When you join the Dōjō, you are partnered with a "Blackbelt Sensei" to guide you on your journey.
All of our Blackbelts are deeply experienced entrepreneurs with personal experience in founding and growing companies.
Ken Singer
Managing Director of UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET). Prior to SCET, Ken was a successful entrepreneur who created the first enterprise app store.
Instructor, Dojo Leadership, Mentor
Chris Burry
Serial entrpreneur having founded 10 companies with 3 exits (combined $1.3B value). Over the last 12 years, he has worked with over 3,000 founders in 50+ countries. These founders raised $6B+ in capital and created $20B+ in market value.
Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership
David Law
Director of Global Academic Programs at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Prior to joining SCET, David held numerous sales and marketing roles at Silicon Valley startups and tech giants including Symantec where he was the Director, Global Sales Planning & Operations for 7 years.
Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership
Colin Donohue
Development & startup ecosystem specialist. He has worked in sustainable development & entrepreneurship for 15+ years and now is the CEO of Kernel (a micro-finance startup), the Director of Startup Grind Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia), and co-founder of the Dojo
Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership
Alfredo Coppola
Serial entrepreur with global experience. For the last decade, he has worked with startups around the world, helping them expand from their local market into the global market.
Instructor, Advisory Board, Mentor
Amy Peck
Global expert on AR/VR with experience as keynote speaker at Web Summit, SXSW, etc. and advising top companies from healthcare, education, retail, hospitality and entertainment to government and industrial users of XR.
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Bob Upham
Venture Partner with Antler. Advisor & Mentor at UC Berkeley, Cyberport Hong Kong, others. Former Senior Director, Digital Products for Visa & Director, Business Development - Strategic Partnerships for Yahoo.
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Gail Gannon
Founding Director, NeuroTech Collider Lab at UC Berkeley. Founder & Managing director of Ensante, finding better ways to deploy technology to redesign healthare & improve health outcomes. Experienced VC, angel investor, and mentor with former clients such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & health care providers such as Sutter & Standford.
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Gideon Marks
Anchor Mentor at Google Developers Launchpad who took 3 of his companies public on NASDAQ and led 4 others to successful M&A transactions.
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Jay Onda
Corporate Innovation & Venture Capital specialist. Former Startup Investment Director at Orange Silicon Valley. Managed investments in AI/ML, Connectivity, 5G, Smart Cities, B2B Enterprise & Impact. Founding member Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley where he serves as Venture Partner & Director of Strategic Investments.
Mentor, Advisory Board, Instructor
Ronald Weissman
Chair, Board of Directors, Angel Capital Association and former chair of the ACA's, Education and Smart Practices Committee. Chairman, Software Industry Group, Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest technology investment group. 20+ years in global venture capital and sixteen years in angel investing.
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Steve Adelman
Fouder of Nexus Partner, a Silicon Valley-based consultancy that works with tech companies to solve their hardest problems in order to accelerate their growth. Managing Director of the Wharton Business School Accelerator in San Francisco. Deep expertise in business development, market entry/go to market, corporate venturing, partnerships, corporate strategy and general management
Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board
Ayman Fawaz
Director of Venture Technology at Siemens. He is also the Founder, President at orgo.ai. and a successful serial entrepreneur who has served as a seed investor and coach for numerous early stage start-ups, and is co-inventor on nine patents
Mentor, Instructor
Bill Reichert
Venture capitalist at Pegasus Tech Ventures. Formerly co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures. Co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems.
Mentor, Instructor
LouAnn Conner
Strategic global operations executive, board member, and advisor who delivers impacting value through integration, business operations, strategy, and thought leadership. Led remote teams valued up to $100M in aerospace & telecommunications. Drove HRIS sytems touching 53,000 employees.
Mentor, Instructor
Christine Peck
Award-winning brand & marketing expert & entrepreneur with decades of experience leading female-focused advertising, Mass Retail and CPG. She has been responsible for $40MM+ retail businesses and $50MM+ CPG businesses working with brands like Target, Nintendo, Lego & Disney
Mentor
Don Lindsay
Former UX/UI at Apple, Blackberry, and Microsoft. 190 granted & filed utility patents encompassing user interface design, gesture & speech interaction and UI implementation strategies for both desktop & mobile platforms.
Mentor
James Daley
Co-founder of banking software company which sells the WizTM SaaS product line (acq. Wolters Kluwer, NV). He co-founded a community-bank advisory firm that did private equity financing and operational consulting. Earlier, he worked in venture capital, derivative swaps for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and on project financings for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Mentor
Raffaella Camera
Headed of Brands for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, building a multi-functional global team and responsible for the strategic growth of the Epic ecosystem – from tools to Fortnite. Former Partner/Managing Director at Accenture where she co-created and grew the global XR (AR/VR/3D) practice as Global Head of Innovation & Strategy. Metaverse Insider/Top 30 Leaders; VR FEST/Best VR Branded Entertainment; AIS Lumiere Award/Best Use of VR; Communication Arts; Webby; IDG’s DEMOgod Award