Consumer Software
Get 1:1 advice from experienced consumer tech founders and operators.
Chris Yeh
Co-author of Blitzscaling,
Investor
Available next Tuesday
Chris Yeh is a writer, investor, and entrepreneur who has been in the world of startups and scale-ups since 1995. Co-author of the bestselling book Blitzscaling together ...
Pitch practice
and blitzscaling
Scaling your startup
Fundraising
Growth strategy
Product-market-fit
Marketing
Dave Anderson
Partner – Beat Ventures,
Venture Capitalist
Available tomorrow
David Anderson is the founding partner of Beat Ventures, an early-stage venture fund that invests in startups reshaping the future of work. Prior to this, he was an inves...
Fundraising &
pitch advice
Fundraising strategy
Pitch deck review
Generating VC interest
B2B sales
Investor relations
Colin Rogister
Partner – Beat Ventures,
Venture Capitalist
Available tomorrow
Colin Rogister is the founding partner of Beat Ventures, an early-stage venture fund that invests in startups reshaping the future of work. Prior to Beat Ventures, Colin ...
NFT and
Web3 advice
Scaling Web3 startups
Fundraising strategy
Pitch deck review
Pitch practice
Consumer tech
Ryan Mendoza
Partner – Scrum Ventures,
Venture Capitalist
Available next Tuesday
Ryan Mendoza is a Partner at Scrum Ventures, a Japanese fund investing in US startups. Previously, Ryan worked at a university accelerator called PCI Ventures, where he w...
Fundraising
advice
Startup investing
Fundraising
Pitching VCs
Deck review
Accelerators
T Zhu
Co-founder – Tellus,
Fintech & Real Estate-tech Expert
Available on Sunday
T Zhu is the co-founder of Tellus, a smart savings platform powered by real estate backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures and Decent Capital. He previously founde...
Fintech and B2C
startup advice
Consumer tech
Product driven growth
Fundraising
Mobile app marketing
Scaling from 0 to 1
Anada Lakra
Founder & CEO – BoldVoice,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Anada Lakra is the co-founder and CEO of BoldVoice, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides accent training to non-native English speakers. Anada previously worked as...
Go-to-market and
formation advice
Edtech startups
Fundraising
Y Combinator
Mobile app marketing
Early-stage growth
Lorenzo Thione
Managing Director – Gaingels,
Angel Investor
Available next Wednesday
Lorenzo Thione is the Managing Director at Gaingels, a venture investment group based in NYC focused on investing and supporting LGBTQ+ founded/led startups. He is also t...
Advice on
angel investing
Raising angel investment
Pitch practice
Deck review
Customer acquisition
Storytelling for startups
Edvard Engesaeth
Co-founder – Nurx,
Y Combinator Alum
Available next Friday
Dr. Edvard "Eddie" Engeseath, MD is the Co-founder of telehealth startup Nurx, angel investor, startup advisor, and a former family physician. He founded Nurx to make pre...
Growth and
fundraising advice
Fundraising
Deal making
Customer acquisition
Product-market-fit
Hiring strategy
Max Samuel
Partner – Snö Ventures,
Venture Capitalist
Available next Wednesday
Max Samuel is a venture capitalist and lawyer. He has formerly worked at Thiel Capital (Peter Thiel’s investment office), Wilson Sonsini and Credit Suisse, and attended Y...
Investor pitch
feedback
Early-stage funding
Building pitch decks
Product-market-fit
Finding investors
Company formation
Sascha Eder
Founder & CEO – NewtonX,
Ex-McKinsey Consultant
Available tomorrow
Sascha Eder is the founder and CEO of NewtonX, a B2B enterprise research startup that has raised $40M+ in venture capital. Prior to NewtonX, Sascha was a management consu...
Enterprise SaaS
and sales advice
Enterprise SaaS startups
Fundraising from VCs
Building sales teams
Selling enterprise products
Product-market-fit
Joe Coyne
General Partner – Studio VC,
Venture Capitalist
Available tomorrow
Joe Coyne is a Venture Capitalist focused on helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses from day one to exit. Joe’s experience spans Venture Capital, Private Equity and...
