Mentors & expert coaches

You not only get weekly coaching from Sting but also from external mentors and expert coaches who are true wizes in their fields.

30 free hours with expert coaches

They can support you in areas such as:

Metrics and analytics
Product design (UX, UI)
Growth marketing and user acquisition
Content and digital marketing strategies
Growth hacking
Tech support
Product and software development
Mobile and web development
Process and tools (e.g. scrum)
Paid and owned social media: Facebook / LinkedIn / Instagram / Snapchat / Google Ads / Twitter / Display advertising / Reddit / Quora / Pinterest …
User testing, A/B testing
Tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klipfolio, Amplitude, Mixpanel & Pipedrive

Mentors

Sting is also closely connected to a group of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who in different ways contribute to the development of Sting and the Sting companies. These mentors are available for one-to-one meetings during which you can bounce specific questions regarding your business and growth. They all have experience from building a successful international company and have in-depth knowledge of one or several industries.

Sara Bjelkstam

Sara advises and coaches start-ups on topics such as how to build a strong company culture which will help the team to reach their business goals and ways to attract and retain talent.

Erik Byrenius

Erik Byrenius is the co-founder and former CEO of European online food ordering company OnlinePizza, which was acquired by Delivery Hero in 2012. He is now a Stockholm-based angel investor.

Paul Fishbein

Paul Fishbein is an investor in promising growth companies and advisor to Sting companies.

Ludvig Linge

As a Sting Advisor, Ludvig can be a sounding board for issues in a range of areas – how to build a world-class product, how to build a really strong team, how to scale, and several other areas.

Mentors – Sting Incubate Deeptech

The Sting Incubate Deeptech program is backed by highly knowledgeable mentors in deeptech, including:

Patrik Möller

Patrik is a passionate entrepreneur with experience of building deep tech start-ups from first idea to multi-national operations.

Ulrika Nordén

In 2010, Ulrika became CEO of IRnova and in a few years she created a world renowned and independent IR sensor and services company, attracting international researchers and experienced field experts.

Mårten Skogö

Mårten Skogö is the CTO at Industrifonden. In 2001 he co-founded Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking where he remains as a board member.

Jane Walerud

Jane is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor. She joins companies early, often before incorporation, and invests time – about half time operative work until the company is stable – and up to 10MSEK.

Björn Westerholm

As an advisor, Björn can help in several areas, e.g. strategies for long-term financing, owner coordination, IP strategies and structured innovation.