The 11 Product Mentors Behind Bubble's First Cohort for Social Good

"The no-code community is incredibly generous in sharing knowledge. I’m eager to give back and support an Immerse founder in their journey."

Nichole Bestman
September 11, 2024 • 4 minute read
The 11 Product Mentors Behind Bubble's First Cohort for Social Good

Each year, Bubble hosts Immerse, a fully funded virtual residency program to help underrepresented startup founders and entrepreneurs create high-quality web apps using no-code. This year, we launched Immerse Impact, our first cohort focused on underrepresented founders of social impact startups. 

Founders excel when they’re supported by other experts eager to help them grow. ‌That’s why, in addition to instructors, we pair our Immerse cohort members with a few select mentors every year. And this year’s mentors bring a lot of experience and expertise to the no-code table.

Learn more about the diverse team of Immerse Impact mentors — from founders who build venture-backed startups on Bubble to developers who use no-code to support million-dollar restaurant groups.

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Brenton Strine, Popcode Studio

Founder 

Brenton has been coding for 25 years and has worked for top tech companies like Amazon, NASA, and Mailchimp. In 2021, he founded a venture-backed startup, Kicky, which he built on Bubble. Since then, he has also become a leading figure in the Bubble community — he’s an event host, bootcamp teacher, hackathon judge, and Bubble Ambassador.


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Brian Jagger, TechRailz

Artificial Intelligence & Software Engineer / On-Demand CTO

Brian is the lead engineer at TechRailz, a software agency centered on AI technologies and on-demand CTO services. He's also the founder and CTO of TechRailz and holds fractional CTO roles at ATHLYT and Slate Click. His technical proficiency covers AI, marketing technology, no-code software development, and film and TV production. 


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Hassan Raza, Kisaan

Product Manager

Hassan is a product manager with a background in mechanical engineering who focuses on leveraging tech to solve real-world problems, such as driving innovation in agritech to enhance farmer livelihoods. 


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Harish Malhi, Goodspeed

Founder

After a stint at Google, Harish founded Goodspeed, a founder-first agency, using no code and AI to launch products faster. With Bubble, Harish has also built Diaspo, a marketplace and SaaS for cooking classes that works with Amazon and Spotify.


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Jacob Singer

Product and Technology Architect

Jacob is a seasoned technology leader with nearly two decades of experience. From leading engineering and product teams in building robust, complex software systems to leveraging artificial intelligence and no-code platforms like Bubble, Jacob’s experience has spanned both traditional and no-code development.


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Julie Bray, Tarragon Solutions

Founder

Julie is an experienced Bubble Developer, founder, and startup mentor with a career spanning over 25 years in technology. Previously the founder of Konnective, an innovative employee messaging platform, Julie now leads Tarragon Solutions, a Bubble agency that crafts bespoke no-code solutions for businesses. 


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Nick Yaggie, Food People

Strategy and Operations Manager

Nick is a strategist in the food and beverage industry who applies new technologies to traditional business environments. Additionally, Nick offers support to startups and entrepreneurs as a Bubble consultant.


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Pedro Duarte, Befree Academy

Founder

For eight years, Pedro worked as a successful startup founder. Once he sold his business in 2020, he dove into Bubble full-time — first as a freelancer and then as the Bubble Tech Lead/CTO of a Canadian startup. Now, Pedro runs Befree Academy, a Bubble mentoring group that helps developers level up their skills and get into the market.


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Peter Nilsson, MVPete

Founder and Chairman 

A longtime Bubble fan, Pete has been a Bubble coach for eight years. He first started in the IT and startup ecosystem, where he founded and sold companies. Now he works as chairman, CEO, and CTO in various startups.


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Prashant Abbi, Zeroic

Software Development Engineer

Prashant discovered Bubble as a freshman and quickly became fascinated by its ability to rapidly develop and deploy apps. After his university acquired his Bubble app, he founded Zeroic, which has built software serving over one million users. He also serves as a fractional CTO and advisor and is a Bubble Community Ambassador.


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Tanveer Mohammed, Niya

CTO

Tanveer is the CTO for Niya.ai, which just raised £1.5m pre-seed and is set to grow exponentially in the coming months. 

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