Our mission at 05 Advisors is to help the startups in our portfolio focus their energy and grow. With a wide variety of industry experience – both at startups and at scale – we increase the odds that your startup will succeed.
Mike Miles
Mike gets big business and pro management.
Michael has spent most of his career leading the development and launch of several global B2B and B2C software products for multiple startups and Microsoft. Before his career at Microsoft, Michael led software engineering for two startups, including a pre-IPO company that eventually became SAP Concur. During his 20-year career at Microsoft, Michael was a software engineering executive leading the development and launch of multiple new global consumer products and has led international teams in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
Since retiring from Microsoft in 2019, Michael has focused on teaching Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona, teaching and mentoring Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona and the Watson Institute, and as an early-stage investor, advisor, and board member of numerous non-profit and for-profit startups.
When he is not teaching or working with early-stage companies, Michael spends time apologizing to his wife for all of the traveling, skiing, mountaineering, and hiking that he does.
Michael holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Cal State in San Bernardino, California, and a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Robyn Tosick
Robyn cultivates creative thinking and conscious entrepreneurship.
Robyn is a thought leader in entrepreneurship, mindfulness, and manifesting. She shares knowledge from 22 years as a social entrepreneur and non-profit consultant; from her corporate sales and marketing roles at Lululemon, PepsiCo, & Coca-Cola; and from extensive mindfulness & coaching training.
In addition to her role as Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona, Robyn is a Purpose Coach, Speaker, Mother, and aspiring writer. Her focus is encouraging students and entrepreneurs to create ventures strongly connected to purpose and impact.
Robyn has an inherent entrepreneurial mindset and passion for mindful living. She’s driven to help companies be conscious and purpose-driven. She’s founded 4 companies and an entrepreneurship group for female founders. She was featured by Forbes as a founder “proving that yes, you can build a successful business and earn an income by doing what you love.”
She is passionate about world travel, yoga, surfing, and building community. Robyn has a fascination with how the intersection of neuroscience and mindfulness impacts mindset. Her mission is to help others lead meaningful lives and elevate their impact on the world.
Robyn holds a B.S. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and is currently completing the Inner MBA program affiliated with New York University, LinkedIn, Sounds True, and Wisdom 2.0. She has completed 1000+ HR RYT yoga & mindfulness training.
Ellen Beldner
Ellen excels at product and UX
Ellen launched her career in product design during the early days of Google, LinkedIn, and Stitch Fix, creating, delivering, and iterating on products and services from conception to scale. She was a cofounder of a calendaring / productivity startup and the first employee of a B2B vendor review platform, which was acquired by LinkedIn.
She switched formally into product management and her last several roles have focused on new-venture strategy (what do you do when it hasn’t been done before?), AI-based systems, and powering-up organizations with cross-functional teamwork at critical points in the product lifecycle.
She has built and led Product Management and Product Design functions, is a big fan of OKRs and small-a Agile, and her hobbies are cooking and designing personalized productivity systems and practices for family and friends.
Ellen has a B.A. in Human-Computer Interaction and Professional Writing from Carnegie Mellon University and a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD.
David Stewart
David does international expansion and education.
David has spent most of his professional life building things. In his 20s, he expanded The Princeton Review’s operations into Canada and opened up what would become one of the company’s largest offices in Toronto. He later served as VP of Product Development of The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill, where he expanded their reporting business to include analytics and brought on their first international client in Qatar. He was later recruited by the New York City Department of Education to lead the district’s new accountability portfolio and create annual School Progress Reports for every school.
Most recently, David built and sold Tembo, an ed-tech company that began as a services company and evolved into a product company with the largest school reporting footprint in the United States.
David’s currently considering several new startup ideas, but for now he’s enjoying taking a break while studying French and living in Europe.
David holds a B.A. in Spanish from Occidental College in Los Angeles, an MS in Statistics and Measurement from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Mark Beaver
Mark is a master of M&A and startup financing strategy.
Mark works with business owners throughout the United States to grow and protect their companies by providing efficient and effective legal solutions.
He routinely works with clients in the following areas:
Entity/Business Formation
Partnership, Operating and Shareholders’ Agreements
Commercial Contracts
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Placements
Venture Capital
Private Equity/Real Estate Funds
Employment and Consulting Agreements
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Joint Ventures
Buy-Sell and Succession Planning
Estate Planning