“Oz is like a pitch doctor with X-ray vision! He spotted the weak spots in my deck faster than you can say 'unicorn startup.' His feedback turned my mumbling mess into a dragon's den knockout. Now my pitch sizzles like bacon on a hot pan. If your pitch needs a power-up, Oz is your go-to guy. He'll have investors reaching for their wallets instead of reaching for the door!”
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Proud to share that Gray Ventures has participated in the $2.5 million seed funding round for Pitchit, a groundbreaking AI-powered Lead Qualification…
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Hey everyone! I'm thrilled to share our latest blog post, "Building Wealth: Your Complete Guide to Financial Success." If you're looking to take…
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🌟 Exciting Announcement from Light House! 🌟 The Light House Project is thrilled to invite you to our next professional networking event for…
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Program Director
Founder Institute
Science and Technology
The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. Through a four-month early-stage accelerator program, entrepreneurs can launch companies with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, without quitting their day jobs. The current portfolio has an estimated $20 Billion in funds and 3500+ companies launched. More than 80% of businesses that graduate from the program survives…
The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. Through a four-month early-stage accelerator program, entrepreneurs can launch companies with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, without quitting their day jobs. The current portfolio has an estimated $20 Billion in funds and 3500+ companies launched. More than 80% of businesses that graduate from the program survives more than five years.
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Mentor
GrowthMentor
- Present 5 years 11 months
Providing 1:1 mentoring for entrepreneurs starting and growing their own businesses through GrowthMentor, a curated platform of invite-only startup and growth marketing mentors which have proven experience in their fields.
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SCORE Mentor/Consultant
SCORE Mentors
- 1 year
Education
Counsel and advise small business owners & entrepreneurs on areas critical to starting and growing their business: ideation, product-market fit, sales, marketing, pricing & operations, mindset challenges. I meet with these future & current owners to review their progress against stated goals, assist them with troubleshooting any pain points, and generally provide a supportive ear.
SCORE is funded by the Small Business Administration with the goal of supporting business formation, job…Counsel and advise small business owners & entrepreneurs on areas critical to starting and growing their business: ideation, product-market fit, sales, marketing, pricing & operations, mindset challenges. I meet with these future & current owners to review their progress against stated goals, assist them with troubleshooting any pain points, and generally provide a supportive ear.
SCORE is funded by the Small Business Administration with the goal of supporting business formation, job creation and wealth building in communities across the USA. -
VP of Membership, Hi Rise Toastmasters Club
Toastmasters International
- 4 years 6 months
Education
Play a variety of roles at club meetings including speaker, evaluator, table topics master.
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Chapter Leader
PulseLocal
- 1 year
Education
Creating a successful Customer Success team is hard enough, but how do you sustain that success as your company scales? Join Rotterdam's PulseLocal Community as we deep-dive into the best practices, pitfalls, and advice from those who have done it before! The PulseLocal network consists of over fifty chapters located around the world and continues to grow as Customer Success revolutionizes business globally. PulseLocal connects Customer Success professionals with their like-minded peers where…
Creating a successful Customer Success team is hard enough, but how do you sustain that success as your company scales? Join Rotterdam's PulseLocal Community as we deep-dive into the best practices, pitfalls, and advice from those who have done it before! The PulseLocal network consists of over fifty chapters located around the world and continues to grow as Customer Success revolutionizes business globally. PulseLocal connects Customer Success professionals with their like-minded peers where they live. Each chapter meets regularly to educate, foster peer-to-peer networking, and democratize the Customer Success industry.
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Co-President
PulseLocal
- 1 year 10 months
Education
I served as the Co-President of the RDU PulseLocal Network. I helped customer success professionals build communities, connect with their peers and design the future of the customer success community. The PulseLocal network consists of over fifty chapters located around the world and continues to grow as Customer Success revolutionizes business globally. PulseLocal connects Customer Success professionals with their like-minded peers where they live. Each chapter meets regularly to educate…
I served as the Co-President of the RDU PulseLocal Network. I helped customer success professionals build communities, connect with their peers and design the future of the customer success community. The PulseLocal network consists of over fifty chapters located around the world and continues to grow as Customer Success revolutionizes business globally. PulseLocal connects Customer Success professionals with their like-minded peers where they live. Each chapter meets regularly to educate, foster peer-to-peer networking, and democratize the Customer Success industry.
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Professional Mentor
NC State University
- 5 months
Education
M100: Professionalism, Diversity & Academic Success in Management is an orientation course in Poole designed to help new students succeed academically and grow professionally. This includes developing their understanding and appreciation of diversity, as well as their ability to function effectively within a rapidly changing, global work environment.
Professional Mentors share their knowledge and expertise to help new students transition to NC State, develop academic and personal goals…M100: Professionalism, Diversity & Academic Success in Management is an orientation course in Poole designed to help new students succeed academically and grow professionally. This includes developing their understanding and appreciation of diversity, as well as their ability to function effectively within a rapidly changing, global work environment.
Professional Mentors share their knowledge and expertise to help new students transition to NC State, develop academic and personal goals, stretch beyond their comfort zones, explore issues of diversity and inclusion, and begin to build a professional network.
-Foster a sense of community, belonging and connection within the larger university
-Build an awareness of diversity and inclusivity among students
-Provide access to professional and student role models
-Provide students opportunities to develop networking skills
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PulseLocal Raleigh-Durham | Customer Success Community
Co-President
-Current: Co-President PulseLocal RDU is a local networking community of Customer Success leaders on the Raleigh-Durham, NC area. We meet to network, share our struggles, and develop great programs to lead our world in Customer Success. Let's share best practices, talk about triumphs, failures and the things we are doing to make our clients more successful every day.
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