Fundraising
advice
Fundraising
Deal making
Customer acquisition
Product-market-fit
Hiring strategy
Praful Mathur
Founder & CEO – Sarama,
Y Combinator Alum
Available next Friday
Praful Mathur is the founder and CEO of Sarama, a deeptech startup that uses AI to determine intent from barks i.e. crude translation. He was previously the co-founder a...
AI & deeptech
advice
Artificial Intelligence
Deeptech
Customer acquisition
Performance marketing
Organic growth
Rune Hauge
CEO – Mentorcam,
Y Combinator Alum
Available next Wednesday
Rune Hauge is the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam (YC S21), angel investor, and startup advisor. Before co-founding Mentorcam, Rune founded three different startups with ...
Seed stage
fundraising advice
Fundraising
Y Combinator
Product-market-fit
Startup sales
Growth hacking
Itay Forer
Co-founder – Cleanly,
Y Combinator Alum
Available next Tuesday
Itay Forer is the co-founder of Cleanly, an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service backed by Y Combinator (W15), Initialized Capital, Soma Capital, Paul Buchheit (cre...
B2C and
GTM advice
B2B sales
GTM strategy
Building sales team
Applying to YC
Finding PMF
Lisa Curtis
Founder & CEO – Kuli Kuli,
Forbes 30 Under 30
Available next Friday
Lisa Curtis is the founder and CEO of Kuli Kuli, the leading brand pioneering the superfood moringa in the US market. She began working on Kuli Kuli while in the Peace Co...
Social impact
and CPG GTM advice
Social impact
Supply chain
CPG startups
D2C marketing
Food & beverage
John Jantsch
Founder – Duct Tape Marketing,
Marketing Expert
Available next Tuesday
John Jantsch is an author, speaker, and marketing consultant who specializes in assisting small businesses. He is the best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tap...
Growth hacking
and marketing
Marketing
SEO
SEM
Growth hacking
Paid media
Christen Nino De Guzman
Founder – Clara,
Ex-TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest
Available tomorrow
Christen Nino De Guzman is a content creator and the founder of Clara. Christen has more than 10 years of experience working with creators at companies such as Instagram,...
Brand building
and positioning
Social media strategy
Content creation
Organic growth
Influencer marketing
Affiliate marketing
Nicholas Scalice
Founder – Earnworthy,
Marketing Expert
Available next Tuesday
Nicholas Scalice is a growth marketing expert with over 13 years of experience helping brands turn website visitors into leads and customers using high-converting landing...
Growth marketing
A/B testing
Growth strategy
Marketing
Organic growth
Paid media
Ilya Usorov
Co-Founder & CTO – BoldVoice,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Ilya Usorov is the co-founder and CTO of BoldVoice, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides accent training to non-native English speakers. He has eight years of soft...
Edtech and
technical advice
Building for scale
Making an MVP
Software development
App development
Mobile marketing
Bryan Wilcox
Co-founder & CTO – Tovala,
Y Combinator Alum
Available next Wednesday
Bryan Wilcox is a co-founder and the former CTO of Tovala, a food-tech company that saves people time with a smart oven and paired meal service. Tovala has raised $70M in...
Technical and
hardware advice
Hardware
Y Combinator
Finding developers
Building an MVP
Product-driven growth
Tim Specht
Co-founder & CTO – Dubsmash,
Consumer & Social Expert
Available on April 5
Tim Specht is the Director of Engineering at Reddit and the Co-founder and CTO of Dubsmash, a TikTok competitor that he successfully started, grew, and sold with over 250...
Consumer apps and
technical advice
Launching social media apps
Building technical infrastructure
Scaling products
Product-led-growth
Mobile architecture
Amir Tarighat
Co-founder & CEO – Agency,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Amir Tarighat is the co-founder and CEO of Agency, an enterprise cybersecurity startup backed by Y Combinator (W22). He is a software developer and cybersecurity expert w...
Cybersecurity and
Enterprise SaaS advice
B2B sales
GTM strategy
Acquisitions
SaaS products
YC applications