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Our platform brings knowledge and connections directly to founders in the form of mentorship from our amazing operating advisors, events, curated resources, customer introductions and hiring help.
Operating Advisors
Kickstart Collective, our community platform, brings knowledge and connections directly to founders in the form of events, resources, customer introductions, and hiring help.
Adam Edmunds
CEO of Entrata, previously led Podium (grew from $1M to more than $100M of ARR) and founded Allegiance (acq. by MaritzCX) and SilentWhistle (acq. by Global Compliance Solutions)
Dan Jimenez
President, Chatbooks. Product, Marketing, Finance and Operations experience from startup to growth stage.
Dave Hersh
General Partner, Metamorph Partners. Founding CEO of Jive (NASD: JIVE). Previous board partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Grant Gordon
Co-founded Artemis Health in 2013, serving as CEO through exit. With extensive tech experience, he's driven to solve hard, meaningful problems.
Jeremy Hanks
Founder, Dsco (Acq. by CommerceHub). Founder of 3.5 ecommerce supply chain software companies. Founded LaunchUp.org nonprofit for entrepreneurs.
Jeremy Warren
CEO, Monarx. Previously CTO, Vivint Smart Home and CTO, U.S. Department of Justice.
Jeron Paul
A 4x founder, recently sold Spiff to Salesforce. Founded and sold Capshare, Scalar, and Boardlink.
John Munro
Managing Partner, Ascent Spring Partners. Previously, CEO, Chargeback.
Karl Sun
Co-Founder and Board Chair, Lucid. Previously, Head of Business Development and Investments Principal, Google.
Ken Davis
A serial entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of TaskEasy (acquired by WorkWave), Exterus, and Oakley Networks (acquired by Raytheon).
Kristi Knight
CMO, Reading Horizons. Previously CMO, InMoment and VP Marketing, Vivint.
Lee Mayer
CEO, Havenly. Previously VP & GM, Bankrate and Bain.
Nate Barrett
Senior Vice President, Product Management & Design, Skillable. Previously Head of Product, Pluralsight.
Rob Nelson
Investor, Board Member, RevBlack. Prevoiusly, Founder & CEO, Grow.
Scott Funk
VP, Head of Finance, Panther. Previously Senior Director of Accounting, Gainsight and PwC.
Tim Ballantyne
Co-Founder & board member, Suralink. Previously PF Management LLC.
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