FOUNDER MENTOR
David Slowey
Multi-exit founder and leading startup mentor helping entrepreneurs build defensible, high-growth businesses.
LINKEDIN PROFILE
Entrepreneurship & Venture Leadership
35+ years building, scaling, and exiting companies, including one acquired by Blockbuster. Advises startups, scaleups, and enterprises on venture creation and go-to-market strategy.
Global Policy & Peacebuilding
Contributed to the Northern Ireland peace process and advised the Clinton administration and U.S. government on entrepreneurship, economic development, and international policy.
Founder Development & Ecosystem Impact
Created the world’s first free LinkedIn Startup Programme, supporting thousands of entrepreneurs. His mentees have raised over €15 million, with several earning Irish Independent 30 Under 30 recognition.
Mentorship & Community Leadership
A trusted advisor to incubators and agencies including Furthr and Enterprise Ireland. Provides high-impact pro bono mentorship, helping founders build strong, resilient businesses.
A globally recognised commercial entrepreneur with 35+ years of building, scaling, and exiting companies, including a Blockbuster acquisition. David has a proven ability to turn early ideas into strong, defensible businesses. His LinkedIn Startup Programme drew over 1,000 founders in a year, reflecting his commitment to helping entrepreneurs build high-growth, resilient companies.
Over the past 35+ years, David has advised startups, scaleups, and founders across multiple sectors, drawing on deep operator experience and a proven track record of building and exiting companies. His work spans entrepreneurship, commercial strategy, and founder development, supporting teams from idea stage through to high-growth execution.
Mentorship
David is best known for his contribution to founder development through pro bono mentorship. His LinkedIn Startup Programme has supported thousands globally, with Irish founders he mentored collectively raising over €15 million in a single year. His hands-on guidance has helped shape some of Ireland’s most promising early-stage entrepreneurs.
Serial Entrepreneurship
Over three decades, David has built, scaled, and sold companies across multiple sectors, inventing and commercialising his own IP and securing multimillion-euro exits. His operator-first approach and deep commercial instincts allow him to guide founders through the realities of product, traction, investment, and defensible growth.
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