The programme
Onboarding and diagnostics
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On demand support based on tokens
Topics
- Team Dynamics: Building the right team - Clifton Strength.
- Product Market Fit: PMF assessment.
- Investor Relations: Basics of funding and investor expectations.
- Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales assessment.
- Management: Leadership basics for founders.
Building the core
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On demand support based on tokens
- Guest speaker: Linnar Viik
Topics
- Team Dynamics: Clifton Strength results discussion.
- Product Market Fit: Road to PMF.
- Investor Relations: Building investor relations.
- Marketing and Sales: Defining the target audience and setting sales goals.
- Management: Time management and operational efficiency.
Scaling and strategy
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On-demand support based on tokens
- All hand meeting - Networking event for startups
- Guest speaker: Mischa Zverev
Topics
- Team Dynamics: Scaling the team.
- Product Market Fit: Adaptive product roadmap.
- Investor Relations: Preparing for Series A/B funding.
- Marketing and Sales: Building a growth marketing strategy and scaling sales efforts.
- Management: Decision-making frameworks.
Optimization and efficiency
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On-demand support based on tokens
- Online pitching event
- Guest speaker: Eszter Csillag
Topics
- Team Dynamics: Performance management and reviews.
- Product Market Fit: Market feedback, scenarios
- Investor Relations: Financial projections and investor updates.
- Marketing and Sales: Data-driven marketing and optimizing the sales funnel.
- Management: Building operational resilience.
Expansion and networking
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On-demand support based on tokens
- All hand meeting - Networking event for startups
- Guest speaker: Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin
Topics
- Team Dynamics: Managing remote teams.
- Product Market Fit: Product expansion and scaling.
- Investor Relations: Networking with investors.
- Marketing and Sales: Partner and influencer marketing.
- Management: Retaining talent and employee engagement.
Preparing for the future
- Topics based mentoring (1 session / topic)
- On-demand support based on tokens
- Meeting with investors - online eventcertification
- Closing event of the programme - online event
- Guest speaker: Candace Johnson
Topics
- Team Dynamics: How to manage growing teams.
- Product Market Fit: Product-driven organisation.
- Investor Relations: Preparing for exit strategies or acquisition.
- Marketing and Sales: Long-term brand and sales strategies.
- Management: Leadership beyond the startup phase.
Token system
The MentorMe programme's token system is designed to offer participants flexibility in accessing mentorship and resources.
Each month, all participants receive 100 tokens to spend on program offerings based on their startup’s current needs or areas of interest. These tokens can be used to book sessions with mentors, attend specialized workshops, or access additional resources. Please note that tokens do not carry over to the next month - they reset each month to encourage active and consistent engagement with the programmes resources.
You can use the tokens in the following way:
- Webinar participation - 10 tokens
- Additional core mentor - 20 tokens / hour
- HR audit - 30 tokens
- Marketing audit - 40 tokens
- Specialist mentor - 40 tokens / hour
- UX audit - 50 tokens
- Tech audit - 50 tokens
- Calling to scale disc. (US training) - 70 tokens
- Online pitch event pitching - 80 tokens (Month 3, 4, 5)
- Speed Master discount - 100 tokens
