Fundraising – Advice from Experts

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Fundraising

San Francisco, California

$500.0/min 4.9 418 $8.33/min

Currently, Founder of VC-backed BetterCompany, an anonymous social network for your work life. Serial entrepreneur. Early pioneer of crowdfunding. Active angel investor. Former investor for a $500,000,000 ed tech fund that was the controlling shareholder of LeapFrog at it's IPO. I started my career at Apple when I was 15. I am passionate about supporting other entrepreneurs anyway I can. My Clarity reviews are examples of how I can help any entrepreneur at any stage of their journey.

Boris Wertz

Vancouver, British Columbia

$300.0/min 4.6 80 $5/min

Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc (50+ investments, including Indiegogo, Flurry, Frank & Oak, Indochino, Wattpad, Edmodo). Husband and dad of 4.

Robb Kunz

Salt Lake City, Utah

$250.0/min 4.9 61 $4.17/min

Founder. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. TechStars & 500 Startups Mentor & Investor. Invested in more the 100+ Startups. Deep Lean Startup / Product Guy. Runs BoomStartup, mentorship-driven driven Seed Accelerator in our 10th year and rated number #12 in the World.

Shishir Gupta

San Francisco, CA

$150.0/min 4.9 47 $2.5/min

I have helped more than 500 startups worldwide. #Founded first startup in year 2001 - 18 years of business experience. #CEO of leading Startup Consulting Firm, # Investment Banker - Angel Investment, A Series for startups. # Startup Lawyer - Corporate legal matters. #Full Stack Developer - Software Architecture Web/App # Experience of AngelList - Connected to Angel Investors/VCs worldwide # Mentor, Advisor & Consultant for Startups # Author of Startup Easy - A Practical Guide | Buy here: http://amzn.to/2xDGZs6 Featured on CNBC Young Turks, TiE the Knot, Startup Weekend & Startup Grind.

Stefano L. Tresca

London

$300.0/min 5.0 33 $5/min

Employee #8 at Wind (exit $12.1 billion). Founding member of Level39, Europe’s largest technology incubator for fintech. General partner at Purple Hat Capital, angel syndicate for Fintech and Blockchain. Advisor in multiple startups, ICOs, and STOs. Bestselling author and TEDx speaker. Former lawyer and regulator. Many years ago, I fell in love with the city of London, and this is where I live now when I am not traveling. * * * I get straight to the point. Most calls are 30-45 minutes.

Jonathan Crawford

San Francisco, California

$150.0/min 4.9 30 $2.5/min

Jonathan is an entrepreneur, designer, engineer and startup mentor based in San Francisco. He founded Storenvy.com in 2009 and raised $7m from top Silicon Valley investors (after being admitted to and kicked out of Y Combinator) to make e-commerce accessible and affordable for the world's creative small businesses. After building a team of 30 & a community of over 100k merchants, he sold Storenvy in 2016. Jonathan mentors & consults with startups around the world on platforms/marketplaces, product, data insights, branding, UX & strategy.

Jason Leo Carvalho

Toronto, Ontario

$200.0/min 4.8 50 $3.33/min

Investor @ Carvalho.vc | Operations, Acquisition & Growth are my DNA. | I have been a Founder & 1st Employee (@indochino [VC backed] @paretologic [40M in 3 years privately held] of 7 startups over my career. 2 Failures. 2 raised VC & Acquired. 2 reached 40M. *Updated Jan 2020*

Victor Levitin - Award winning eCommerce expert, 10 yrs experience

Israel

$200.0/min 5.0 17 $3.33/min

I took an eCommerce business from zero to $4.5m in annual sales. Selling on eBay, Amazon and webstores. Won eBay awards for the highest conversion rates. I share everything I've learned from our journey on a weekly blog - https://crazylister.com/blog/

Kate Kendall

San Francisco & Melbourne

$300.0/min 4.9 33 $5/min

Clarity's featured homepage expert. Serial tech founder. Advises on marketing, product-market fit, remote teams, crowdfunding, community building, content, and angel/seed fundraising in the US and Aussie market.

