GLOBE Mentorship Program

GLOBE Advisors  manages the GLOBE  Mentorship Program for pre-commercial entrepreneurs operating primarily in the environmental, clean technology and renewable energy sectors.

The GLOBE Mentorship Program focuses on two core themes that are critically important for small and medium sized enterprises seeking to enter the commercial marketplace: Third-party validation of proposed technologies, products or service offerings; and accurate business case and financial planning to secure clients, business partners or investors.

Supported by a network of third party mentors GLOBE will provide mentoring and advisory services that include the following:

• Mentoring Assistance in preparing more fully developed business/marketing plans, validated by third party experts where appropriate, considering the scale of the potential market for the products, services or technologies being offered;
• Information needed to allow clients to gain a better appreciation of potential regulatory, competitive, or cultural obstacles that may need to be overcome in order for the firm to successfully enter the commercial marketplace;
• In-depth reviews by third party experts of the product or technology being offered, with suggestions and guidance on further developmental needs and performance validation or verification requirements;
• Information on key contacts and potential business partners drawn from GLOBE’s extensive network and other information from GLOBE’s repository of reports to help guide further development of the client firm’s market offerings.
• Opportunities to showcase products, services or technologies at Investor Showcases, providing access to potential clients, partners and suppliers worldwide, as well as opportunities to showcase products, services or technologies via GLOBE’s various websites and/or newsletters.

Potential clients will benefit from one-on-one exposure to investor-ready business case models; guidance on proof of concept validation;  insights on the importance of accurate marketing strategies; guidance on intellectual property issues; and personalized assistance on how best to approach investors, industry clients or other financial institutions to secure capital and financing.

Customized, shared-cost mentorship plans will be developed and agreed to by each client. These plans will be custom designed to maximize each client’s chances of raising the investment capital they need and to achieve commercial success.

These plans will match client needs with local area mentor strengths. Mentors drawn from a pool of experienced business leaders, professional consultants, trainers, and technology or product validation experts from the GLOBE Performance Solutions network. Clients may have more than one mentor to assist in various aspects of their mentorship plan.

Included in the mentorship activities will be advice on various financing options and support in developing investment strategies appropriate to the needs of the company (i.e. junior financial markets, venture exchanges, crowd funding, or angel investors).

Each round of mentorship activities will span a period of five months, at the end of which a financing showcasing event will be held to allow program clients who have progressed sufficiently in their mentorship plans to make pitches to potential investors or to showcase their companies to potential corporate, industry or governmental clients.

Is Your Company Eligible?

Due to limited funding available for this program, a careful screening of potential candidates is necessary to ensure that mentorship support is provided only to companies that are ready to enter the commercial market and have promising technologies, products or services to offer.

Applicant companies must undertake to work actively with their mentors over the course of their engagement in this program; must be prepared to share the costs for the business case mentoring or performance validation services provided; and must be prepared to meet with potential investors, corporate, industry or governmental clients at the end of their mentorship period.

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