Mentors & Advisors
StartX benefits from the best mentors in Silicon Valley ranging from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to professors and lecturers from the Computer Science department and Design School. We have selected the top experts in today’s technologies such as Web 2.0, SaaS, cloud computing, mobile application, as well as business expertise on marketing, sales, operations, and finance.
The mentors will provide your teams guidance and advice based on your specific needs through panels, lectures informal meetings. By forming personal relationships with the best and the brightest entrepreneurial minds, you will not only gain access to their unique networks, but you will be provided the guidance you need to start your company off on the right track.
Board of Advisors
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George Zachary
Charles River Ventures
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Chris McCann
Founder
[Startup Digest]
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Christine Herron
Intel Capital
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John Lilly
Partner
Greylock Partners
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Med Board of Advisors
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Milt McColl
Co-Founder
Gauss Surgical
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Mentors
| Burke Robinson | George Aspland | Jay Borenstein |
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Consulting Professor Stanford University |
Co-Founder and CEO ReTel Technologies |
Department of CS Stanford University |
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| Claudia Carpenter | Asheem Chandna | Ari Chaney |
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co-founder Restartle |
Partner Greylock Partners |
Executive Director for Technology Translation Stanford BioDesign Program |
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| Ben Choi | Rock Clapper | Jeff Clavier |
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Principal Maveron |
Angel Band of Angels |
Founder and Managing Partner SoftechVC |
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| Matt Cohler | Jeff Depew | Don Dodge |
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Partner Benchmark Capital |
Managing Member Basvah, LLC |
Developer Advocate |
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| John Donham | Michael Drejer | Chuck Eesley |
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Co-Chief Operating Officer Playdom |
CEO ProPeople |
Assistant Professor MS&E, Stanford |
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| Tony Espinosa | Mary Etta Eaton | Mauria Finley |
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Managing Partner JacksonBay Group |
Public Speaking Instructor Stanford University |
Founder, CEO Citrus Lane |
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| Chris Fralic | Ross Fubini | Jon Gillespie-Brown |
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Managing Partner First Round Capital |
Early Sage Investor Kapor Capital |
Founder Digital Ventures |
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| Kent Goldman | Greg Gretsch | Konstantin Guericke |
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Principal First Round Capital |
Managing Director Sigma Partners |
Co-Founder |
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| Saar Gur | Howard Hartenbaum | Brian Helmick |
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Partner Charles River Ventures |
Partner August Capital |
Founder Algentis |
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| Christine Herron | Mike Hirshland | Dave Hodson |
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Director Intel Capital |
General Partner Polaris Ventures |
Principal Microsoft |
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| Ted Hollifield | David Hornik | Scott Iyama |
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Partner Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
General Partner August Capital |
Attorney at Law Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe LLP |
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| Raju Iyer | Spencer D. Jackson | Karl Jacob |
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Chief Financial Officer Regional Medical Center of San Jose |
Attorney at Law Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe LLP |
Founder, CEO Coveroo |
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| Jay Jamison | Spencer Johnson | Ryan Junee |
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Venture Partner BlueRun Ventures |
Product Field Operations Box Top Solutions |
CEO and Co-Founder Inporia |
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| Mike Kaplan | Dinesh Katiyar | Vinod Khosla |
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Founder Altos Health |
Partner Accel Partners |
Partner Khosla Ventures |
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| Tom Kippola | Clint Korver | Tony Kueh |
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Managing Director The Chasm Group |
co-founding partner Ulu Ventures, SA&E |
VP of Mobile Platform Solutions SAP |
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| Bill Kuhlman | Manu Kumar | Othman Laraki |
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Vice President of Business Development BIA Separations |
Chief Firestarter K9 Ventures |
Co-Founder, President GeoAPI/Mixer Labs |
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| David Lee | John Lilly | Richard Ling |
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Managing Member SV Angel |
Partner Greylock Partners |
General Partner Rembrandt Ventures |
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| Sol Lipman | Elliot Loh | Rebecca Lynn |
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Mobile Evangelist AOL |
Entrepreneur Advisor |
Partner Morgenthaler Ventures |
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| Freddy Magnum | John Malloy | Shannon McClenaghan |
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Managing Partner Cleantech Circle LLC |
General Partner BlueRun Ventures |
President Jimmyjane, Inc |
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| Chris Michel | Kevin Moynihan | Clifford Nass |
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EIR Harvard Business School |
Managing Director Solace Systems |
Thomas M. Storke Professor Stanford University |
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| Supreet Oberoi | Ash Patel | Ariel Poler |
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VP of Engineering RTI Inc |
Co-Founder Morado |
Angel Investor , |
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| Jason Putorti | Naval Ravikant | Miriam Rivera |
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Founder Votizen |
Founder, Angel Angel List |
co-founder and managing partner Ulu Ventures, SA&E |
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| Adam Rodnitzky | Matthew S. Bartus | Bruce Schechter |
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CMO, Co-Founder ReTel Technologies |
Partner Cooley LLP |
Angel Band of Angels |
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| Sam Schillace | Jason Shellen | David Shen |
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Director of Engineering |
Founder Brizzly |
Director, West Coast Operations Launch Capital |
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| Robert Siegel | Jatinder Singh | Jagjot "JJ" Singh |
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General Partner X/Seed Capital Management |
VP of Research Deutsche Telekom Inc. |
Managing Partner Five Rivers Group |
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| Ryan Spoon | Owen Tripp | Christine Venditti |
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Principal Polaris Ventures |
CEO Reputation.com |
Partner The Cheyenne Group |
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| Ben Wang | Michael Wolfe | Don Wood |
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Founder Svaya Technologies |
CEO ccLoop |
Managing Director Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
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| Dan Woods | David Wu | Benny Xian |
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Business Development Palantir |
Executive-In-Residence Redpoint Ventures |
co-founder Beyondcore |
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| Chris Yeh | George Zachary | Joe Zadeh |
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VP Marketing PBworks |
Partner Charles River Ventures |
Lead Product Air BnB |
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