inc.

Gary is also a Science Fiction Writer (under the pseudonym Kalifer Deil), a futurist and a science junkie.

Nathan Gold, also known as The Demo Coach, hails from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spends his days coaching people around the world on how to prepare for high-stakes presentations through workshops, keynotes, and 1:1 sessions both in person and online.

Gold has personally delivered over 15,000 presentations and 10,000 hours of professional coaching and training and is a published author. He has worked with small and large companies, including Glue Networks, Education.com, Innovation Norway, Kaiser Permanente, and IBM on designing, scripting and delivering more compelling and memorable presentations, especially in situations where you cannot afford to miss.

Manoj is a Big Data enthusiast and expert, who is currently the CEO and founder of Context360.

Manoj received his MS in Material Sciences and Engineering from Stanford University after graduating from one of India’s premier institutes in technology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal. He started his 1st company, at the age of 22, raised preliminary funding, and successfully sold it’s rights to an online shopping experience retail company.

His work profile consists of extensive research at IBM’s Almaden Research Institute, a senior engineering position at Invensense, and research scientist positions at medical device startups Intrapace & Biomimedica. Read More...

John Campbell is an attorney at Morrison Foerster and Founders Space Mentor. he has focused his practice on transactional matters, including venture capital finance, public and private offerings of securities by domestic and foreign issuers, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Campbell serves as primary outside counsel to a number of public and privately held companies. He regularly represents boards of directors and management teams in complex and challenging transactional and governance matters. He has a deep expertise in SEC reporting matters that enables him to provide expert, practical advice.

Mr. Campbell’s practice experience includes semiconductors, optics, software, life sciences, finance, consumer products and media. His clients have included some of the largest and most successful companies in these sectors, as well as early stage ventures, as well as financial intermediaries who serve them. Read More...

Charles Jo

Charles Jo is a Founders Space Advisor and Master Recruiter.

He co-founded, VLppl along with Johnson Hor, VLppl and coined the term “virtual linkage.” Read More...

Dan Walter

Advisor

Dan Walter, CEP, is the President and CEO of Performensation Consulting. Dan has more than 15 years of experience assisting companies with both executive and broad-based compensation programs. He provides end-to-end solutions for private and public companies based in both the United States and abroad. He has worked extensively with companies around the world.  Read More...

Joseph Avila is a Mentor at Founders Space and Director of Business Development at Pioneer.

As director of business development, Joseph oversees the business strategy, planning and development for Pioneer Advanced Solutions, Inc. In this role, Joseph manages mobile solutions for Pioneer, cultivating strategic partnerships with outside content providers and focusing on automotive infotainment. He works closely with Pioneer’s internal product teams to integrate these solutions within the company’s current and future product line.

Joseph joined Pioneer with more than 15 years of technology industry experience in sales, marketing and business development for some of today’s largest CE companies, including Motorola and Samsung. Prior to Pioneer, Joseph served as national manager, business solutions advisor for Motorola Mobility, to establish strategic partnerships with businesses that would further expand Motorola’s wireless products and services. Read More...