
Company-building expertise and guidance through a 9-month long program with effective and gradual selection. One of the best-led events during my mentoring career.
ECONIC Accelerator
Budapest, Hungary
Stop feeling stuck or overwhelmed if you're not making 7–8 figures, yet.
Get clarity, actionplan, and operational support to grow your business.
Get your challenges cracked and get your team flying without your constant effort.
Get it Done-With-You in 90–180 days.
Craft your exit strategy in hours, not in months.
Stop your suffering today!


Company-building expertise and guidance through a 9-month long program with effective and gradual selection. One of the best-led events during my mentoring career.
ECONIC Accelerator
Budapest, Hungary
Sessions rated 9.5/10. Helped most with clarity into GTM next steps, challenging approach, and giving homework. Among the top 3 mentors for the day.
Red Brick Accelerator
Tampere, Finland

50+ mentors supported 500+ students forming 100+ startups in three weeks. Worked with ~20 teams transforming early ideas into solid concepts in 24 hours.
European Innovation Academy
Porto, Portugal

Finnish accelerator formed by Aalto University. By far their choice of startups was the strongest ever at this pre-seed stage.
KIUAS accelerator
Espoo, Finland

Structured programs, intensive mentoring, and funding while fostering vibrant startup communities. Impressive list of experienced mentors.
Nordic Startup Ventures
Tampere, Finland

Multiple acceleration programs as mentee, then mentor with SME scale-ups, startups and the local Shark Tank program Ajujaht.
Enterprise Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia

Technology transfer organisation focused on innovation and research, creating sustainable ecosystems using innovative digital technologies.
Power HUB accelerator
Prague, Czechia

Mentored Estonian tourism sector enterprises to improve their businesses following Business Canvas methodology.
BDA Consulting
Tallinn, Estonia

VVT hired me to mentor a business unit in Estonian Aviation Network Service. A 6-month mentoring programme that showed how much I had learnt over 20 years as a business owner, board member, strategy designer and coach.
Agentuur Velström Vallner Tohver
Tallinn, Estonia

Hub where actors across various industries can work together to effect change through innovative digital technologies.
Startup Reaktor
Go-To-Market Accelerator, Romania
Equity-free investment-readiness program preparing high-potential CEE and Ukrainian founders for global expansion and fundraising. Alumni have collectively raised $50M+ since 2022.
1991 Accelerator
Kyiv, Ukraine / CEE
The ideal client (ICP) is:
From pivoting the new concept to scaling to €10M. We've worked with organisations making over €40M per year.
Mental health and time are the most valuable resources. Let's make sense, crack bottlenecks, clarify the chaos, and build the business strategy you didn't envision.
Then we fix your team and make them glow.
Why struggle alone?
Unlock your business's true potential.
Mikk has faced the same challenges as a founder — now he helps businesses like yours move forward faster. Whether you're launching your first product or scaling to €10M, we'll help you overcome bottlenecks, find clarity, and achieve sustainable growth.

"In addition to experience and brains you are extremely concrete and specific — that helps to get to the core faster in everything. You actually get the topic and understand the concept of the project, because most people don't see the full picture."

"Meetings with Mikk were intense, propelling, encouraging and motivating. If before the meetings I was fumbling as if in a fog, then every time after meeting Mikk my sight and hearing were very clear and my energy level was at maximum. I really appreciate Mikk's directness and practical tips on how to plan my time, develop myself and which methodologies to use in any given situation. We talked a lot about inspiration and motivation — both from my and others' perspective, again valuable knowledge that I hadn't previously articulated for myself in this way. I took many notes for myself that I still read from time to time, and all of it is pure gold — timeless advice. I'm very grateful to Mikk for his time and dedication!"

