Note: If you have questions or experience any issues with signing up for a session, please reach out to the us at [email protected].

Sign up for our Coaching Sessions to get important feedback on your startup or venture investing career goals, delve deeper into your entrepreneurial plans, and move your aspirations forward.

Review the following points before scheduling an appointment below:

  • Preparation: To ensure a productive meeting for both parties, please make sure to perform due-diligence on each coach before booking time with them. Additionally, please come prepared to your coaching session with an agenda and a list of questions.
  • Remote 30-min Sessions: Our Coaches currently* meet with students and alumni in 30-minute sessions via phone or video conference for advice and guidance.
  • One Session at a Time: So that availability is relatively evenly distributed, sign up for one coaching slot at a time. First-come, first-served. Once you have met with a Lang Coach, you can sign up to meet with another one.
  • After Signup: After you sign up for a session, you will receive an email from StartupTree regarding approval of your meeting request and logistics such as date, time, and a video conferencing link. Please check your inbox and junk/spam folders for this information. If you do not receive an email with this information, please reach out to the Lang Center at [email protected].  When booking please use the same email that you use to sign into your StartupTree account.
  • Cancellations: You must cancel any appointments you can no longer attend at least 1 business day in advance of your meeting. If you do not comply, we will block your ability to schedule future appointments.
  • Session Topic Policy: You may not ask Coaches directly for funding, contacts, or sales/business leads; only seek advice and guidance. Violators may be blocked from scheduling future appointments.

*When our policy changes from remote only, in-person appointment locations will be indicated in parentheses next to the Coach's name.

Please visit our Office Hours Guidelines page to see our full policy on "Appointment Dos and Don'ts".

After you have carefully reviewed the above information, you may click on the Coaches' specific sign-up link below to schedule an appointment.

Coaches

Jaya Balasubramaniam '06
Head of Incubation, Store No. 8  | Walmart e-Commerce
Expertise: Strategy; Venture Capital; Strategy; Retail; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Development
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Austin Cohen '16
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FlexIt Fitness
Expertise: Fundraising; Startups; Investor Pitch; Advisory Board Formation; Business Idea Evaluation
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Rob Delman '98
Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Expertise: Fundraising; Startups; Investor Pitch; Advisory Board Formation; Business Idea Evaluation
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Michael Diamant '93
Principal, Diamant Holdings
Previously Founder and CEO, Skip Hop
Expertise: Startups; Fundraising; Investor Management; Managing Growth; Team Building; Consumer Products; Product Development; Exits; Wholesale; Innovation; International Expansion
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Erica Duignan Minnihan '04
Founder & Managing Partner, 1000 Angels
Expertise: Early Stage Fundraising and Capitalization Strategy; Startup Execution from Launch through Series A
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Liz Leahy '96
Founding Partner, Purple Sage Ventures
Expertise: Pitch Development (Customers and Partnerships); Business Canvas Modeling; Branding and Creative; Audience and Customer Engagement; Website and Email as Direct Marketing Channels 
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Jack McGourty, PhD 
Director, Community and Global Entrepreneurship,
Founder, Venture For All®
Expertise: Customer Discovery; Market Research; Minimum Viable Product Design; Product Realization; Organizational Culture
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David Olk '11
Co-Founder, Voray and Shopkeep
Expertise: Startups; Marketing; Strategic Planning; Sales; SaaS; Entrepreneurship; Strategic Partnerships; Lead Generation
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Carol Rattray '81
Co-Founder, Zoomdojo
Expertise: Pitch Development; Fundraising; Angel Investing; Strategy; Startups; Startup Financing; Tech Startups; Career Strategy; International Business; Working at Early-Stage Ventures; Women in Business
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Brian Rich '87 (NOTE: Columbia Business School students and alumni only)
Managing Partner, Catalyst Investors
Expertise: Venture Capital/Growth Equity; Tech-Enabled Services; Telecom/Media; Capital Formation; C-Suite Coaching
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Barbara Roberts
Former President, FPG International (now Getty Images) and Acoustiguide, Writer, speaker on all stages of entrepreneurship, family businesses, innovation, and women’s entrepreneurial journeys
Expertise: Coach for Early Ideas; Pitch Prep; Family Business Dynamics; NYC Ecosystem; Startup Issues; Business Model Canvas; Customer Discovery; Advisory Boards; Exit Planning
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Sylvana Q. Sinha JD '04
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Praava Health
Expertise: Healthcare; Health Tech; Health Venture; Healthcare Innovation; Entrepreneurship.
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Paul Sethi '07
Founder and Managing Partner, Trajectory Capital Partners 
Expertise: Fundraising; Startups; Investor Pitch; Starting your own Fund
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Scott Smedresman
Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP
Expertise: Startup Legal; Incorporation; Financing; Technology Transactions; Growth Counseling; M&A
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May Wang '20
Associate, Fin Venture Capital
Expertise: Startup Fundraising (Series Seed to B); International Expansion; Startup Finance Management; Growth; Fintech; B2B SaaS
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Stephen Zagor
Principal, Steve Zagor and Associates - Restaurant and Food Business Consulting Group
Expertise: Restaurants and Food Products
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Jocelyn Lee '08
Principal, Media & Tech Strategy
Expertise: Pitch coaching; Venture Capital; Business Development; Strategy; SaaS; E-commerce.
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