Real-World Mentors

 Real-World Mentors

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1)     A CEO who built a successful startup
Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX)

2)     A seasoned sales expert with decades of experience
Brian Tracy (Sales training author and speaker)

3)     A retired entrepreneur who sold their business
Sara Blakely (Founder of Spanx, sold stakes successfully)

4)     A marketing guru who’s helped multiple brands grow
Seth Godin (Marketing author and speaker)

5)     A business professor with real-world consulting experience
Clayton Christensen (Harvard professor, innovation consultant)

6)     A financial advisor specializing in small businesses
Dave Ramsey (Personal finance expert and advisor)

7)     A venture capitalist familiar with funding startups
Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz VC)

8)     A product manager who launched several successful products
Marty Cagan (Author of “Inspired,” Silicon Valley PM)

9)     An experienced software developer who started a tech company
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

10) A franchise owner who operates multiple locations
Ray Kroc (Built McDonald’s franchise empire)

11) A bestselling author on leadership and business strategy
John C. Maxwell (Leadership author)

12) A local business owner who has been profitable for years
Howard Schultz (Starbucks; started as local café owner)

13) A consultant specializing in operational efficiency
W. Edwards Deming (Quality management guru)

14) An HR executive with deep experience in building teams
Laszlo Bock (Former Google HR head)

15) An ecommerce expert who grew a brand internationally
Tobias Lütke (Shopify founder)

16) A digital marketing specialist with proven ROI results
Neil Patel (SEO and digital marketing expert)

17) An accountant who understands business tax strategies
Robert Kiyosaki (Though mostly known for finance, offers business tax insights)

18) A successful freelancer who built a personal brand
Marie Forleo (Entrepreneur and personal branding expert)

19) An angel investor who mentors founders regularly
Chris Sacca (Early investor in Twitter, Uber)

20) A CEO coach who trains business leaders
Marshall Goldsmith (Leadership coach)

21) A supply chain expert who scaled manufacturing
Tim Cook (Before Apple CEO, supply chain expert)

22) A business attorney with startup experience
Mark Suster (VC and startup lawyer background)

23) A nonprofit founder who built sustainable funding
Blake Mycoskie (TOMS Shoes founder)

24) A software engineer who transitioned to entrepreneurship
Drew Houston (Dropbox)

25) A social media influencer turned business owner
Kim Kardashian (Built multiple businesses from influencer status)

26) A restaurant owner who expanded to multiple outlets
Danny Meyer (Union Square Hospitality Group)

27) A corporate executive who launched a new product line
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO, led business growth)

28) A consultant in customer service excellence
Shep Hyken (Customer service expert)

29) A real estate investor who mentors new investors
Grant Cardone (Real estate investor and mentor)

30) A financial planner who advises startups on budgets
Suze Orman (Financial advisor and educator)

31) A CFO who helped companies grow profitably
Ruth Porat (Google and Alphabet CFO)

32) A branding expert who redefined a company’s image
Simon Sinek (Branding and leadership speaker)

33) A UX/UI designer who built popular apps
Julie Zhuo (Former Facebook VP of Product Design)

34) An international business expert who expanded markets
Indra Nooyi (Former PepsiCo CEO)

35) A business analyst who guides strategy with data
Thomas H. Davenport (Analytics and business intelligence expert)

36) A franchise consultant who helps with business models
Melinda Emerson (SmallBizLady, franchise mentor)

37) A successful dropshipping entrepreneur
Sarah Chrisp (Wholesale Ted, ecommerce mentor)

38) A business coach who specializes in mindset and growth
Tony Robbins (Life and business coaching)

39) A leadership speaker with real business experience
John Maxwell (Leadership expert)

40) A patent lawyer who helps inventors commercialize ideas
David Pressman (Well-known IP attorney)

41) An SEO expert who drives organic growth
Rand Fishkin (Moz founder, SEO expert)

42) A customer experience strategist
Jeanne Bliss (CX pioneer)

43) A business incubator manager who supports startups
Brad Feld (Techstars co-founder)

44) A software architect who became a tech CEO
Bill Gates (Microsoft)

45) An event planner who built a thriving company
Colin Cowie (Event planner and lifestyle expert)

46) A logistics manager who optimized supply chains
Dave Clark (Amazon’s former head of worldwide operations)

47) A fashion designer turned business owner
Tom Ford (Fashion designer and entrepreneur)

48) An HR recruiter with insight into talent acquisition
Lou Adler (Recruitment expert)

49) A startup accelerator mentor
Paul Graham (Y Combinator co-founder)

50) A nonprofit advisor who helps social enterprises scale
Muhammad Yunus (Founder of Grameen Bank and social business pioneer)

 


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