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🌟 Meet Our Expert | Shayne Adler
Co-Founder & CEO, Aetos Data Consulting

For startups navigating the complex world of AI governance and data privacy, Shayne Adler, AIGP makes compliance a competitive advantage — not a burden.

Shayne is Co-Founder and CEO of Aetos Data Consulting, where she serves clients as an external Chief Trust Officer, helping startups and small businesses turn privacy, AI governance, and security into tangible proof of trustworthiness that accelerates sales and satisfies enterprise buyers and auditors alike. Her work spans designing and running compliance programs aligned to ISO and SOC 2 standards, building audit-ready evidence libraries, managing vendor risk, and creating transparent AI governance documentation — all without the artificial timelines and policy theater that slow companies down. Shayne holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a law degree from UC Law.

Beyond her consulting practice, Shayne is an Ambassador for Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship in Orlando, connecting women founders and professionals with resources, mentorship, and community.

Shayne's areas of expertise include:
✅ AI governance & ethics
✅ Data protection & privacy
✅ Compliance

We're proud to have Shayne's insight and experience as part of our expert community.

Ditch the chaos. Build the strategy. 🎯

Buildwithbot and StarterStudio are hosting a workshop with Stefan Gilliam on the methodology for improving revenue through reach and operations — moving founders beyond day-to-day rush and into real strategy.

You'll walk away with:
�→ Tools to refine operations and expand reach (if you're already in motion)�
→ A sustainable income strategy (if you're just starting out)

This workshop is built to close the gap between where your business is and where its revenue should be.

Save your seat: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-busyness-to-business-the-elite-entrepreneurs-roadmap-to-revenue-tickets-2001969034273?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tomorrow is the application deadline!

If you've got a tech-driven idea and you're stuck in the "what do I do next?" phase, the Idea Stage Accelerator gives you the tools, structure, and clarity to move forward.

You'll walk away knowing:
→ Whether your idea solves a real problem worth solving
→ Who your customer actually is (and what they'll pay for)
→ How to position your idea in the market
→ How to pitch it with confidence

🔸 Application deadline: September 25
🔸 Program start date: October 14

Don’t miss your chance to take the next step with a community behind you.

🔗 Application link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=175QLhiKtUqBPuGfwiF077eRC_jMkSpGpWn8du5nkCxUNlpCSjlVSjdMTlpVQUg5MldIWjdZVllEMi4u&route=shorturl

📩 Questions? [email protected]

Welcome to the Build Stage! We're excited to welcome our latest cohort!

🔹Katie Thompson: Build Your Proof
🔹Philip Grichener: Cymbiose AI
🔹Kamaria Scott: Enetic
🔹Kyle McKercher: Firreo Inc.
🔹Atalia Harel Luzon: Helix Solutions
🔹Kelly Charles-Collins: HR Legally Speaking, LLC
🔹Jampierre Cabrera-Ryes: Skorva
🔹Sevan Kechichian: Talos Health
🔹Jérôme Pradier: Talos Health

Over the coming weeks, these founders will move from validation to execution—laying the early infrastructure of their businesses, developing MVPs, and turning customer insight into real traction. The focus is clear: sustainable growth through smart strategy, disciplined customer acquisition, and a strong go-to-market foundation.

Ready. Set. Build.

One week left to apply for StarterStudio’s Idea Stage Accelerator!

Big ideas don’t grow in isolation. They grow with support, structure, and the right community.

The Idea Stage Accelerator is designed for early founders who want to turn a tech‑driven idea into something real. Throughout the program, you’ll validate your concept, talk to customers, build your value proposition, and define your market and strategy using proven startup tools.

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just need an idea and the willingness to test, learn, and build.

📅 Application deadline: September 25
�🚀 Program starts: October 14

Don’t miss your chance to take the next step with a community behind you.

🔗 Apply: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=175QLhiKtUqBPuGfwiF077eRC_jMkSpGpWn8du5nkCxUNlpCSjlVSjdMTlpVQUg5MldIWjdZVllEMi4u&route=shorturl

📩 Questions? [email protected]

For entrepreneurs, the path from idea to mission is rarely a straight line.

For StarterStudio alum Daniel White, that path was shaped by personal tragedy, years of persistence, and a commitment to solving a problem that matters most when seconds count.

Today, Daniel leads Scan If Hurt™ — safety tech built to close what the company calls The Information Gap™: the critical window after an accident when a First Helper is trying to get info for someone who can't speak for themselves.

→ Read Daniel's journey 👇

https://www.starterstudio.org/🚀-alumni-spotlight-daniel-white-is-closing-the-information-gap-with-scan-if-hurt/

Ready to think bigger about your idea?

If you've got a tech-driven idea and you're stuck in the "what do I do next?" phase, the Idea Stage Accelerator gives you the tools, structure, and clarity to move forward.

You'll walk away knowing:
→ Whether your idea solves a real problem worth solving
→ Who your customer actually is (and what they'll pay for)
→ How to position your idea in the market
→ How to pitch it with confidence

🔸 Application deadline: September 25
🔸 Program start date: October 14

🔗 Application link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=175QLhiKtUqBPuGfwiF077eRC_jMkSpGpWn8du5nkCxUNlpCSjlVSjdMTlpVQUg5MldIWjdZVllEMi4u&route=shorturl

📩 Questions? [email protected]

This is what alumni success looks like.

Shannon Brown Fedenko, Ph.D. and the Aloft Biotechnologies team won the Grand Prize at startGNV's pitchGNV 2026 and earned a finalist spot for the Cade Prize for Inventivity.

From our accelerator programs to the pitch stage, it's an honor to watch our founders keep growing and making an impact.

Congratulations to Shannon and the team! 🎉

We're thrilled to welcome our newest Idea Stage cohort — a group of founders ready to do the hard, rewarding work of turning a spark into something real.

🔸 Neida Ortiz: AccessAbility Bootcamp
🔸 Marianna Vogel: Discoverly
🔸 Priscila Cammarota: FSIAI
🔸 Jackson Thompson: InnSmith LLC
🔸 Aysha Khan: Onyxa Health
🔸 Bradford Leonard: SeatCulture
🔸 Jose Bastias, MBA: Stratos
🔸 Suika Stewart: Thigh High Elegance
🔸 Tony DeNisco: Vitruvion

Over the next six weeks, they'll dig into customer discovery, pressure-test their assumptions, and start building tech solutions to problems that matter.

This is where the work begins. Let's go. 🚀

⏰ Applications for StarterStudio's Build Stage close next Friday, August 21.

If you're past the idea phase and ready to build the business — this is your program.

In Build Stage, founders work on:
→ Developing an MVP or a clear path to a prototype
→ Landing first customer revenue
→ Building a go-to-market strategy that actually converts
→ Setting the KPIs that keep you accountable

📌 Apply today: https://www.starterstudio.org/idea-stage-accelerator/

📩 Questions? [email protected]