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, and 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.
George Zachary
Partner
Charles River Ventures
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John Lilly
Partner
Greylock Partners
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Mike Cassidy
Serial Entrepreneur
Xfire, Direct Hit, etc.,
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Matt Cohler
Co-Founder
Facebook
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Vinod Khosla
Co-Founder
Sun Microsystems
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Sue Johnston
VP Operations
Oracle
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Asheem Chandna
Partner
Greylock Partners
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Konstantin Guericke
Co-Founder
LinkedIn
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Howard Hartenbaum
Partner
August Capital
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Christine Herron
Director
Intel Capital
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Joe Lonsdale
Founder
Palantir
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Naval Ravikant
Founder, Angel
Angel List
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David Lee
Managing Partner
SV Angel
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Chris Michel
Serial Founder and Investor
Affinity Labs/Military.com
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Chris Fralic
Managing Partner
First Round Capital
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Matthew S. Bartus
Partner
Cooley LLP
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Othman Laraki
Vice President of Growth & International
Twitter
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Supreet Oberoi
Big Data Technical Evangelist
American Express
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Adam Rodnitzky
CMO, Co-Founder
ReTel Technologies
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Dave Hodson
Serial Entrepreneur
MessageCast
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Rebecca Lynn
Partner
Morgenthaler Ventures
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Trent Herren
VP of Revenue for Applications and Commerce Group
AOL
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Michael Drejer
CEO
ProPeople
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Bruce Schechter
Angel
Band of Angels
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Elliot Loh
Entrepreneur
Advisor
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Ariel Poler
Angel Investor
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Michael Wolfe
Co-founder
Vontu
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Sam Schillace
Director of Engineering
Google
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Manu Kumar
Chief Firestarter
K9 Ventures
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Brian Helmick
Founder
Algentis
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Burke Robinson
Consulting Professor
Stanford University
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Claudia Carpenter
co-founder
Restartle
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Clint Korver
Co-President
Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs
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Gary Kremen
Founder
Match.com
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Scott Iyama
Attorney at Law
Suttcliffe LLP
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David Wu
Partner
Maveron Ventures
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Antonio Espinosa
Managing Partner
JacksonBay Group
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Greg Gretsch
Managing Director
Sigma Partners
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Stewart Alsop
Partner
Alsop Louie Partners
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Jeff Clavier
Founder and Managing Partner
SoftechVC
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John Malloy
General Partner
BlueRun Ventures
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Mary Etta Eaton
Public Speaking Instructor
Stanford University
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Mauria Finley
Founder, CEO
Citrus Lane
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Jonathan Golden
Product
Airbnb
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Richard Ling
General Partner
Rembrandt Ventures
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Jason Shellen
Founder
Brizzly
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Jagjot Singh
Managing Partner
Five Rivers Group
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Christine Venditti
Partner
The Cheyenne Group
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Chuck Eesley
Assistant Professor
MS&E, Stanford
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Dan Woods
Business Development
Palantir
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Sol Lipman
Mobile Evangelist
AOL
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George Aspland
Co-Founder and CEO
ReTel Technologies
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Spencer Johnson
Product Field Operations
Box Top Solutions
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Ryan Junee
CEO and Co-Founder
Inporia
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Owen Tripp
CEO
Reputation.com
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Ben Wang
Founder
Svaya Technologies
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Chris Yeh
VP Marketing
PBworks
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Spencer D. Jackson
Attorney at Law
Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe LLP
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Jatinder Singh
VP of Research
Deutsche Telekom Inc.
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Robert Siegel
General Partner
X/Seed Capital Management
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Kevin Moynihan
Managing Director
Solace Systems
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Freddy Mangum
Managing Partner
Cleantech Circle LLC
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Jon Gillespie-Brown
Founder
Digital Ventures
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Jeff Depew
Founder
Imara Corporation
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Raju Iyer
Chief Financial Officer
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
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Bill Kuhlman
Vice President of Business Development
BIA Separations
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Saar Gur
Partner
Charles River Ventures
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Kent Goldman
Principal
First Round Capital
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Ash Patel
Co-Founder
Morado
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Tom Kippola
Managing Director
The Chasm Group
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Ari Chaney
Executive Director for Technology Translation
Stanford BioDesign Program
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Chris McCann
Founder
[Startup Digest]
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Dan Ahn
Managing Director
Voyager Capital
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Sumit Agarwal
Co-Founder, Vice President of Product Management
Shape Security
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Ted Hollifield
Co-Head Venture and M&A Practice
Alston & Bird LLP
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Jason Putorti
Founder
Votizen
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Don Dodge
Developer Advocate
Google
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Jonathan Baer
Managing Partner
FDI Institute/Principal Threshold Ventures
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Jeff Tannenbaum
Investor
BlueRun Ventures
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Adam Smith
Partner
AOL Ventures
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Amir Belson
Founder
Neoguide
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Katherine Barr
Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV)
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Mark Blumenkranz
Professor and Chairman Department of Ophtalmology
Stanford University
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Renata Quintini
Partner
Felicis Ventures
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Humphrey Polanen
Senior Partner
punchlime
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Ali Partovi
Advisor
Dropbox
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Pejman Nozad
General Partner
Amidzad
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Peter Muller
President
Interform
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Tim Chang
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund
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Andrew Chung
Partner
Khosla Ventures
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Susan Lucas-Conwell
CEO
Great Place to Work Institute
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Peter Danzig
Co-founder
Virtuata
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Chris Farmer
Partner
General Catalyst
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Skip Fleshman
Partner
Asset Management Ventures
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Sean Flynn
Partner
Shasta Ventures
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Amy Lockwood
Deputy Director
Center for Global Health at Stanford University
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Elad Gil
Strategy Advisor
Twitter
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Gilman Louie
Partner
Alsop Louie Partners
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Jay Borenstein
Department of CS
Stanford University
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Brad Garlinghouse
CEO
YouSendIt
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David Hornik
General Partner
August Capital
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Karl Jacob
Founder, CEO
Coveroo
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Clifford Nass
Thomas M. Storke Professor
Stanford University
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Miriam Rivera
Board of Trustees
Stanford University
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Don Wood
Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
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Dinesh Katiyar
Partner
Accel Partners
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Brian Hamel
CEO and Founder
Nuvolex
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