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
Aditya Joshi
Senior Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI
Amir Solowiejczyk
Senior Partner, Success Manager, Auvik
Andrew Ringer
Co-founder and CEO, Alaunus
Ashley Nandan
Deal Strategist, Google Cloud
Branavaa Deva
Growth Marketing Manager, Growth Marketing Manager
Brendan Hejavec
President, Durrell Communicationr
Colin Langlois
Project and Analysis Consultant, Manulife
Davood Bohlool
Financial Manager, AIP&P INC / MBA
David Trueman
Former Tech Executive
Frank Newman
Chief Human Resources Environmentalist, Newman Resources Consulting
Harold DeVries
Professor and Business Advisor
Kanwar Anand
Director, Product Strategy and Innovation, SunLife
Lisa Cashmore
VP, Founder Services, Communitech
Lori Simpson
Founding Partner, Leading Minds Lab
Marni McVicar
Director Program Management, Clearpath Inc.
Marco Wai
Associate Lawyer at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Marty Finestone
Lawyer in Residence, Good Lawyer
Mike Milovick
Broker, Royal LePage Grand Valley Realty
Neal Belovay
Co-founder, PicThrive
Neil Denison
Director, Integrated Digital Solutions, Menonnonite Economic Development Associates
Peter Webb
Sales Coach, Peter Webb Sales Coaching
Radhika Vaidyanathan
Partner, Gowling WLG
Richard Neidert
Owner, OASYS Integration Limited
Royce Bodaly
City Councillor, Waterloo City
Sadaf Qayumi
Senior Advocacy Manager, Global at Braze
Shadi Shaafi
Founder and Principal, Abeona International
Suresh Sriskandarajah
Technology and Business Lawyer, Suresh Law Professional Corporation
Zoya Ipek
Talent HR Leader M&A expert.