
Build, Validate, Monetize, Grow
I’ve mentored 250+ founders through many arrangements with accelerators and VCs. Now I bring that same founder-first approach directly to you individually. Here are some of my mentoring topics that can be taken as self-paced with videos, or modular group set-ups, and 1:1s.
Faster, Better.
🧘♂️ Mental Clarity for Entrepreneurs — Strengthen the mind behind the mission
Behind every great company is a human being navigating uncertainty, pressure, and personal challenges. In this module, we address what most accelerators overlook — the founder’s inner world. From managing stress and insecurities to balancing family and personal wellbeing, you’ll gain tools to cultivate clarity, resilience, and focus. Because when your mind is clear, your decisions — and your company — grow stronger.
🗣️ The Handshake and the Elevator Pitch — Get a meeting!
You’ll learn how to express your idea clearly, confidently, and persuasively — even before you have a deck. Most founders struggle not because their ideas are weak, but because they can’t communicate them effectively. This process helps you shape your story so that anyone — from investors to potential partners — immediately understands your vision and remembers it. Formats 1 minute without slides, 3 minutes with slides, and 5 minutes with slides. Use a simple Google Doc and Canva.
🧭 Vision & Purpose — Clarify your “why”
You’ll uncover the deeper reason behind what you’re building and align it with your business goals. Together, we refine your “why” into a guiding narrative that drives your team, attracts investors, and resonates with customers. Clarity of purpose becomes your most valuable strategic tool.
🧪 Validation & Discovery — Test with customers
Instead of building in isolation, you’ll learn how to test your assumptions early with real users. We’ll turn feedback into insights and help you validate whether your product truly solves a problem worth paying for. This saves you time, money, and unnecessary pivots — giving you confidence before you scale.
💰 Monetization — The ultimate validation
You’ll go beyond “idea stage” thinking and start building something that actually earns revenue. Together, we’ll explore different monetization paths, pricing strategies, and customer behaviors — because nothing validates a startup better than someone paying for your value.
💡 Strategic Positioning & Storytelling — Make your startup unforgettable
Many founders have great ideas but struggle to own a distinct position in the market.
This module helps you define your unique angle — the “category” or niche you can dominate — and craft a story that investors, media, and customers instantly remember.
You’ll walk away with sharper messaging and positioning that makes your startup stand out from the noise.
👥 Audience building & community — The power of compounding network
You’ll learn how to grow an engaged audience that supports your mission — not just followers, but advocates. We’ll turn your connections into a community that shares, promotes, and contributes to your success. It’s not marketing; it’s building momentum through relationships that compound over time.
🛠 Product & Technology — Build lean, build smart, itereate faster
You’ll discover how to translate your vision into a tangible product without overbuilding. We’ll focus on creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that delivers real value while conserving time and budget. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of priorities — what to build now and what to save for later.
📈 Market & Business Model — Define revenue & growth
You’ll learn how to define your market, identify your early adopters, and shape a business model that actually works. The goal isn’t just to make money, but to build something sustainable and scalable — a system that can fund your growth and attract investors.
🧑🏫 The Pitch Deck Mastery — Turn your vision into a story that sells
You’ll learn how to translate your vision into a narrative investors can believe in — not just slides. This module focuses on clarity, flow, and emotional connection: how to make your pitch feel real, not rehearsed. We’ll work through 1-minute, 3-minute, and 5-minute versions so you can confidently pitch in any setting — investor meeting, stage, or casual conversation. By the end, you’ll have a deck that doesn’t just explain what you do — it inspires people to join you.
🚀 Go-To-Market Strategy — Get
traction fast
You’ll learn how to turn your first users into early momentum. We’ll identify which channels, messages, and partnerships drive the fastest traction for your stage. You’ll leave with a tactical roadmap for launching, measuring, and iterating based on real market response.
🤝 Sales, Partnerships & Ecosystem Building — Multiply your reach through collabs
Growth doesn’t come from selling harder — it comes from collaborating smarter. Learn how to identify and engage the right partners who open doors to new customers, markets, and opportunities. You’ll design partnerships that create real revenue — from channel and reseller models to co-marketing alliances and corporate collaborations. You’ll master how to turn relationships into predictable, scalable sales pipelines through win–win value propositions and revenue-sharing structures. This is where sales meets strategy. You’ll gain the tools to expand your reach, shorten sales cycles, and strengthen credibility — without exhausting your team.
By the end, you’ll have a clear roadmap and frameworks to turn connections into long-term growth engines.
👥 Team, Leadership, Co-founders — Shape culture & equity
You’ll gain clarity on how to structure your founding team, align equity, and create a culture that scales. We’ll talk openly about what makes co-founder relationships work (and what breaks them). The outcome is a stronger, more aligned team ready to execute under pressure.
⚖️ Legal & Structure — Build on solid ground
You’ll get a better understanding to set up your company on the right legal and structural foundation to avoid costly mistakes later. From cap tables to founder agreements, LOIs, and MOUs, we’ll ensure you’re protected and ready for investment conversations with confidence and clarity.
💰 Fundraising & Advaced Pitching — Tell your investor story
You’ll learn how to think like an investor and tell your story through numbers, milestones, and vision. Whether you’re raising your first check or refining your Series A narrative, this phase helps you communicate credibility and momentum — the two things investors value most.
📊 Growth & Scaling — Prepare for what comes next
You’ll be guided through how to systemize growth — from operations to partnerships — so your company can scale without chaos. We’ll focus on what needs to be optimized, automated, or delegated as you grow. The result: clarity on how to evolve from founder-led hustle to a scalable, investor-attractive business.
My Program
Build Sales and Partnerships Traction From Day One for Global GTM!

