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Ellie Price avatar
Ellie Price🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Business Development, Strategy & Operations at Iris Light Technologies

Chicago, United States
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ROC expat. Apprenticed with VC fund, some I-bankers, and launched new business unit in humanitarian crisis response. I can help you build pitches, financial models, strategy, coalitions and teams. Policy wonk, swimmer and lover of the Great Lakes.
Business
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JP Bourget🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Cybersecurity / API / Business

Buffalo, United States
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Bootstrapped Syncurity (acquired by Swimlane). Raised $5.6M. Cybersecurity/Python/anything as code. Go to Market. Pitch Decks. Reach out!



devop/devsecops
BusinessMarketingProductTech
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentCapital Raising / VCLaw - Intellectual PropertyOperationsPitchingPricingRisk ManagementSales / Lead GenerationStrategic PartnershipsStrategic PlanningAccounting
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Clark Dever🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Product Manager at Techstars

Buffalo, NY, United States
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Early stage product development and culture building
BusinessDesign / UXMarketingProductTech
B2B SalesB2G SalesCapital Raising / VCCrowd FundingGrant ApplicationsHiring / RecruitmentLean StartupOperationsPitchingPricingProject ManagementStrategic PlanningB2C Sales
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Lena Levine🏅 850Office hoursMentor

Founder & CEO at Forcoda

Buffalo, United States
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Bringing 10 years of experience working with startups and Fortune500 companies, I help strategize, prototype, design, and develop successful SaaS and digital products. Specialty area – delivering measurable results in FinTech, EduTech, and B2B space.
BusinessDesign / UXMarketingProductTech
Lean StartupProject ManagementSales StrategyStrategic PartnershipsB2B Sales
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David Thiemecke🏅 840Office hoursMentor

Unintentional Generalist

Buffalo, NY, United States
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Co-founder with 2 exits across 12 bootstrapped software startups in 22 years with the same team. Loves the customer / product boundary, with all its pain, surprises, and delights.
BusinessProductTech
Business DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCFinancial AnalysisFinancial PlanningFinancial ReportingHiring / RecruitmentLean StartupOperationsPitchingStrategic PartnershipsStrategic Planning
Michael Thaney
Michael Thaney
Michael Thaney🏅 810Office hoursMentor

Making Genesee Valley > Silicon Valley

Rochester, United States
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Lean Startup, product strategy, SaaS models, partnerships and customer success
Design / UXMarketingProductTech
UX Design
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Jordan Walbesser🏅 740Office hoursMentor

Counsel at Mattel/Fisher-Price

Buffalo, United States
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I work with high-performing IP-driven companies to leverage their IP through creative and effective deal-making. I am experienced licensing, intellectual property, and technology matters in the digital and video gaming space.
Business
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Alan Rosenhoch🏅 490Office hoursMentor

Entrepreneur Selection & Growth Manager Endeavor WNY

Buffalo, United States
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Super connector with deep economic development experience. Focus my professional time working with high-growth companies at the ‘scale-up’ phase – and love helping entrepreneurs find success.
Business
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Sarah Brennan🏅 490Office hoursMentor

Attorney at Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

Buffalo, United States
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Experienced Corporate & Securities attorney in Buffalo, NY representing companies in every stage of the corporate life cycle in business and transactional matters. Excited to be a part of this community, please reach out if I could be of help!
BusinessDesign / UXTech
Capital Raising / VCLaw - CommercialCrowd Funding
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Karl Newell🏅 490Office hoursMentor

Co-Founder @ LenderLogix

Buffalo, United States
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Co-founder of LenderLogix - a Buffalo based mortgage technology company.
BusinessProductTech
B2B SalesBusiness PlanningOperations
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John Leone🏅 490Mentor

What can we do better

United States
Founder. Entrepreneur. Agile Coach. Integrator. Enjoy helping others.
BusinessMarketingProduct
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Greg Norton🏅 410Office hoursMentor

President Twisted and Twisted Rope Labs

Buffalo, United States
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First biz was ice hockey store in Japan, then digital consulting, started a charter school, own multi-family residential properties. Learned if I'm the smartest person in the room I'm either alone or I need to find another room.
BusinessMarketing
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningOperationsProject ManagementSales / Lead GenerationStrategic Planning
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Kristin Quattlebaum🏅 410Office hoursMentor

former corporate hustler turned intuitive life coach

Buffalo, United States
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Experienced in strategic leadership, change management + people. I have a gift at creating structure amidst chaos + seeing disruptive patterns.
Business
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Kevin Siskar🏅 410Office hoursMentor

CEO at Finta

Buffalo, United States
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https://www.siskar.co/about
BusinessMarketingProductTech
Capital Raising / VCOperations
Emmily Bowman
Emmily Bowman
Emmily Bowman🏅 320Office hoursMentor

owner of braidbabes

buffalo, United States
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built braidbabes in buffalo, expanding to rochester, planning for the US
Business
John Jahnke
John Jahnke
John Jahnke🏅 320Office hoursMentor

CEO Tackle.io

Orchard Park, United States
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Business and Technology leader with a successful track record of building great teams to drive emerging technology patterns. Lover of cloud, marketplaces and SaaS business models.
BusinessProduct
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCHiring / RecruitmentPitchingPricingSales StrategyLean Startup
Kanishka Wanninayaka
Kanishka Wanninayaka
Kanishka Wanninayaka🏅 50Office hoursMentor
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