Scott E.
Early stage startup expert | 2x Exit Founder | Venture Studio Operator
Studied at Brigham Young University
Works at Philo Ventures
Available Tuesday at 3:00 PM UTC
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Scott's Coaching Offerings
Build a Successful Startup — In-Depth Founder Support
Expert coaching to help you achieve your entrepreneurial goals
$2,38020h of coaching
Build an Investor-Ready Fundraising Deck
Craft a narrative and build a polished deck that drives fundraising success
Starting at $1,25010h+ of coaching
Early-Stage Startup Coaching — Fundraising, Building, Growth
Best for early-stage founders trying to fundraise, build, hire, or grow
Starting at $6605h+ of coaching
Pay as you go
Get help with Fundraising.
Scott also coaches for Venture Capital and Product Management. View all.
Scott’s Entrepreneurship Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
I’ve been involved with dozens of successful early-stage startups as a Co-founder, CEO, Investor, Advisor. I’m passionate about helping others avoid the pitfalls of early-stage startups, team formation, idea validation, development, and go to market strategy. I currently help run a Venture Studio in Utah called Philo Ventures where we're building startups with a team of software engineers, product strategists, ux designers, marketers. Part time I also help run a student startup incubator based at Brigham Young University called 'Sandbox' where undergraduate students take a year off of their normal coursework and get college credit while we pair them up with experts from the community and teach them how to start a software startup.
Scott can help with:
Fundraising
Scott also coaches for Venture Capital and Product Management. View all.
About Scott
I've been involved with dozens of early stage technology businesses as a Co-Founder, Advisor, Investor, Board Member. A select handful of those have grown into really incredible businesses that were acquired and many others are still in the trenches figuring out their path. I am technical enough to be dangerous but have often been the Product or Sales leader on the team.
Why do I coach?
I've been really fortunate to have worked with and worked for talented product and engineering folks during my adult life. Coaching people getting started at the early stage is something really rewarding for me personally.
Work Experience
Venture Partner
Philo Ventures
October 2023 - Present
Building (and investing in) Startups here in our Venture Studio. Focused on PropTech, Hospitality, Women's Health, B2B SaaS....and anything else you think we ought to be building.
Director
Sandbox
August 2022 - Present
I’m teaching and mentoring the Students of BYU’s Sandbox Program (their technology startup incubator based in the Marriott School). Students take a year off of their normal classroom work to primarily focus on Sandbox and start a software startup.
Co-Founder
Data Spark
March 2022 - October 2023
Acquired by Threecolts in 2023
Advisor
Brigham Young University
January 2019 - August 2022
Head of Product
Randall Reilly
March 2018 - March 2022
Joined the the Talent division of Randall Reilly as part of an acquisition of our business and was there during a period of massive growth (organic and through other acquisitions) from RR being a ~$200mm company to being valued way over $1bn. Helped create a formal Product function as RR continued to build out their internal suite of technology offerings.
Co-Founder, CEO
Smart Rhino Labs
March 2011 - March 2018
Acquired by Randall-Reilly in 2018
Education
Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science, Sociology and Business
2006 - 2011