E-Hub Coaching Sessions
Coaching Sessions allow successful Bentley alumni to engage with the student community to share their experiences and wisdom with students in a short but intensive format. Bentley alumni who participate offer a unique perspective drawing on their entrepreneurship journey. Coaching sessions typically focus on a specific aspect (e.g. developing a pitch deck, brainstorming an idea, exploring the angel investing landscape, and others).
Graduate and undergraduate students, staff and recent alumni are invited and attendance is capped at 15 participants. These 90-minute Coaching Sessions are held at The Somers Garage on weekday evenings and consist of a presentation followed by a discussion driven by those in attendance.
Upcoming Coaching Sessions
During Summer 2025, the E-Hub is busy building the lineup of coaching sessions for the next academic year. Here are some highlights:
| Coach | Date |
|---|---|
| Riley Rogers | 10 September 2025 |
| Sol Nasisi | 16 September 2025 |
| Cyrus Sakhai | 23 September 2025 |
| Matt Wizeman | 24 September 2025 |
| Mounia Ziat | 21 October 2025 |
| Todd Pavone | 28 October 2025 |
| Dean Cimini | 5 November 2025 |
| Cody Aguirre Clearwater | 12 November 2025 |
| Lisa Willauer | 18 November 2025 |
| Oleg Popovsky |
Last Updated: May 15, 2025
Past Events
2025
| Date | Topic | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2025 | Skip the Startup: How Acquiring a Business Can Fast-Track Success | Devin McGrath |
| April 9, 2025 | Wearing Many Hats: Lessons from a CFO/COO in Boston's Tech Scene | Stephen Gregorio |
| April 2, 2025 | From Corporate Leader to Entrepreneur | Marc-Olivier Zwicky |
| March 25, 2025 | Beyond the Big Idea: Building Businesses with Labor and Capital | Doug Adams |
| March 19, 2025 | Scaling Across Different Sectors | Damien Stile |
| February 11, 2025 | My Road in Commercial Real Estate | Cyrus Sakhai |
| Janurary 30, 2025 | Starting a Business with an Idea and No Money | Phillip Mastroianni |
2024
| Date | Topic | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2024 | What is purposeful selling? | Chris Tardiff |
| November 6, 2024 | Never Stop Moving: an Entrepreneur’s Approach to Firing Up your Life | Sheri Saperstein |
| October 23, 2024 | Building a Unicorn: The road less traveled | Debbie Millin |
| September 24, 2024 | How to Run a Successful E-Commerce Business | Bhargav Shah |
| September, 17 2024 | Building and Scaling Startups: Insights from Entrepreneur and Venture Investor | Sergei Revzin |
| April 17, 2024 | Building a Product-Led Culture | Ed Gaudet |
| April 9, 2024 | Journey in Commercial Real-estate | Cyrus Sakhai |
| March 26, 2024 | From Bentley to Harrods | David Mintz |
| March 20, 2024 | Family Entrepreneurship and Independence Beyond | Luis "Lucho"Noboa |
| March 19, 2024 | Being a Loan Officer and Mortgage Broker | Shant Banosian |
| March 6, 2024 | From College Learning to the Business Sphere | Ira Bornstein |
| February 27, 2024 | Mastering Self-Introduction, Pitching Ideas, and Asking Great Questions | Garren Hilow |
2023
| Date | Topic | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2023 | The Misunderstood Realm of Productivity | Oleg Popovsky |
| November 15, 2023 | Raising Capital - Exploring Alternative Approaches to Financing | Todd Forrest |
| November 2, 2023 | How to be a Startup in the age of ChatGPT | Sree Sundaram, Mike Sternberg & Andrew Wolff |
| October 25, 2023 | High Tech Finance/Accounting, Software, and Revenue Recognition | Jim Kelliher |
| September 27, 2023 | The Disciplined Entrepreneur | Paul Cheek |