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MARTYNA SKALNA

Startup Advisor + Investor, M Ventures

Martyna is a UCLA Anderson MBA Alumna and an ex-BCG Digital Ventures intern (Strategy + Product), with 6+ years of consulting experience with a focus on driving operational efficiencies for Fortune 500 clients.

She’s passionate about startups and loves working with founders. She currently serves as a startup mentor/advisor at the UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator and Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles (SAM) Preccelerator. The founders she works with value her ability to quickly assess where they are in the early-stage venture-building process, where they need help, and where she can plug in to provide immediate value.

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Rich Abronson

Zero 2 Eleven was founded by Rich Abronson, a veteran Internet professional and entrepreneur with

Majid Abai

Majid Abai is a charismatic serial entrepreneur and senior executive with a 30+ year track

John Arroyo

John Arroyo is an experience technical leader and entrepreneur. He started Arroyo Labs to help enterprises

Edmond Banayan

Edmond Banayan has founded and led business ventures in healthcare, technology, and services. Presently, among

Chris Bechtel

Chris is a growth consultant, start-up advisor, customer acquisition and sales coach, former SaaS CEO,

Barbara Bickham

Barbara Bickham, Founder & Managing Director of Women’s Innovation Fund Accelerator, an opportunity zone venture

Devon Blaine

A professional communicator, Devon Blaine is the founder of The Blaine Group, Inc. Blaine is

Steve Bradbury

Steve Bradbury is the President & Head Coach of Deep Sports. The DS mission is

Joanna Brzezińska

Joanna Brzezińska is a Business Efficiency Manager, strongly engaged in the startup community. Over the

Mike Bush

Mike Bush is a 15+ year marketing executive with extensive B2B experience. Throughout his career,

Alexi Calvo

Senior manager with 8 years of repeated success in managing Business Development teams at top

Matt Ceran

Matt Ceran is a business tactician & strategist with 10 years expertise in the emerging

Andrew Cheeseman

Andrew Cheeseman is an entrepreneur and coach. He's an expert in business growth, systems, and

Tony Cristiano

For over 10 years, Pivotal Arc has focused on new, adjacent and USA market entry

Janine Davis

Janine is a Hudson-certified Executive Coach, a certified EQ Mentor, ICF-ACC certified, as well as

Lorna De Bono

Lorna De Bono is a Partner with Haight Law Group, PLC, where she practices business-related

Kenneth Deemer

Ken Deemer has spent his career coaching and mentoring entrepreneurial leaders. As an executive coach,

Santhosh Devati

Santhosh is a dreamer, problem-solver, serial entrepreneur and a proven leader in the technology industry

Michael Dorman

Michael Dorman is the founder of Los Angeles based digital marketing agency Media Needle. Michael is

Ray Edwards

Ray is an LA-based entrepreneur with deep experience in launching and scaling early-stage ventures with

David Ehrenberg

I work with entrepreneurs and businesses at all stages of development, providing financial insight and

Eli Eisenberg

I have nearly 40 years of hands on experience in the financial and business management

Lydia Elle

Lydia Elle is a strategic and operations expert. This former pentagon analyst is a senior advisor

Lou Ferrara

Lou has helped transform and grow companies as an executive to create impactful results and

Jasmine Foroutan

Jasmine Foroutan is a full-time pitch deck expert for tech startups, investors, and accelerators. She’s

Farida Fotouhi

My company Reality2 (as in Reality 2.0) is a branding, integrated marketing and creative agency.

Marco Franzoni

Marco is a serial entrepreneur, startup investor, and advisor. His MSc in International Accounting &

Sue Funkhouser

Sue Funkhouser is a management consultant and coach at Pinwheel Performance. For 15 years, she

Kevin Howard Goldberg

Kevin is a seasoned CTO with over three decades of experience under his belt. He

Mark Gochman

Leading entertainment attorney specializing in all entertainment/media related transactions for traditional and digital media companies,

Damian Greco

Damian is a finance and startup guru with an expertise in consumer product tech companies

Jeremy Grodberg

In the words of one successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Jeremy Grodberg "is not like the

JD Harriman

JD Harriman is a Partner at Foundation Law Group LLP, where he leads the firm’s

Kyle Herron

Music and technology are Kyle's worlds. As a child, he was always inspired to live

Leslie Huynh

Working with startups at different stages of their lifecycle. Filling in marketing and growth needs

William Jocson

Will’s experience spans across product development, finance and investing – all across the tech landscape.

