Phil Santoro

Phil Santoro is an entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Wilbur Labs, a startup studio turning bold ideas into market-leading companies. Wilbur Labs has built and invested in 21+ companies since 2016.

Phil is an expert on building companies, and loves sharing what he’s learned to help others. He answers common founder questions on the Wilbur Labs Founder FAQ series. Phil is a speaker and author of numerous articles in Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur Magazine, helping entrepreneurs build and scale companies.

Previously, Phil founded FreeForums.org in 2007 to allow anyone to create a forum. FreeForums.org became one of the largest online platforms at the time, receiving over 125 million monthly pageviews and was acquired by the public company CrowdGather in 2010. Phil then worked at Google as a Growth Strategist from 2013-2016.

Phil graduated from the University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business in 2013.