Debi Kleiman

Debi Kleiman is an award-winning marketer, educator, startup advisor, and angel investor with more than fifteen years of experience coaching founders. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and spent a decade leading brand development and innovation at Coca-Cola, Welch’s, and Procter & Gamble. She served as executive director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College and is a managing partner of The Upside Angels, which invests in early-stage startups. In First Pitch, Kleiman draws on that experience to show founders how to craft a compelling, memorable pitch that wins money, mentors, and more.