Mentors
Mentors within RTP that drive entrepreneurship.
A mentor is an experienced individual who guides, advises, and supports someone in their personal or professional growth. They offer informal, experience-based advice and long-term guidance. Mentors are usually unpaid and provide guidance based on goodwill.
People

John Austin
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Startup Mentor and Coach
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Joe Colopy
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Entrepreneur + Investor
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Jan Davis
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Doubled the size of three different businesses in different industries in three years or less as an operator. Still growing companies: private company board member, startup and early stage advisor, and angel investor.
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George Deeb
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Managing Partner at Red Rocket Ventures
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Mitch Heath
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Sports Executive || Start-up Coach, Advisor, Investor, Board Member || Co-Founder at Teamworks, The Operating System for Sports (TM)
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Chris Heivly
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Managing Director at Build The Fort, LLC
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Kurt Heusner
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GM and EVP @ ShareFile | Board Member | Investor | Philanthropist
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Courtney Schuster Kamlet
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Governance Expert | ESG Strategist | M and A Integration Specialist | Podcaster - Women Governance Trailblazers
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Brandon Kashani
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CEO + Founder of TRAKID. Early stage start-up advisor. Speaker on startup journey, fundraising, PMF, pivots
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Doug Kaufman
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CEO & Founder, Belongly | Entrepreneur, Psychologist & Coach, Public Speaker, Teacher
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Windy Zou Kohl
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Business Model, GTM Innovator, Growth Specialist; Advisor, Investor
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Keith Langbo
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Founder & CEO at Kelaca
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Jesse Lipson
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Founder/CEO at Levitate, Board member at Green Places, Yext, Raleigh Founded and Brooks Bell
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Larry Long Jr.
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⚡️CEO (Chief Energy Officer) / 🎤 International Professional Speaker 🎙️ Emcee-Host-Moderator-Facilitator 🌟 Influencer / 📈 Sales Trainer & Coach / 📕 Author / 🎥 Content Creator / 🫶🏾 Board Member (x3) / 💰 Investor
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Erica Madden
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Owner @ bloo
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JP Maloney
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Driving Startup Success & Ecosystem Growth in NC
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Anthony Rotoli
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C-Suite Executive | Growth Strategist | Board Member & Advisor | Transformation Leader | Coach & Mentor
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Tom Snyder
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Executive Director at RIoT
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Jenn Summe
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Startup Investor ⚡️ Primordial
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Juee Tendulkar
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Helping companies scale * Growing people and teams * Learning something new everyday *
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Grace Ueng
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Leadership Coach and Strategy Consultant | “Corporate Therapist” & “Secret Weapon” | Creator of HappinessWorks™
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Cameron Walker
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GM | Ex-Twitter, Google, Disney/Pixar, and VF | Accomplished Tech, Entertainment and Apparel Executive | Strategy and Ops | Growth-minded | Purpose-Driven | Angel Investor
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Jason Widen
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Founder & CEO of Blue Co. Warehousing: a coworking and cowarehousing company
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Peter Zaitsev
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Entrepreneur | Driving Success with MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB & PostgreSQL | Technologist | Board Member & Advisor
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Mark Zorko
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Board member, angel investor and former CEO/CFO for manufacturing, services, health care and high-tech firms. Interested in 1-2 additional Board positions.
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