Peter Pham

California

$1000.0/min 4.7 35 $16.67/min

Co-Founder & Partner at Science which is behind Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, Ellie. Formerly Co-founded Color, CEO of BillShrink and VP Bizdev (5th employee) at Photobucket (Sold for $300M) Fund Raising, Strategy, Marketing, and Bizdev. Raised over $100M in Venture in the last 2yrs. Call me if you want advice.

Jeremy Gregg, MBA, CAP, CFRE

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

$100.0/min 5.0 56 $1.67/min

3-time TEDx speaker. $40M+ raised for nonprofits. Winner of 2 pitch contests. Awarded "Nonprofit Communicator of the Year." Published author. Entrepreneur with an Executive MBA. CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive), CMT (Certified Mindfulness Teacher), and CAP (Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy). Author of “Daddy’s Time Out,” a children’s book that explains incarceration to the 2.7 million kids with a parent in prison. Founder of Gregg Partners, a revenue strategy consultancy that equips nonprofits and mission-driven businesses to achieve financial stability. Recent clients include the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia), the Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities, and dozens of other nonprofits. Former CDO for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). Previously co-founded a boutique family law firm as well as Executives in Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that engaged transitioning business leaders as pro bono consultants on high-impact projects benefiting charitable causes. Primary Coaching Topics - Revenue Strategies for Mission-Driven Businesses - For-Profit Subsidiaries under 501(c)(3) Nonprofits - Social Entrepreneurship - Charitable Fundraising & Philanthropy - Grantwriting - Planned Giving, Bequests, and Endowments - Major Donor Cultivation - Individual Giving - Monthly/Recurring Giving - Nonprofit Web Design & Marketing I also offer coaching on how to deliver amazing presentations, pitches, and speeches (TEDx, Ignite, etc.) I have experience in startups (for-profit and nonprofit) as well as proven results in cause marketing, digital marketing, and more. All calls get free follow-up by email.

Aaron Vidas

Vancouver, British Columbia

$150.0/min 4.8 11 $2.5/min

I help Retail and B2B companies determine their marketing ROI and what to do next in their marketing and sales to drive up their revenue. Worked around the Olympics + B2B tech startups. Traveled the world, passionate about values-driven entrepreneurship.

Michael Litt

Waterloo, Ontario

$350.0/min 5.0 15 $5.83/min

Clarity's most honest advisor = )

Charles Solomon

New York City

$120.0/min 5.0 19 $2/min

Global start-up consultant. Brokered $60M and $500K raises. Former portfolio manager @ 21212, accelerator in Brazil. Columbia MBA Alum PE Committee Chair. Expertise: fundraising, sales, management, Family Offices, PE/VC.

