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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