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Mentors

One of the key components of any coaching and mentoring program are of course the people who will be of service to entrepreneurs - the mentors. We have been very specific about who could fit for the job at hand. It is not an easy task to combine the inner realm of the human psyche and the outer practical world of business. You can find many great persons in either of these categories but to combine such qualities in one person is an art of a lifetime.

We have been looking for diversity in cultural backgrounds and in fields of expertise but most importantly how mentors approach the topic of mentoring. Understanding how humans operate, how to be of support to inner growth and how business mindset is working, are the essentials for any mentor. 

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Rein Lemberpuu

Estonia

I see true knowledge as a personal experience and personal power as result of impeccable execution in all daily matters. I stand for personal power and freedom from social conditioning. I represent not only passive acceptance of what is but also active participation in life to fight for what I believe in.

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Martins Bicevskis

Latvia

Co-Founder at Association of Technology and Startup Transfers
I have been a mentor in Latvian Junior Achievement Leaders program for 6 years and 3 years in .Cocoon.
My strength is team building and development. I notice talent, let it grow and flourish.

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Hristo Neiland

Estonia

I believe that all our barriers are made by ourselves, therefore with proper support, we can also take them down.

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Jin Han

Korea → US → Netherland

Goal: Help balance business success and self-fulfilment
Values: Care, trust, respect, safe, peace
Focus: Process, Sales, Operations, Scalability, Strategy, Recruiting, Partners. AI. SaaS
Bio: 0 to $21M in 30 months; Accenture, Ernst&Young Management Consultant; 1500+ startups; 100+ founders; 7 investments; Happily alive

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Ansis Farhad Lipenitis

Latvia

I support entrepreneurs in their path to True self and wellbeing.
Into self-discovery since 2013 (psychotherapy, psychology, studies, mentee, mentor, individual work). Entrepreneur since 2003 (software, B2B, B2C, startups). Interests: mystic, nature, hiking, social dance. Keywords: straightforward, deep, confronting, caring, analytical, sensing.

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Aleksander Tõnnisson

Estonia

As a participant and a mentor in the .Cocoon program I can show you how to make the maximum out of it. My vision is to take full responsibility for my own life and as a mentor in .Cocoon to help others do the same.

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Mark Ashton

UK

I inspire and support entrepreneurs and teams to realise their full potential, personally and collectively, like top sports people and sports teams. We establish complete trust and honesty, build on their strengths, and tackle their fears, false perceptions, and difficult realities. Keywords: self-coaching, high performance, psychology, UK/USA

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Una Klapkalne

Latvia

Although it might sound idealistic or naive I believe each of us have to become better person and thus make life better for society as well.  This is my driving force.

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Andrey Sergeyev

Latvia

I love asking profound questions to provoke critical thinking and helping others find the right answers for themselves - to get clarity, shift perceptions, focus and take action on the most important things daily.

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Dmitri Sarle

Russia → Finland → Estonia

Mentorship through action. Mentorship for me is not just about sharing knowledge. It is about the shift of perception and helping others to find the right answers for themselves. Where lies action, lies feedback and through feedback - we can find solutions and meaning.

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Marcel Gasser

Switzerland

How to – from human being to being human. I am an entrepreneur by heart, founded over 6 companies, felt being successful, never satisfied, while I was outer world driven. Today I can relax, more inward focused, clear. Being a source of inspiration for the entrepreneurs and leaders I support in finding what you truly love and doing it with joy and effortless is what fulfills me. Feeling the difference?

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Tommi Ullgren

Finland

Self-discovery and developing self-awareness is a common mission for us conscious people. I’m a simple villager and poor farmer who guides entrepreneurs on their challenging journey on the Planet Earth.

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Carl Frauenstein

ZA → GE → MO → EE

My “answers” are only an understanding which leads me to my next question. In all I do I seek to learn about myself, about my world. As I gain insight, that insight in itself alters how I see things which then leads me to my next contemplation, based on a different understanding.

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Anu Martinson

Estonia

I am a door-opener helping people discover their inner superpowers. I have been on the path of self-development since 2005 and worked with quality, process and people management since 2010. Interests: nature, people, photography, mystics, dancing, handicrafts. Keywords: soft, but straight; curious; deep and sensing; positive and caring.

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Diana Stankevica

Latvia

My main professional competences are strategic talent management and leadership development. 15+ years in corporate world (Head of pan-Baltic HR); working with startup founders and teams as Consultant and Mentor since 2018. Interested in reading, astrology; inspired by horse riding, archery, mountains. Good at discovering other people talents.

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Ingmar Elm

Estonia

The moments that mostly remind me how much I love my job are when a group of sceptical individualists discover that something special has happened and they feel the effect of trust and cooperation fulfilling the core need of belonging.

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Age Rosenberg

Estonia

As a coach I point a flashlight to where you haven’t dared to look.
An entrepreneur, with 15 years of experience in working as well as researching and teaching in the field of org. communication and change, a trainer and a coach with NLP skills.
Values: connection, balance, space and light, improving the world, freedom
Interests: dancing, reading, nature

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Triin Sarri

Estonia


I believe our perception of the outer world is the reflection of our inner world. If we arrange and coordinate our inner realms, it will also reflect in the physical world.

Guest mentors

For each Training Days event we have always invited some additional Guest Mentors. This has been a great way to learn about new coaching approaches and to keep us always on our toes - complacency is a very dangerous companion.

If you know someone who might be a great Guest Mentor for .Cocoon then you are welcome to share your suggestion with us. Or perhaps you are the one who finds mentoring as a path of your hearth and feels the resonance with the values of .Cocoon?

Below are the honored Guests from past Training Days with whom we feel proud of having shared many great memorable experiences! 

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I'll connect with issues and people touching my soul. I want to help to save the planet.

Pasi Joronen

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I am a change consultant focusing on human emotional needs. My service is to advise and coach in situations, where people would like to get a new perspective on changes and the changes becoming reality. The companies I work with are in Silicon Valley – mainly startups and individuals.

Sini Kunnas

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I am a strong believer that it is the human beings in businesses that are their primary asset and who, when they get into quality relationships with each other, make the biggest difference.

John Wilkes

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Well, breathing brings great results. That’s why US Navy Seals do it. Some clients want to experience better performance and concentration at work. Others need tools for relaxation, better sleep quality or stress management.

Arttu Lipsonen

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Mentoring for me is about creating a mirror for you, so that you can see how your motivations within the business will contribute to your success. I will also help you understand any beliefs/attitudes that you have that could get in the way of what you want to achieve, and how to resolve those things.

Sonia Saxton

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I find great joy and satisfaction in helping others achieve “simple” success and mind set in their business where my main focus in empowering the talents, story telling and sales.

Asaf Oz

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My approach to mentoring is customer focused and pragmatic, making sure that even the wildest dreams have a strong foundation in business and keen eye on customers.

Lembit Loo

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Looking holistically at day-to-day challenges, talents, life circumstances, business issues, life patterns, your experience and knowledge, successes, beliefs, values, mindsets, relationships and power.

John Lavan

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The role of any teacher or mentor is to discover what the student does not yet see in himself, both the positive and the negative, and to help him draw it out, analyze it, and then make use of these discoveries in navigating his context of problems and opportunities.

Skinner Layne

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