Dr. Evan Luthra

Worldwide

$1000.0/min 5.0 3 $16.67/min

Evan Luthra has that rare and coveted ability to turn original ideas into businesses that are both innovative and profitable. At 23 years-old, he has an already impressive resume and career history. He started his journey as a serial entrepreneur as an adolescent and was bitten by the "digital bug" early and often. This forward thinking, technology-minded entrepreneur embarked on his first digital endeavor at just twelve years old by curating technology-related news, and he garnered a 250,000 readers in doing so. He then began developing mobile apps with the advent of mobile app popularity. Always on the cusp and leading edge of new trends and innovations, he has become a true innovator and a recognized name in the world of Startups. He has started various technology companies and built products used by millions of people. As he refused to listen to people with limiting beliefs, his experience from a struggling innovator to a leading entrepreneur inspired many when he exited his first company for 7 figures and simountesly took over the TedX stage at 17. Evan has extensive knowledge and experience in mobile apps and his company, EL Group International has developed and delivered mobile apps for major Fortune 500 companies. Evan's strategy follows a simple, but proven formula: conceptualize, innovate, execute. More recently Evan is heavily involved in the crypto industry working with leading companies such as CoinPublish.com, GladAge.com , Hashgraph.com and others under EL Group subsidiary Almora.io and has been regarded as a Blockchain expert and pioneer by the worlds leading organizations and publications. His Startup Studio (StartupStudio.online) -works with non-tech entrepreneurs and backs them with capital, technology and marketing resources to launch new companies from the ground up. Having built and invested in 30+ companies in the last 5 years with a combined market cap of over $500 million, he continues to guide and mentor startups across all technologies. He believes in stepping out of the comfort zone and exploring the power of conceptualization, innovation and execution. The thought that 'entrepreneurs are dreamers and doers' led his path to the most talked about technology today blockchain. His work in the Blockchain space primarily revolves around his company Almora.io - where in they have delivered a 10x return for there investors in the first project. He has also received a honorary PhD in Blockchain for the impact he has made in the industry from his Blockchain Schools to Blockchain Coworking spaces. This spirit of empowering game-changing ideas made him the first investor to leverage the Snapchat platform to invest in a company. Evan is an accredited Angel Investor and invests in a variety of products and businesses. From being the first investor over snapchat , to an early investor in Eaze.com (Fastest growing on-demand Tech company in 2016) and Wheelys Cafe (Top 15 company to watch out in 2017 by INC) to most recently investing in the seed round of Hashgraph.com (The billion dollar Crypto Currency).  Evan believes in using technology to disrupt existing industries and has companies in a diverse set of industries from FoodTech, FinTech, Marijuana, Travel, Nightlife, Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Social, AI, Augmented, Virtual, Mixed Reality, Entertainment, Fashion and more. He is a featured speaker at different universities and conferences around the globe; he speaks about Mobile Apps, Entrepreneurship and trending tech topics, to huge audiences and has spoken for Tedx, United Nations, Google, Nielsen and has done guest lectures at Delhi University, Washington State University, San Francisco State University and more. With his keen insights and digital expertise, Evan is constantly thinking of new ideas that will innovate, simplify and make the quality of daily life that much better. With an expertise in building businesses, unmatched knowledge and the courage to turn ideas into businesses, he is also known as a technology pioneer by leading media companies and publications. To name a few, Business Insider, Times of India, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, VICE and Nextshark covered stories for his resilience. He also spoke about his experience at the World Economic Forum for VICE where he got mentioned as the 'Young Global Shaper.' He has also been the focus of multiple documentaries for leading television networks around the world from from “The New Maharajas” on M6 in France, to appearing on “Good Morning America” ABC News, “LAUREN!” Netherlands and many more. This has gained him a huge following of over half a million fans across various social networks. With such brilliance across all his initiatives, he has been featured as one of the 5 millionaire entrepreneurs to follow on Instagram as well as Top 30 under 30 entrepreneurs. In Evans own words: “The Best way to predict the future is to build it

Ben Way

San Francisco Bay Area

$60.0/min 5.0 19 $1/min

-Crypto and ICO Advisor -Raised over $20m in crowdfunding -Raised largest ever equity crowdfunding raise in history(2017) -Raised over $1b in total in Venture Capital -Started over 200 companies with multiple $100m+ exits Ben Way is a leading futurologist, technologist, inventor, and entrepreneur. With over twenty years of experience in technology and innovation, Ben has travelled the world seeking out and developing new technologies. As a leading voice on the challenges and benefits of tomorrow’s technology, he has advised some of the world’s leading institutions, including the White House, regarding technological preparations for the future. He is the recipient of the millennium entrepreneur of the year award and has appeared on numerous technology and philanthropy television programs, as well as presenting Bright Young Wonders on Robotics. His Crypto credentials are wide ranging from advising Tradehill founders in 2011 to strategizing with the largest Bitcoin mining operation in San Francisco.

