Expert Dojo’s Mentors

I'm the founder of Backbone Creative, a studio that builds bold brands and brave entrepreneurs on a bootstrapped budget. We help founders who are overwhelmed, overworked, and over their whole business get back their freedom, stability, and profitability so they can create happy, healthy lives for themselves and their teams and run the businesses they were born to lead. I enjoy helping founders create their brand story and how to communicate that to their customers, fans, and investors.

Dan O’Day has over 20 years’ experience in technology. He is both a lawyer and a programmer. He built five products for the legal industry including market leading Conflict of Interest and Case Management systems for Elite which was acquired by Thomson Reuters. While at Thomson Reuters he managed a product portfolio worth over $100M in revenue and acquired several businesses in the legal technology space. There were over 200 employees and contractors reporting into Dan. Dan has his JD and MBA from Pepperdine University and his BA from Bennington College.

Adam Bolden began his career in finance on Wall Street and eventually left the Bank for the fashion industry in 2006. He joined Como Fred David, a leading Montreal-based private label and branded clothing company and served as the Vice President of Sales for 5 years. He then went on to serve as the Director for One World Apparel where he managed over $40 million sales across North America. In 2013, after re-locating to Los Angeles, he co-founded Blend Management, a management consulting company, that advised brands on their production, sourcing, distribution and organizational structure.

After graduating from Harvard Law, Demos was an associate with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, then moved to the Paris offices of Shearman & Sterling, and then founded the law firm of Armeniades & Associates, with offices in Paris and Moscow. He's a specialist in International M&A, Joint Ventures, Arbitration and Blockchain Technologies, and has served as special counsel to the President of Turkmenistan. He's handled multi-billion dollar files, and been involved in arbitrations pursuant to the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, Uncitral and ad hoc arbitrations throughout the world. He’s lectured on the topics of joint-ventures, contractual drafting and alternative dispute resolution at conferences and the PIDA sessions at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

I'm a serial entrepreneur with more than 12 startups under my belt (see iapprentice.com) so I've been around the block a few times and learned programming along the way.

Entrepreneurial business leader who excels at empathetically evaluating client’s needs, skillfully advising and educating, and energetically delivering impactful results. Heather has closed and consulted on over $1 billion in real estate transactions and is currently the Chairman of the Commercial Investment Division at Southland Regional Association of Realtors. As President of Estate Match Realty, she is highly regarded for creative solutions and exceptional service, she ensures clients are able to achieve their business goals.

Over 15 years’ experience in technology leadership and entrepreneurial expertise at Elbit, Compugen, VisionMap. Held management roles at successful companies. Recanati EMBA, Technion BSc CS, LLB Law & BA Economics. F-16 fighter pilot at IAF (Reserved).

I am both a Computer and Electrical Engineer ( versed in both hardware and software) with over 12 years of experience in Manufacturing, Product Development, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Quality and General Business Management. As a previous founder of an Global sourcing and distribution company, I have a thorough understanding of the entrepreneurship journey, as well as the steps required put in place a solid operational foundation for your CPG products startups. Highlighted below, are a few key areas where I may be able to assist you. Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Management ● Formulation & Product Development ● Operations Management ● ERP Implementation & Supply Chain Optimization ● Vendor and Supplier Contract Management & Negotiation Business Management, Business Development & Sales Operations ● B2B Business Development ● Strategic Sales Planning ● Market Development Strategy ● Customer Acquisition Strategy ● Export and Global expansion Strategy Account Management, Customer Development & Customer Retention ● B2B Account Management ● Customer Experience Program Design

Experienced Product leader of over 11 years with a proven track record of building and monetizing platforms such as Box. I've managed and expanded developer platforms to communities of tens of thousands of developers, executed on high profile integrations promoted by Salesforce and Google, and established key components in paths to monetization. While focused on Product, I manage and grow developer communities and partner relationships.

10+ years of SaaS Sales leadership, working for a global SaaS company helping them grow from a 40m ARR business to 330m+ in just 10 years. My focus areas are building up sales teams through leadership, people development, sales, sales methodology & recruitment