
Adam Berk
Co-author of Startup Program Design; accelerator advisor & founder customer discovery mentor
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Joined November 2025
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Summary
Co-author of "Startup Program Design" (2022): a practical handbook for creating accelerators and incubators. Adam advises program teams at Google, Techstars cohorts, and European ecosystem builders on strategy, curriculum, selection, and scaling. Readers are encouraged to leave honest reviews on Amazon until the book reaches 100, underlining a genuine mission to help build better programs that serve founders in finding customers. startupprogramdesign+2
Experienced accelerator mentor and Lean Startup facilitator: Adam focuses on helping founders find customers through customer discovery, experiment design, and scaling support in global accelerator programs including Google and Techstars. leanstartup+1
Author and program designer: Co-author of 'Startup Program Design' (2022), advising global accelerator and corporate innovation teams on program strategy and operations with an emphasis on founder/customer connection and genuine program impact. startupprogramdesign+1
Founder and early sharing‑economy practitioner: Berk founded Neighborrow and other community/sharing ventures (Shared, Squared; 26smiles), experiences he uses when mentoring founders—he emphasizes learning velocity, rigorous customer interviews, and real-world experiments as the core of discovery. leanstartup+1
Global accelerator mentor: mentors for Google for Startups/Launchpad, Techstars, and others worldwide, with a focus on expanding program design best practices that help founders find customers, especially for European ecosystem builders. leanstartup+2
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Frequent international travel (noted as having visited nearly 100 countries) unreasonablegroup+1
Notes
SMSimone Martinellisaid
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is one of the most impactful startup mentors they've seen in action.Apr 24, 2026
Apr 22, 2026
PLPaul Lockettsaid
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has shared strategies for wealth generation or business success that they've found genuinely insightful or effective.Dec 23, 2025
POPaul Orlandosaid
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is someone they would recommend learning from when it comes to building and sharing practical money-making strategies.Nov 24, 2025
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