Martin Greenberg

$100.0/min 5.0 4 $1.67/min

Starting and running a company can be extremely stressful and difficult. One of the hardest parts is running into roadblocks and not knowing how to remove them. I ran into many operating my own companies. I've personally built companies as the CEO and founder that have done over $20M in revenue and have raised over $7M in venture capital from Venture Capital funds in Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston. I've gone through multiple accelerator programs. I've advised and invested in over 50 early-stage tech startups from inception to Series A fundraise. This includes everything from company formation, fundraising, ideation, product-market fit, sales, finance, operations, analytics, and HR for early-stage companies. My style is no bullshit. If I don't think I can help you I'll tell you straight up. I don't sugarcoat feedback because it is the only way you as an entrepreneur will grow. My time is super limited with a lot of projects but feel free to reach out to see if I can be helpful. Twitter: www.twitter.com/martygberg Quora: www.quora.com/profile/Marty-Greenberg-2

Mark Taylor

Fredericton, New Brunswick

$100.0/min 4.8 17 $1.67/min

17 years of experience in North America and Europe. I can provide you with practical advice and a step-by-step plan to achieve success. Four hundred companies helped. My clients have achieved $8 million in sales and media coverage by major media outlets like CNBC.

Juliet Oberding

San Francisco, California

$200.0/min 5.0 11 $3.33/min

Lawyer, Founder, Advisor; CEO/Co-founder, Predictably Well; Practiced law 10+ years; intellectual property, copyright, trademark, contracts, privacy, artificial intelligence, ethics/bioethics, computational law, regulatory strategy.

Joshua Suh

Los Angeles, CA

$200.0/min 5.0 9 $3.33/min

Use automation and sequences to take your business from 50k monthly to 300k monthly! Josh is an expert when it comes to small and medium-size business development and growth. How do you grow a powerful pipeline of clients? How do I take my business marketing to the next level? How do I conduct marketing to be successful in a Crowdfunding sale? Josh is the Marketing/ Business Development Guru behind Crowdcreate, the leading provider in full service digital marketing. He has personally been involved in projects raising over $105 million in 2018 and has garnered coverage from Forbes, Huffington's Post, CNBC, CNET, Engadget, and many more. Start up marketing, Business Development, Crowdfunding Marketing, Blockchain Marketing, Josh will give you actionable items to be successful. For more information, send a direct message!

Adam Dexter

San Francisco, CA

$120.0/min 5.0 6 $2/min

Co-Founder of Omni ($40MM+ raised), a series B on-demand physical storage, and rentals platform. I lead product strategy, real estate, physical infrastructure, R&D, and logistics. Formerly Executive Producer and Creative Director at Summit Series. Produced multidisciplinary conference style events; built major partnerships, creative teams, and hospitality experiences. Also mentor emerging entrepreneurs and artists. Geek for: hospitality design, user experience, interpersonal dynamics, art and music.

Russel Cheng

Honolulu, Hawaii

$100.0/min 5.0 11 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur, startup mentor and advisor. Co-founder XM Asia (acquired), founder Organic Asia (IPO), co-founder Founder Institute Honolulu chapter, co-founder Readerie.com, founder StartupHui. Currently co-founder of Dev League coding boot camp. Built companies in US, Tokyo and Singapore with two exits. Lived in Japan and Singapore (1991-2007). I know a thing or three about Japan, China, Singapore, Asia, fundraising, product market fit, customer acquisition and revenue generation related to internet, web and mobile. Ex-Microsoft, Leo Burnett, Bates Advertising executive. Green tea drinker and North Shore surfer. Owner of two cats, one of which I trained to yawn-meow.

Joey Flores

Worldwide

$250.0/min 5.0 6 $4.17/min

20-year startup veteran. Currently Chief Marketing Officer for Bosch-backed kitchen startup Chefling. Been through three acquisitions. Former founding CEO of Y Combinator-backed Earbits. $1.7M raised from Y Combinator, Charles River Ventures and 30+ angels. Grew the company to 15,000 artists and 500,000 mobile app downloads before our acquisition in 2015. I can add value around strategic partnerships, marketing, seed stage fundraising, product optimization and not killing your startup. I've built a startup from concept to acquisition, as well as taken over a company and grown it from $19M to $48M in two years.