Transformative program for learning collaborative ways of community building, ecosystem development, marketing, sales, and many more!
#1 Discover
November 26, 7:00AM - 9:00A JST
#2 Build
December 3, 7:00AM - 9:00A JST
#3 Launch
December 10, 7:00AM - 9:00A JST
#4 Grow
December 17, 7:00AM - 9:00A JST
Module #1
Discover
Discovery phase of yourself, your customers, and your potential partners
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We'll kickstart the boot camp by defining partnerships and collaborations. (30-minutes presentation)
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Quickly assess ourselves, target customers and potential partners, (15-minute workshop)
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Initiate the ideation session on partner types, collab ideas, and potential partners sheet as a transition topic to the module, to start building a partner program. (15-minute workshop)
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Start building your potential partner database (10 minutes)
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Practicing your 1-minute partnership pitch altogether and getting feedback from the moderators. (55-minutes)
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We'll then finalize with a quick introduction of the assignments and additional learning materials to prepare for the next module. (5-minutes)
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Optional networking (Up to 1 hour)
Module #2
Build
Brainstorming collaboration ideas, systemizing partnerships by building partner programs, and visualize for better conversion
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The second module starts with a flash recap of the last week (5-minutes)
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Presentation on brainstorming collaboration ideas, systemizing partnerships by building partner programs, and learning how to visualize for better conversion (15-minutes)
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Continue re-iterating the ideation session from the last module on partner types, collab ideas, and potential partners sheet. (10 minutes workshop)
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Building/developing a partner program on our dashboard (30 minutes worshop)
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Practicing your 1-minute partnership pitch altogether and getting feedback from the moderators. (55-minutes)
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A quick introduction of the assignments and additional learning materials to prepare for the next module. (5-minutes)
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Optional networking (Up to 1 hour)
Module #3
Launch
Learning launch planning framework, content planning, expanding your partner database, and learning the collaborative way of outreach.
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A flash recap of the last week's module (5-minutes)
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Presentation on learning launch planning framework, content planning, expanding your partner database, and learning the collaborative way of outreach (25-minutes)
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Advancing your partner program with visual storytelling and updating or dashboard (20 minutes workshop)
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Expanding and refining your potential partner list (10-minute workshop)
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Practicing your 1-minute partnership pitch with slides altogether and getting feedback from the moderators. (55-minutes)
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A quick introduction of the assignments and additional learning materials to prepare for the next module. (5-minutes)
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Optional networking (Up to 1 hour)
Module #4
Grow
Your program is all ready! It's time to launch, relase contents, annouce, reachout and expand...
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Rewinding the entire last 3 weeks as a re-cap for wrapping up (10-minutes)
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Presentation on activating launch plan, release contents, social media announcements, advanced collaborative outreach tips, conversion strategies, negotiation basics, asking introductions, and incubation basics. (30-minutes)
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Realizing contents, and announcing your program (15-minute workshop)
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Start reaching all of your target partner databases (15-minute workshop)
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Refining your 1-minute partnership pitch with slides altogether and getting feedback from the moderators by replaying your video (55-minutes)
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A quick introduction of the assignments and additional learning materials to prepare for the next module. (5-minutes)
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Optional networking (Up to 1 hour)
Join the NEW Cohort of Our Bootcamp
Learn how to leverage strategic partnerships to increase your revenue at the World's First Partnership Development Bootcamp!
What do people say? 💬

