
MENTORSHIP
THE
PROGRAM
LaunchLKN exists to develop stronger, more thoughtful, confident entrepreneurs. Our mentors are industry experts, seasoned entrepreneurs, and investors that provide free mentorship to scale our local start-up ecosystem. Mentoring is available for startups in the greater Charlotte/Lake Norman area.

WHAT OUR ENTREPRENEURS SAY ABOUT
LAUNCHLKN MENTORS
"Our mentors are leaders in their areas so they bring that high level of advisory to our questions. They provide recommendations and personal connections with who to contact as we discuss our needs. "
MENTORS
MEET OUR

Louis
Foreman
Entrepreneur, Innovator, Educator, and Investor

Kevin
Dean
Retired - Procurement and Supply Chain, Ingersoll Rand and General Motors

Scott
Smith
IT & General Management
Professional

Joni
Dunn
Management Consultant,
Business Mentor

Bob
Guth
LaunchLKN Chairman of the Board & Independent Director

Bob
Irvin
Executive Director – Joules Cleantech Accelerator

Chris
Kilbane
Owner
Cashel Inc.

Chris
Langford
Partner
IDEAFund Partners

Chris
LaPre
Solutions Architect at Zigbee Alliance

Mark
Russell
Managing Director
MSR Strategy Company

Mark
McDowell
Founder/Investor
Real Ventures

Meg
Seitz
Founder & Chief Creative
Officer at the toth shop

John
Steinbit
Consultant, Assistant
Secretary of Defense

Jeff
Deming
Designer, Creech & Associates

Tom
Maupin
Ambassador at Vaco Capital, LLC

&
Preston Hagman
Scott Harrison
Tiffany Hawks
Dana Hicks
Dan Houston
Steve Justis
Bill Kaiser
John Karant
Prassana Katragadda
Rob Lorenzen
Mike Marvin
Chris Mckee
Mark Mergenthaler
David NASA
Terry Pardue
Sean Poe
John Quinn
Daniel Schubert
Michelle Serrano-Mills