"The personality analysis described exactly how I most naturally operate — there was a lot of recognition in it. I got a clear overview of my strengths to lean on, so I can achieve ease rather than suffering. The fields and roles where I can fulfil myself without inner conflict became clearly visible, which was very refreshing. I have long known what I don't want to do, but until now I hadn't found my calling. Now I understand what brought success in my earlier career and how to carry that experience over into new fields too. I see my value in a new way and I'm considering completely different job offers. The personality-type explanation put everything logically in place — resistance disappeared and possibilities expanded. My confidence rose significantly. I now have all the tools I need to steer my success, and making future decisions has become considerably easier."

"Mikk was our mentor in startup program Ajujaht. At first the most critical one. Thanks to his advice and feedback we have raised our product engagement significantly. His practical experience made his advice immediately implementable."

"Mikk reminded me of the simple things we tend to forget — the goals we set for ourselves and the pursuit of them. Self-discipline, growth, practical techniques, and the ability to think bigger. I sincerely recommend!"

"Mikk helped me realise how to communicate with potential investors and select the best ones. After the first session I implemented crucial changes into our business model and updated our pitch."

"Mikk helped me off the traditional marketing train. With a brief chat, without knowing the industry, he opened a new perspective and a way to communicate with our customers."

"Mikk found the core problems and left me with a bunch of questions I wasn't willing to answer. No clichés — just practical sessions that led me to my billion-dollar idea."

"Mikk's help was invaluable in shaping our strategy. In 20 minutes he gave us better feedback than what we had gotten from 50 pitchings."

"When I was wrestling with my ego about selling parts of my shares cheaply, Mikk said — just sell them. That money is more than 0. If he hadn't said that, maybe we'd still be arguing. Another thought that made us look at the whole business differently was the advice — follow the money flow! Only then did we understand our value proposition and made the pivot! Some shared thoughts click only now, years later."

"Mikk is the Mike Tyson of words. The first punch breaks three ribs. With the next hits you're in dreamland. But that's exactly the place where you actually start to see that I need to change. That's your own pain that Mikk points at through concrete clarity, with practical spots in your business. So you have a choice — keep hurting or get healed at the root cause."

Why we know
As a solo founder Mikk often navigated uncertainty alone, wishing he had a mentor to guide him and avoid unnecessary risks. He learned that discovering your path takes effort, introspection, and someone to ask the hard questions you avoid.
Mikk doesn't believe in "fake it till you make it". Instead, he stands for understanding, executing, and delivering results with pride. Act, win, celebrate, improve, repeat — that's the approach.
How we know
Great businesses solve real problems, often born from frustration or unmet needs. Success lies in doing it better and faster — but copying others without understanding their edge can backfire.
Mikk has seen high-demand businesses struggle to monetise and knows the key questions: Where's the money? How much? At what cost? For how long? Through his own costly missteps, he's learned to turn failures into lessons and limitations into opportunities.
Don't fuss over nothing — choose your direction today, not tomorrow!
Book your free consultationHe has triumphed over a major Swedish bank and faced challenges with deceitful executive judges. His educational journey includes studies in informatics, a BA in business administration, and an MA in marketing.
Passionate about smart systems, psychology and grand setups, he devotes his free time to mountains, trekking, snowboarding, diving and friends. Outspoken and paranoid optimist, pragmatic, with zero tolerance for fakes.
Leading his software development companies for 20 years, he saved over 5.2 million hours for clients, and generated €10 million of EBITDA in a 30-minute workshop.
Mentoring under Enterprise Estonia projects, investing and coaching startups in ESTBAN and other international accelerators and EU programmes. Physically residing in the Tallinn–Helsinki timezone, his impact extends far beyond — over the internet.
Education
Expertise
Dr. Gürsel İlipinar holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Istanbul, an MBA in Marketing and Information Systems from Georgia State University, and a PhD in Marketing from ESADE Business School. His career spans over 15 years in international business with focus on education, telecommunications, insurance and banking sectors.
At EBS he teaches brand management, services marketing, digital marketing and international marketing. His research explores design thinking and the intersection between branding and design.