Description
This mentoring is aimed at entrepreneurs who are just starting out. Through a series of three sessions each month and email support it is designed to get you moving in the right direction as quickly as possible.
The sessions are 60 – 90 minutes long. The first will be spent understanding your business model and your current position.
Over the next 6 – 9 sessions we will work together using a variety of critical startup tools to ensure that the foundations of your startup are solid.
I am very data-focused and much of your work, or homework, during the week will be in generating evidence to support your opinions, claims, beliefs and hypotheses.
With data, we can make better decisions and deliver far more in less time.
As part of the mentoring package, you get a full email and WhatsApp support, so any queries and questions you have between sessions just ask. I aim to always answer the same business day, depending on our timezone difference.
This package is ideal for someone who has got a good idea of what they want to do and is starting their first startup. Having gone through a number of boot camps and incubators, and taught them as well, the value is the 1:1 coaching and over time the increased knowledge of your business which leads to better and better advice.
Benefits:
- Avoid lots of mistakes
- Focus on what really matters
- Someone who gets what you are trying to do
- A time to reflect each week on what you are really trying to achieve
- Ensuring that you remember the big picture as you fight and win tactical battles
- An advisor who cares about what you are trying to do and takes ownership with you
- Being held accountable for your vision and action steps
- Innovative solutions to many of the problems that you face
- Endless suggestions of useful books, articles, case studies and research
Details:
- $500 per month
- 3 Sessions / month
- Sessions 60 – 90 minute
- By Video Call or Phone
- Next day email support (normal business hours)
- Same day WhatsApp support (normal business hours)
- Access to my network and introductions where relevant and beneficial to both parties
- Freed 30-page entrepreneurial readiness report customised to you
T&C
- Mentoring package valid for 31 days.
- An extension only by prior agreement (but just chuck me an email)
- No show for a call = lost session. No show = late by 15 minutes and no notification
- If late for a call the end time doesn’t change. Be on time, make the most of it.
- It’s mentoring, the onus on you is to get sessions arranged, but I make it as easy as possible by using Calendly
Customer Reviews
Denis has a strong ability in understanding the business model quickly
A session with Denis is rather insightful. Denis has a strong ability in understanding the business model quickly and identify the potential issues. He is knowledgable in most aspects of business and his recommendations to our bottlenecks are an eye-opener.He provides clear guidance and recommendation where we can improve
Denis is an energetic person and help us to address the challenges as well as exploring existing opportunities. He has the ability to communicate effectively and took the time to understand our current business model. He provides clear guidance and recommendation where we can improve and list down all action list that we can focus on in the coming weeks. Overall I am satisfied and valued his work
Very experienced and easy to communicate with
Very experienced and easy to communicate with, I love it when he uses his similar past experience with local entrepreneurs to guide me
Clarifying my ideas and thoughts
Denis helped me the most in clarifying my ideas and thoughts to be more focused and strategic. He identified key things from what I’ve shared and consulted me to act on them better. I also really thankful for his insights on Business Model Canvas and his feedback for my humble idea. At first, I was quite unsure how to talk with him as this was my first time consulting him but he was unexpectedly very helpful. If you are looking to get some help in maneuvering your seas of idea or work on your BMC, Denis should definitely be on your list
Denis was quick to understand our product and market
Being a deep-tech startup, we often struggle finding mentors that understand our market and problems. Denis was quick to understand our product and market, and identified risk areas which we were oblivious to.
In a short span of an hour, Denis highlighted our key challenges, provided actionable and practical solutions, and a proposed action plan. Thanks for your invaluable advice
Denis has been a great coach / mentor
Denis has been a great coach / mentor in our early stage startup journey to growth. He asked a lot of questions that helped us think through important decisions and gave us pointed advice relevant to our very particular industry and company stage. In a sea of generic startup advice, his attention to details and highly targeted counsel is invaluable
I was impressed with his ability to understand the business and market, quickly
Denis has a strong ability to breakdown problems to surface the core drivers that are limiting business. I was impressed with his ability to understand the business and market, quickly. His recommendations were very strong and ones that I will be acting on.
