Kurt Friedmann

• Startups

• Customer Development

• Market Testing

• Sales and Marketing Strategy

• Investment

Kurt Friedmann is a founding partner of Friedmann-Magee Group, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurial companies better understand their customers and take action to continually expand sales. Passionate about helping businesses improve customer experiences, Kurt has a 30-year background in entrepreneurship, mentoring, coaching, sales management, training, and customer experience management.

 Having played a critical role in launching and scaling four high-growth startup companies, Kurt also served in senior leadership positions at two publicly-traded corporations. 

Working with various business incubators and accelerators, Kurt currently serves as a mentor and Small Business Development Center Advisor to over 75 startup companies. Kurt also acts as a co-founder of Mentored Pathways, a non-profit entity that has connected over 47,000 students with industry leaders for career and educational mentoring. Additionally, Kurt serves as a board member to multiple companies and was a founding director of the Silicon Valley Institute for Business Innovation (SVIBI). 

Residing in San Luis Obispo, CA, Kurt received a degree in business finance from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.