YUP!! I'm one of those crazy people who LOVES meeting as many founders as possible during Techstars Mentor Magic (or Madness, depending on your POV 😅). Last week was slightly intimidating, I admit, because I hadn't mentored for Techstars Space Accelerator before and have limited experience with spacetech 🚀 But all five fabulous companies impressed me with their enthusiasm and questions as well as their tech, once I understood it at a high level 🤓 Even better, they are all open to leveling up their Plain English communication skills, which is where I can add the most value💪 Especially sweet was wrapping up my day -- and Mentor Magic for the entire cohort -- with Auston Tighe and Rodrigo Schmitt from Translunar Exports and Servicing. They're essentially putting eyes on satellites so they can be positioned strategically and avoid space junk 👀 Huge thanks to Gabriel Schlumberger, Allison Kitain and Carmen O'Connor for all their work that makes #givefirst possible, plus the good vibes, coffee, snacks and the photo (in comments) with Austin and Rod! 🤩 LET's GO!!!!!
💪 Mentor Magic - Complete!! 👏 Two weeks of industry leaders, seasoned founders, executive coaches, lawyers, investors, pitch masters and more manifesting the #GiveFirst mentality of Techstars by volunteering their time and energy to our new cohort. It's absolutely amazing to see the power of this community in action! 🥳 Thank you to everyone who was able to join us this past week for a powerful second week of mentorship: Mary Shippy Rama Afullo Jose Ocasio-Christian Felix Bustos III John Keefe Andre Wilson Hyder Alabed Julie Kopp Charlie Feng Allison Skager Patrick Anding Shashi Jain Mark Dhillon Cory Siskind Nicholas Townsend Kim Ruvolo Balazs Slezak Vladimir Baranov Monica Roy Matt Kozlov Suvojit Ghosh Carie Lemack Shay ('shy') Har-Noy John Zimmerman Severin Blenkush Michael McComas Gaby Levey Min-Yi Shih, PhD, MBA Nick Heil Curt Blake Walter Chiu Andrew B. Kirin Kalia Michael Reid Mindy N. Tyler Browder Curt Bilby Michael Segal CC: Gabriel Schlumberger Allison Kitain
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Kirin Kalia I'm in TechStars Kaiser Permanente Program in DC, we could totally have you as a mentor!! Wish you all the best!
I look forward to being able to say I knew Auston Tighe and Rodrigo Schmitt waaaay back when 🤩