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Release: April 2013 / Update: February 2015

Mentoring Platform

IvanE-mail: strivanlab@gmail.com

Cell: +1 (416) 890-0037

Skype: ishmelev

Toronto, Canada

for Entrepreneurs

Mentoring Platform

Instead of working with one mentor, entrepreneurs will pass through the

complex consultations with community of experts in different business areas

Entrepreneurs need support in many subjects:

As any other person MENTOR is limited in expertise and resources

One Mentor is Not Enough

• Business Planning• Operations• Development• Finance• Production

• Market Research• Sales• Marketing• PR• Partnership

• Human Resource• Customer Relationship• Networking• Motivation• etc

360 Mentorship

Entrepreneurship• Finding an opportunity• How to start• Personality

• Motivation

Functional• Marketing• Accounting• Technology

• HR

Management• Planning• Team Building• Project Management• Performance

Industrial• Customers• Competition• Organizations

• Events

P R O C E S S

Mentoring Platform

Entrepreneur

Assigned

Mentor

Business

MarketingExpertGroup

• Registration and Licenses• Trademarks and Patents• Regulation and law

LegalExpertGroup

• Market research• Go-to-market strategy• Advertising and PR

• Planning• Operation• Project Management

• Accounting • Performance• Funding

• Product development• IT systems and tools• Manufacturing

PlanningExpertGroup

FinanceExpertGroup

TechnologyExpertGroup

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Sales Human Resource Customer Relation Supply & Distribution Export/Import Real Estate/Lease Etc.

Platform Elements

Mentor Successful business owner with expertise in same market

• Helps to setup goals• Arranges experts

• Reviews the process• Motivates

Entrepreneur Individual or group launching new business

• Asks questions• Attends events

• Reports progress

Experts Proven leaders in their areas of expertise

• Consult• Train to use tools

• Share resources• Partnership

Tools Information and Resources

• Access to data• Events and Classes• Networking

• Legal Support• Discounts• Funding

Case

BusinessProgram

Experts

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Entrepreneur Program Mentor Entrepreneur Experts Mentor Program

Decided to open new business and applied on Program

Assigns the best match mentor from the same industry

Meets the entrepreneur, evaluates needs and helps to setup goals, discuses business plan and the implementation process, schedules classes and meetings with experts

Attends the classes and consult with assigned expert groups

Provide tools and consult entrepreneur of how to achieve goals

Reviews the results and help to setup next goal

Process repeats until the end of Program

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Ivan

E-mail: strivanlab@gmail.com

Cell: +1 (416) 890-0037

Skype: ishmelev

Toronto, Canada

Experience: Industries:

• More then 10+ years in startup business• One successful exit and two active projects• Ph.D., MBA

• Telco and IT systems• Web and Mobile services• Games and media

Expertise: Entrepreneurship:

• Product Development • Strategy Planning• General Management

• Mentor• Lectures• Public Speaker