Consumer Software

Get 1:1 advice from experienced consumer tech founders and operators.

Chris Yeh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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