San Francisco Startup Mentors | Growth Advice From the Top 1%

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Cody Lee

VP, Growth Marketing @ Global Private Equity Firm | Advisor to 100+ Growth Companies

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States of America (-08:00 UTC)

I’m a proud member of the Peak Performance Group: a free, on-demand resource for the nearly 100 exceptional companies within the Summit Partners portfolio. Every day, I assist founders and marketing teams with accelerating growth through marketing and digital initiatives—and hope to help you, too!

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Jordan Crawford

Early Stage Growth and Strategy

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States of America (-08:00 UTC)

I have been in growth since 2016. I moved Zinc.com from 1 to 100M in GMV. I'm great with early customer acquisition, growth hacks, and thinking about crazy ways to grow your early-stage business.

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Eugene Hauptmann

Technologist & Serial Enterpreneur

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC)

Eugene is a faith-centric technologist, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, advisor, mentor. Founder @reactivelions

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Jenifer Ho

VP Marketing | Growth Marketer | Tech Marketer | SaaS Marketer

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC)

Democratic and empathetic and leader managing full stack marketing teams with deep expertise in Growth and Demand Generation. Experience ranges from startups to Fortune 500 in both US and global organizations. 3 successful exits, all IPOs.

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Trey Buchanan

VP of B2B Advertising, B2B Paid Media Expert

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC)

I've spent over 8 Years spending hundreds of millions of dollars delivering on growth and efficiency goals. My specialty is LinkedIn and Facebook but I have also run teams that have scaled to millions on paid search. The firms I have works with have varied from pre seed stage to post IPO.

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Sophia Eng

Growth Advisor

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States of America (-08:00 UTC)

VP Marketing @TradeTheFifth. Founder, Women in Growth. Formerly @InVisionApp @Workday @Autodesk. Startup Mentor Optimizing for Happiness, Designing for Growth.

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Sakshi Gupta

Growth Marketing Mentor

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC)

Data driven and technical Growth Marketer with 8 years of experience in leading growth strategies in tech companies by leveraging Marketing-Tech stack & with solid understanding of digital advertising & data collection ecosystems. Let's chat about technology, marketing and everything in between!

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Jim Kingsbury

Growth Marketing Leadership

Currently residing in San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC)

Lesson-filled multi-decade journey leading e-commerce marketing teams for incredible online brands including Allbirds, Zappos, The Pro's Closet, and One Kings Lane - plus 4 years as an International Product Manager in the early days of Amazon.com

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How does it works?

Step 1. Browse mentors

Browse through our list of mentors using the filters. Make sure to read their profiles and reviews in depth, and make your choice.

Step 2. Send session request

Found the perfect mentor for you? Awesome, time to request a call. Tell them a bit about your situation, choose a time, and get it set on your calendar.

Step 3. Get on 1:1 call

Time for the call, yay! Make sure you show up on time and prepared to make the most out of it. Pro tip: Ask your mentor if it’s ok to record the screen so you can take notes later.

San Francisco Startup Ecosystem

The bay area is home to the world’s largest and most well-funded startup ecosystem. There are over 90 active incubators and accelerators in the city which help founders get access to funding and expertise to help build their ventures. The tech-leading region receives 44% of the United State’s VC funding which is 22% of global VC expenditure.

Some of the most prominent startups contributing to the San Francisco ecosystem include Elon Musk’s OpenAI, climate change fighting startup Pachamama, and cryptocurrency company CoinList.

Blockchain, fintech, big data, cybersecurity, FoodTech, BioTech, and MedTech are just some of the San Francisco-based industries pioneering innovations to bring to the world.

In 2021, 140 unicorns came out of the Bay Area, 42% of all US companies with valuations of more than $ 1 billion.

Why is San Francisco so successful as a startup ecosystem? With a historical background in programming and technological businesses, it has grown as a talent hub over the last decades.

In 2011 the mayor of the city offered tax breaks to entrepreneurs to set up shop in San Francisco. Slowly and surely, more companies began to move, which led to a high concentration of risk-taking entrepreneurs who wanted to collaborate.

Combine the startup-friendly environment with talent graduating from some of the country’s top universities like Stanford. You build an ecosystem of highly qualified individuals looking to innovate and develop a world-class tech industry. Connect with our San Francisco-based mentors.

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GrowthMentor is an on-demand platform where ambitious startup teams, entrepreneurs, and marketers can filter and book 1:1 calls with vetted mentors to work through their current growth struggles.

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To actually solve your issue you need to connect with someone who’s “been there done that” and have a back-and-forth conversation about the particular roadblock you are facing at this very moment.

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Come into this with realistic expectations. They’re mentors, not magicians.
Ask your mentor if they’d be ok with you recording your screen with Loom
Give contextual information to help paint the picture of your current situation.
Growth mentors will be asking you lots of questions, answer them as openly as possible.
Don’t be afraid to push the boundaries of question-asking.
Be inquisitive. Stories are gold.
Don’t feel pressure, just relax.
Try to form mental patterns, especially if you speak with multiple mentors.
Embrace alternative views. Ask the mentors to challenge your assumptions.
Be friendly. If you’re likable, the mentors will be your biggest supporters (even after the call is over).

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