Mentorship

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Expert knowledge

A selection of FastForward U mentors.

Adam Baumgartner

Senior Firmware Engineer at Stealth Mode Startup

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Ansh Bhammar

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of ForagerOne

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Manik Bhat

Co-Founder of Healthify

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Ron Boger

Venture Partner at Compound

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Zach Bredl

Co-Founder of StrokeFlow

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Eugene Chausovsky

Consultant & Non-Resident Fellow with the Newlines Institute

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Bruce Cleveland

Founding Partner at Wildcat

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James Coe

Attorney at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

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Jack Connelly

Principal at JVC Investment Partners

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Nick Culbertson

Co-Founder & CEO of Protenus

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Max Dworin

Co-Founder of Onda

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Sathya Elumalai

Founder & CEO of Aidar Health

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Anna Fitzgibbon

Founder & Owner of OutGrowth

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Yair Flicker

Founder & President of SmartLogic

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Andrew Foley

Researcher, Entrepreneurial Expert & Former VFA Fellow

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Zac Fox

Sr. Channel Marketer for Under Armour

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Jess Gartner

Founder & CEO of Allovue

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Nicholas Gilson

Founder & CEO of Gilson Snow

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Frank Glover

Senior Director of the Venture Funds

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Nagendra Goel

CEO of GoVivace Inc.

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Lauretta Hamza

Strategic Communications Professional & Founder of Scribble Horde

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Elyse Heob

Co-Founder & COO of ClearMask

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Aaron Hsu

Co-Founder & CEO of ClearMask

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Chieh Huang

Co-Founder & CEO of Boxed

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Ben Hwang

Chairman & CEO of Profusa

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Shrenik Jain

Founder & CEO of Marigold Health

Yash Jain

Co-founder & Co-CEO of ForagerOne

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Tom Jaklitsch

Co-Founder & CTO of Negotiatus

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Monica Kang

Founder & CEO of InnovatorsBox®

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Elliot Kim

Co-Founder at Brevitē

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Mike Leffer

Managing Partner, Riptide Ventures

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Jay Lester

Founder of Essex Consulting

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Daniel Lewis

LexisNexis Practical Guidance & Analytical Business Lead

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David Lighton

Co-Founder of Lithium Finance; Founder & CEO of SendFriend

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Geoffrey Lynn

Co-founder & CEO of Avidea Technologies, Inc.

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Thomas Marge

CEO of inBalance

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Jordan Matelsky

CTO of FitMango

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Ian McLane

Founding CTO of Sonavi Labs

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Jeff Minkovitz

Physician, Practice & ASC Owner, and Healthcare Innovator

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Todd Murphy

Senior Design Engineer & Innovation Strategist at Root3 Labs

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Michael Noonan

Co-Founder & CEO of ScopeBug

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Demilade Obayomi

Investor at NextWorld Capital

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Adegoke Olubusi

Co-Founder & CEO of Helium Health

Caroline Ouwerkerk

Principal of Caroline Ouwerkerk Consulting

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Nindhana Paranthaman

Principal Medical Director within US Medical Affairs Oncology at Genentech

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Kunal Parikh

Johns Hopkins University Inventor & Researcher

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Noah Presler

Product Manager in the Office of the CEO at Google

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Margaret Roth

Program Director of SmartVentures

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David Shi

Founder & CEO of Operator

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Alex Shtarkman

Investor at Revolution Ventures

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Dan Teran

Entrepreneur, Investor & Philanthropist based in New York City.

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Beena Tharakan

Partner & Principal Consultant of The Sector

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Adam Toll

Co-Founder & CEO of MD AirSupport

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Alex Villa

Founder & COO of Healthify

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Barbara White

Experienced Entrepreneur & Senior Executive

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Eugene Williams

President of VeryApt, Inc.

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Yury Yakubchyk

Co-Founder, CEO of Elemy

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Rahul Yerrabelli

Co-Founder of MoTrack Therapy

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Nicholas Zajciw

Sr. Manager of Cyber Initiatives

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