Craig Kaplan

Over 18 years of Sales and Sales Management experience, Craig has managed Media & Entertainment,

Sari Kern

Sari is the founder and CEO of S Kern Consulting, a business strategy consulting firm

Chris King

Executive Coach and Motivational Speaker Chris M. King works with professional men, women, and teams

Ronette Kite

Experienced StartUp/Interim CFO with operational expertise in high-tech, ecommerce, on-demand and digital media businesses. Financial

Howard Ko

Howard is primarily focused on sourcing new investments and working with portfolio companies. He currently

Andrey Kudievskiy

IT executive, Serial entrepreneur, CEO at Distillery.com, and named one of the 25 Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Carrie Lauby

Carrie Lauby is an LA-based sales expert with over 25 years growing B2B2C SaaS companies

Edward Lee

Ed Lee is a pricing and go-to-market specialist and trusted adviser to leading companies and

Asher Leids

I was a partner at the law firm of Donahue, Mesereau & Leids specializing in

Doug Levinson, J.D., M.B.A.

I am a fractional COO and consultant. I work with emerging and established companies helping

Dellaena Maliszewski

Dellaena Maliszewski leads Community Development efforts for the West Coast at Sendgrid. She is passionate

Ken Malouf

Ken Malouf is a business management, strategy and brand marketing executive, certified FocalPoint business coach,

Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield is the quintessential startup and growth marketing professional. Over three decades, he has

John Gado Marcelin

John Marcelin is an Entertainment and Tech Industry entrepreneur with an extensive background in strategic

Jon Marcus

Jon Marcus has been recruiting since the dot com boom starting in San Francisco /

Frank Mastronuzzi

When it comes to startup finances, you really want to partner with Xcelerate Financial and

Julie McInroy

Julie is an Insurance Broker specializing in Commercial/Business Insurance with a focus on startups/new ventures.

Laurel Mintz

With a background and education in business and law from Rutgers University, and a passion

Mark Morse

Mark is the Director of Global Marketing for the Strategic Technologies group at Mattel, the

Sue Mulligan

Sue Mulligan is the Founder and CEO of Agile Advisors, LLC, a professional consulting firm

Brett Munster

As Principal at Sway Ventures, Brett Munster focuses most of his investment activities on the

Delilah Panio

As the founder of Fortuna, I am passionate about helping women build their dream companies

Christine Perakis

Christine Perakis has been a lawyer, business adviser, entrepreneur, C-Suite executive, adj graduate professor, and

Stuart Richman

Stuart has built a reputation as problem-solver for Fortune 500, mid-size and startup companies. He

Salar Salahshoor

Salar is a serial entrepreneur and current founder and CEO at TurnClick. Prior to founding

Carlos Sapene

Carlos has built a career helping some of the most recognizable brands in the entertainment;

Paul Shapiro

Paul has worked with startups and technology companies throughout his entire career. Paul has been

Andrew Sinasohn

Andrew Sinasohn is a Vice President and Director of Business Development on one of the

Michael Sherrill

With a career spanning over 25 years, Michael Sherrill brings a broad base of real

Abhimanyu Singh

Abhi has been a Co-founder of two technology companies and is an active angel investor

Martyna Skalna

Martyna is a UCLA Anderson MBA Alumna and an ex-BCG Digital Ventures intern (Strategy +

Max Sloan

Max Sloan is a serial entrepreneur with extensive expertise in online marketing. Through his work

Tony Spore

Tony Spore started SaasSoft as a resource for SoCal founders and startups to find the

Loren Sweigart

For more than 25 years, companies have turned to Loren for insights in a range

Jonathan Tavss

Operating as a world-renowned guide to organizations and individuals globally who wish to understand discourse

Sipra Thakur

Sipra Thakur runs the digital marketing consulting firm, One Thousand Suns, where she helps B2C

Tracy Thomas

Tracy has deep experience as a founder, startup operator, and early-stage VC investor. He was

Jessica Thompson

Jessica Robins Thompson is a Creative Director, Web Technologist, and Digital Strategist with over 15

Lisa Tsou

I provide independent strategy and solutions for entrepreneurs so they can grow their businesses to

Mark Wald

Mark is an innovative problem solver who values simplicity, efficiency, and collaboration between people and

Jeremy Wall

Jeremy Wallis a creative at heart and entrepreneur by opportunity, founding two different businesses: Lumenus

Zhen Wang

Based in Pasadena, California, Zhen focuses on helping start-ups with R&D tax credit claims. Zhen

Tony Winders

Tony Winders is a digital marketing pioneer whose leadership, creativity, strategic insights and integrated programs

Roberto Wong

Losing sleep over network security issues? Struggling with IT infrastructure stability? Or wasting time on

Michael Zarrabian

I have a deep passion for technology and its applications. As a Registered Patent Attorney

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