Bruce Schechter
Startup Advisor, Mentor, and Ecosystem Builder - On a mission to help early-stage tech startups thrive—especially in AI/ML for B2B. Fueled by ☕️.
- Role
- Startup Advisor at The Schechter Company, Llc
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bruce Schechter
My singular professional passion is enabling new technology ventures to thrive and scale. I enjoy mentoring CEOs and advising new technology ventures on business strategy, go-to-market plans and funding strategy, for companies in Cloud Computing, SaaS, and particularly AI, Machine Learning, and NLP. Specialties: Business Strategy, Monetization Strategy and Go-to-Market Strategy. Translation of Nascent Technology into Product Strategy. Development of Funding Strategy and Narrative.Just between us, in my spare time I love to explore, play and learn with the likes of Python, OpenAI, Swift/iOS, AWS, and anything that involves data and AI. Dont want that excellent Stanford CS degree to go to Note: I do not accept blind LinkedIn requests, and only connect with persons I know from past work/activities. If contacting me for the first time, please provide relevant context. I\'m happy to talk if we have clear, common, mutually-beneficial interests. Finally, If you are seeking investors, then please understand that I am able to reply only if you are first introduced to me by a trusted, mutual
Experience
Startup Advisor
Jan 2007 — Present
I routinely serve as an Advisor and/or Investor in in a variety of technology startups, including Life360, BioDaVinci, Carbon Lighthouse, BigML, Illumeo and others.
Education
Stanford University
MS, Computer Science
2004 — 2007
Purdue University
BS, Physics and Mathematics
1976 — 1980
Skills
- Start-Ups
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategy
- Venture Capital
- Business Strategy
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Business Development
- Saas
- E-Commerce
- Mobile Devices
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Partnerships
- Product Development
- Management
- Angel Investing
- Program Management
- Product Management
- Leadership
- Product Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- Business Alliances
- New Business Development
- Online Marketing
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Executive Management
- Software Development
- Enterprise Software
- Digital Media
- Sales
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Corporate Development
- Lean Startup
- Crm
- Management Consulting
- International Business
- Business Planning
- Software as a Service (Saas)
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