Chris Yeh

$600.0/min 5.0 22 $10/min

Entrepreneur, angel investor, and writer. First angel investor in both Ustream and PBworks.

Becky Straw

New York, New York

$300.0/min 4.8 9 $5/min

Co-Founder and CEO of The Adventure Project, (www.theadventureproject.org) a nonprofit "adding venture" capital to support entrepreneurs in developing countries. Former charity: water executive and UNICEF consultant. Lover of people and good deeds.

Jared Fuller

San Fransisco, CA

$175.0/min 5.0 10 $2.92/min

I'm a 4x founder and 10x'd PandaDoc revenue most recently as VP Sales & BD (article here: https://hackernoon.com/pandadoc-growth-10-million-1d5f82e4c26f ). I've learned most everything I know the hard way – fail, learn, succeed and I've put in well over my 10,000 hours as a revenue leader over a decade. I've motivated, hired, or directly placed hundreds of people in my businesses and non-profit causes. I've generated tens of millions in sales, raised tens of millions in venture & angel capital, and built products, marketing campaigns, websites, and apps that have shipped to millions.

keith Ippel

Vancouver, BC

$250.0/min 5.0 8 $4.17/min

Canadian Entrepreneur. Founder of Spring, a purpose driven activator that has helped more than 600 entrepreneurs changing the world in 4 years. Advisor to companies including Hootsuite, Brightkit (acquired by Hootsuite), Control App, Nada Grocery, This Fish, and EcoEast. Raised over $30M in angel and VC funding. Strengths in scalability, capital raising, leadership, and digital media. Passionate about purpose, converging impact with for profit businesses

Peter Szymanski

For startups and entrepreneurs

$400.0/min 5.0 4 $6.67/min

Entrepreneurs from all over the world are asking where do I find top know-how, tools, and resources I need for my startup right now...? I have 15+ years of experience helping startups get funded and grow...

Jeff Ski Kinsey

USA

$300.0/min 5.0 18 $5/min

Author, Speaker, Mentor. Entrepreneur. Founder (or co-founder) of more than a dozen businesses, Ski is also a Jonah's Jonah in Goldratt's TOC. Plus a "mover & shaker" in the VoiceFirst space.

Christine Lu

Los Angeles, California

$350.0/min 5.0 11 $5.83/min

Christine Lu has spent the last two decades active in cross border Chinese business and investment trends. She is recognized as a Digital Leader by the United Nations Foundation and named to Foreign Policy’s inaugural “Pacific Power Index” which recognizes 50 individuals shaping the future of U.S. and China ties.

James Haft

New York, New York

$500.0/min 5.0 16 $8.33/min

Founder: www.PALcapital.com www.PALgenesis.com www.StartupHub.nyc www.Condo.com www.NXTPLabs.com Advisor to more than 20 startups and Internet businesses. Mentor at www.TechStars.com and accelerators on 5 continents. I help founders and CEOs develop and execute strategies to build equity value and create liquidity. www.Angel.co/JamesHaft www.LinkedIn.com/in/jameshaft Founder PALcapital.com, PALgenesis. Com, Condo.com, Houses.com & Properties.com. Founder of Largest Accelerator in LatAm.

Dan Abelon

Greater New York City Area

$400.0/min 4.7 14 $6.67/min

Grew startup to 23 Million users and sold to Match.com. I offer actionable feedback on growth hacking, viral marketing, Facebook, mobile and more. I've advised 100+ startups including those backed by investors such as Accel, Bessemer, and Y Combinator. Grow your userbase without paying for it.

Lucy Guo

$200.0/min 5.0 8 $3.33/min

Current YC Founder that just raised a Series A from Accel. Ex Product @ Snapchat, Quora. Ex-Software Engineer @ Facebook, Endless Mobile. Designed Snapchat Chat V2 and worked on stories. At Quora, I doubled mobile conversions (sign ups), worked on redesigning the ask/search bar, and helped redesign the landing pages. I worked on Messenger at Facebook and helped create apps that helped people learn english at Endless Mobile.

