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Mentors

We engage a group of highly successful and dedicated alumni and community members in our mentor program who volunteer their time to supporting Startup Lab's founders.

Team Mentoring

Research conducted at MIT shows that team mentoring is more valuable for the startups. Startups are exposed to more than one perspective to develop important critical thinking and decision-making skills. They have access to a much wider network of mentors to act as a sounding board for their ideas or to access when needed for their specific area of expertise. The mentors also gain from the network and the ability to connect and give back in a meaningful way.

Mentor Matching

One of the most unique aspects of our mentoring program is that we do not match our mentors with startups. Instead we allow our mentors to self-select the startups that they feel they can add the most value to based on their expertise and interests.

 Become a Mentor at the StartUp Lab!

Meet Our Startup Lab Mentors

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Ahsan Qazi
Senior Tax Manager, Crowe BGK.

Amir Solowiejczyk

Amir Solowiejczyk
Senior Partner, Success Manager, Auvik.

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Andrea De Jager-Jackson
Founder, Leadership & Executive Coach, Limitless Growth Partners Inc.

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Andrew Ringer
Co-founder and CEO, Alaunus.

Bojan_Savic

Bojan Savic
Founder, Automation Accelerator.

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Brad Matsugu
Vice President of Marketing, Obsidi.

Branavaa Deva

Branavaa Deva
Growth Marketing Manager, Growth Marketing Manager.

Brendan Hejavec

Brendan Hejavec
Vice President, Product Operations & Strategy, PlaySpace.

Claire_Sandor

Claire Sandor
Diagnostic Strategist, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dan_Gibson

Dan Gibson
Fractional Vice President of Sales, Gibson Growth Insights.

Daniel_Stuart

Daniel Stuart
President, EverCommerce

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Davood Bohlool
Financial Manager, AIP&P INC / MBA.

David Trueman

David Trueman
Former Tech Executive.

Frank Newman

 Frank Newman
Chief Human Resources Environmentalist, Newman Resources Consulting.

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Eldon Sprickerhoff
Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor, Caledon Ventures

Harold DeVries

Harold DeVries
Professor and Business Advisor

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Jane Phillips
Head of Sales, Scribenote.

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Kanwar Anand
Director, Product Strategy and Innovation, SunLife

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Larissa Currah
Founder, LC Consulting

Lisa Cashmore

Lisa Cashmore
Senior Advisor and Client Service Lead, NorthGuide.

Lori Simpson

Lori Simpson
Founding Partner, Leading Minds Lab

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Marco Wai
Associate Lawyer at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Marcus_Gaughan

Marcus Gaughan
Owner & Founder, Minds On Fire. Key Account Estimator, Focus Flooring & Construction Inc.

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Marty Finestone
Lawyer in Residence, Good Lawyer

Megan_Kane

Megan Kane
Director Regulatory Operations, Velsera.

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Mike Milovick
Broker, Royal LePage Grand Valley Realty

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Muzamil Hussain
Product Owner, Duuo by Co-operators.

Neal Belovay

Neal Belovay
Co-founder, PicThrive

Neil Denison

Neil Denison
Director, Integrated Digital Solutions, Menonnonite Economic Development Associates

Neil Denison

Pavan Konanour
CEO & Co-Founder, Hoja AI. Lecturer, Ada National College for Digital Skills. Angel Investor and Advisor.

Peter Webb

Peter Webb
Sales Coach, Peter Webb Sales Coaching

Radhika Vaidyanathan

Radhika Vaidyanathan
Partner, Gowling WLG

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Rehana Razack
Director of Operations, Ayzh, Inc.

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Rhys Mohun
Owner & Principal, Formentor Labs.

 Richard Neidert

Richard Neidert
Owner, OASYS Integration Limited

Royce Bodaly

Royce Bodaly
City Councillor, Waterloo City

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Satwant Singh
Purchasing Manager, Bittele Electronics Inc.

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Serge Valente
Principal Customer Success Manger, SimCorp.

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Shadi Shaafi
Founder and Principal, Abeona International

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Shub Sengupta
Engineering Manager, Idea Labs, Vidyard

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Suresh Sriskandarajah
Technology and Business Lawyer, Suresh Law Professional Corporation

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Taylor Burnie
Fractional Legal Counsel, Taylor Burnie Legal Services.