Dogukan
Atar
As a graduate of the first cohort, I have to say that it was quite helpful. Whether you're just starting out or already have experience with partnerships and collaborations, the Openfor.co, Inc. team teaches how to make good collaborations. It is also another opportunity to network with quality entrepreneurs and give and receive feedback on each other's businesses.

Hyunho
Kim
I have been using Openfor.co platform to define, search, and ideate potential collabs. It is easy to find various collaborations on their marketplace also. Partnering with them helped us to get more exposure and created more opportunities to engage collaborations. If you want to generate more collaborations, Openfor.co is the way to go!

Einstein
Rojas
The diversity of the international cohort at Openfor.co is one of its standout features. Gaining momentum for our startup has been vital. Their approach has allowed us to delve into the intricacies of partnership dynamics, and provides resources, including online tools and a specialized academy, making it a valuable platform for growth and collaboration. This will be essential as we venture into an international collaboration of innovation and startup ecosystem building

Naoko
Fujihira
Our partnership with Openfor.co brings a new perspective and highlights that even start-ups can grow through strategic partnerships. Insights and guidance from Erdinc, Yuli, and their dedicated team guided us towards an ideal collaboration for market validation and traction. They generously shared their precious time and passion with us. Also, the tools combined with training are essential and highly recommended.

Deniz Aygün
Benba
Joining Openfor.co
made me realize that partnerships are beneficial for companies of every size, even if you are an early-stage startup! Erdinc, Yuli and their team have been proven to be helpful to identify which types of partnerships are needed for validation, traction, and market adoption. I’m looking forward to collab more!
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Michelangiolo Mazzeschi
Collaborating with openfor.co is one of the most beneficial ways to ideate, identity, and initiate meaningful collaborations. On their marketplace, it’s easy to browse any type of partnership to grow your business. You can get essential partnership development know-how, platform, and exposure in one place conveniently.

Yu
Yamanaka
After collaborating with Openfor.co,
I got to know how to find, ask, offer, initiate,
or maintain meaningful and profitable collaborations with other people and organizations.
Now I’m already partnering
with openfor.co
and plenty of other collaborations are lining up! It is highly recommended!
Wait! There is even more.







This will be a valuable opportunity to rapidly prepare for partner development and engage at a high level!"
- Daisuke Ito - Founder and CEO of Ad-Dice
"Looks interesting. I know you both have succeeded at making many partnerships in Japan and also Korea too now!"
- Tyson Batino - Founder and CEO - Scaling Your Company
"🚀 Congrats to Openfor on launching this golden opportunity for startups! A comprehensive boot camp to master collaboration and supercharge growth. 🤝"
- Khatanbold Bat-Erdene - Co-founder and CEO of GerTech - OkusuriAI
"This looks great! Thanks for providing opportunities to collaborate and build our network!" - Raghvendra Jain Ph.D. - Co-founder at Optimays Inc.
"Absolutely thrilled about this! 🚀 Sounds like an opportunity not to be missed."
- Ace Apolonio - CEO at Fusionate AI
"This looks like a really unique opportunity! Partnership development has become a new focus for my company, so I will definitely look into applying for the cohort!"
- Devin Overman - Founder - Banter English
"The fact that the first pilot cohort is FREE makes it even more exciting – kudos for making it accessible to aspiring entrepreneurs."
- InGyn Nyi - Assistant Business Advisor at SME intellect