Megan Groves

San Francisco, CA

$400.0/min 5.0 4 $6.67/min

Founder of Modular Marketing and InterimCMO, Head of Marketing at IgniteTalks, startup advisor & mentor at TechStars & Highway1. Previous: VentureBeat, HuffPost, and Federated Media.

Arman Assadi

San Diego, CA

$1000.0/min 5.0 12 $16.67/min

Arman Assadi is the co-founder & CEO of ProjectEVO.org where he helps creatives and entrepreneurs find their flow. Arman was featured on the cover of Foundr Magazine — which has featured household names like Richard Branson, Brené Brown, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Ariana Huffington. He is the creator of the EVO Planner, the record holder for #1 most crowdfunded planner of all time. The Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns are in the top 1% of all time. Fortune 500 companies, Silicon Valley startups, celebrity thought leaders, and New York Times bestselling authors have consulted Arman and generated tens of millions of dollars with his strategies. He has been the chief architect and copywriter behind 11 different 7-figure product launches and worked with influential thought leaders like Neil Patel, Lewis Howes, Jason Silva, Lori Harder, Timothy Sykes, Gerard Adams, and more. Additionally, companies like IBM, T-Mobile, PayPal, Century 21, Booking.com, and 1-800-Flowers.com have implemented Arman’s trainings. He is a contempo philosopher, obsessive world traveler (ask him about his favorite countries!), and former Googler.

Tony Bjornson

San Francisco, California

$600.0/min 5.0 3 $10/min

Global Payments Strategy, Merchant Acquisition, Banking, Electronic Payments, Credit Networks, Debit Networks, Closed Payment Networks, Gift Networks, NFC, ACH, EFT, Card Present & Card Not Present Environments, Payment Gateways & API's, Interchange Management, Electronic Bill Presentment, Mobile Payments, Payment Integration, Data Tokenization, Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS) Compliance, PAD Processing, Bitcoin, Digital Currency Processing & Liquidation, Marketplace Processing, Transaction Modelling, Recurring Billing, Subscription Services, P2P, Startups.

George Favvas

San Francisco, California

$200.0/min 4.8 7 $3.33/min

Canadian living in San Francisco. Serial entrepreneur, cofounder of PerkHub, mentor @ FounderFuel accelerator. Ask me about: Product development, Distribution, Accelerators, Affiliate programs, Metrics, Fundraising, Bitcoin.

Sunil Pai

$150.0/min 5.0 6 $2.5/min

Sunil Pai is a Partner at AngelList and angel investor. Previously, he was a VC at DFJ. DFJ has invested in SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Tumblr, Box, Skype, SolarCity, and Yammer. Prior to joining DFJ, Sunil worked at Deloitte Consulting's San Francisco office as part of the Technology Strategy & Architecture division. There, he focused on advising enterprise clients on cloud computing, mobility, and social business strategies. Sunil graduated from the University of California - Berkeley with a BA and certificate in entrepreneurship and technology. While at Berkeley, he served as a researcher for the Haas School of Business, studying corporate innovation and performance outcomes of publicly traded firms in the high-tech sector. Sunil was also a four-year member of the top ranked Berkeley debate team and won the California state debate championship.

Corey Mack

Los Angeles, CA

$120.0/min 5.0 4 $2/min

Speaker. Adviser for startups. Helps with Product Design, Patents, Presentation, Fundraising Strategy, Finding Investors, Apparel, and AR/VR.

Dana Severson

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$100.0/min 5.0 4 $1.67/min

Dana Severson is the Director of Marketing at Promoter.io, Co-founder of StartupsAnonymous.com and founder of StickinaBox.co, a gourmet beef jerky subscription box. He is an AngelPad alum, a weekly contributor to Inc.com, and the former CEO of Wahooly. Rated by LinkedIn as one of the top 10 writers on Entrepreneurship in 2015.

Chris Hulls

San Francisco, California

$400.0/min 4.9 20 $6.67/min

Founder and investor. Raised over $125m for my own business (Life360) and investor/advisor to other companies including Ring, Automatic, Credible, August, Honk, and Tile.

Maia Bittner

San Francisco, CA

$200.0/min 5.0 2 $3.33/min

I love strategies for finding PMF, fundraising, and building scrappy teams. Formerly Co-founder/CTO @ Rocksbox, Co-founder @ Pinch, Forbes 30 Under 30, investor

Matt Brezina

San Francisco, California

$500.0/min 5.0 14 $8.33/min

Co-Founder & CEO of Sincerely.com (acquired by Provide Commerce). Co-Founder Xobni (YC '06, acquired by Yahoo). Investor in Dropbox, Mailbox (acquired by Dropbox), Wanelo, Voxer, Gametime, Rescale, 15five. Advisor to Weebly, Qualaroo

Eran Eyal

New York

$400.0/min 5.0 17 $6.67/min

Co-founder // CEO at Shopin, CEO & founder StartupHat, Springleap, co-founder Evly (acquired). Designer of 16 mobile handsets (acquired). Angel investor and advisor at multiple startups. Passionate about startups and working with amazing people to solve big problems in a scalable way, especially crowdsourcing and marketplaces. I advise on raising angel/seed/vc fundraising in the US, EU and African markets, crowdsourcing, community, marketplaces, marketing, strategy, and crowdfunding. Achievements: 1. won Techstars Pitchnite 2. won Alleyboost Investor Pitchnite 3. won the United Nations World Summit Award for most innovative ebusiness, 4. was listed in Fast Company most innovative companies, 5. winner of Mentorcamp Canada and 2nd place at the Innovation 100 awards in California - beating Apple, Zazzle, eBay, Zappos and all our competitors. I'm here to help. Looking forward to connecting.

Dr. Reshan Richards

United States

$150.0/min 5.0 4 $2.5/min

Adjunct Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and Columbia School for Professional Studies. Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer of Explain Everything. Founder of Constructivist Toolkit. Former K-12 Educational Technology Administrator. Former K-12 Math Teacher. Educational Technology Researcher. Author of Blending Leadership: Six Simple Beliefs for Leading Online Offline (Wiley).

Jason Shah

San Francisco Bay Area

$300.0/min 5.0 1 $5/min

Product management at Amazon. Previously I founded Do.com and did product management at Yammer and Microsoft.

Touraj Parang

San Francisco Bay Area

$500.0/min 5.0 11 $8.33/min

M&A and Business Development Executive at GoDaddy (focusing on Domains, Business Applications, PWS, Voice and Messaging strategic initiatives). Operating Partner at Pear Venture Capital (early stage fund, with world-class portfolio including DoorDash, Gusto, Branch and over 50 others). Previously Founding COO @UpCounsel (legal marketplace), Founder @jaxtr (pioneering viral cloud telephony mobile startup), VP Corporate Development & Strategy @Webs (largest website creation tool, and I lead its sale to VistaPrint). Over 20 years of M&A and Business Development experience with 150+ startups totaling over $1.7B in deal value.

Kyle Hill

Santa Monica, CA

$450.0/min 5.0 2 $7.5/min

Founder/CEO of HomeHero (senior home care marketplace). Forbes "30 Under 30" in Healthcare. Raised $25M in venture funding with 3 different companies. Background in mobile payments, design, strategy and product development.

Adam Epstein

Toronto, Ontario

$100.0/min 5.0 0 $1.67/min

Founder of HUDDLERS, Corporate Lawyer, Hustler, Basketball Junkie, Product Guy

Utz Baldwin

Austin, Texas Area

$60.0/min 5.0 14 $1/min

Former Chairman and CEO of CEDIA, the global trade organization representing the connected home for 25 years. My current venture, Plum is an Austin based consumer hardware & software startup many refer to as the "Nest of Lighting". I have extensive domain knowledge in consumer electronics, IoT, connected home. Plum is one of the most successfully crowdfunded startups in recent history.