The Mentor Capital Network supports entrepreneurs who are building for-profit companies that make the world a better place by just existing. Firms that use their social, environmental, and/or cultural mission to strengthen their financial margins.
Applicants can be any age, from anywhere in the world.
Requirements: You must be starting or growing a for-profit company whose social, environmental, and/or cultural mission strengthens your financial margins.Prizes: $50,000 worth of cash and professional services will be divided among the finalists, including a $25k prize for our top Clean Energy companies, in partnership with The 11th Hour Project. Learn more about our 2016 Prizes.
What We Do
The Mentor Capital Network supports entrepreneurs who are building for-profit companies that make the world a better place by just existing. Firms that use their social, environmental, and/or cultural mission to strengthen their financial margins.
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We are Entrepreneurs – building companies that are designed to make the world a better place to live through our success. The MCN supports us by:
- Connecting us to mentors, investors, and our peers who are solving similar programs in non-competitive markets.ย
- Providing extensive feedback from experts who know what it is to build a mission-driven company
- Connectingย us to mentors who want to be connected to us.
- Supporting us without getting in the way of our running our business.
- (For the top companies in the collaboration program, providing cash and professional services.)
We are Mentors – Leaders who have built, managed, invested in, or studied social enterprises. We know what it takes to turn a strong mission into a stronger margin. The MCN supports us by:
- Connecting us to our peers – learning about and from other perspectives on shared challenges.
- Helping us get to know amazing entrepreneurs in a way that respects our busy schedulesย
- Giving us the chance to build long-term relationships with the exciting new entrepreneurs.
- Apply to be a mentor here:
ย ย https://wjf.wufoo.com/forms/mentors-and-investors-2016.
We are Investors – Angels and VCs who are looking for companies with strong financial returns, and whose social and/or environmental missions are central to creating those returns. The MCN supports us by:
- Providing a vetted pipeline of companies in our areas of interest
- Giving us access to the expert perspectives on these companies
- Tell us what kinds of companies we can help you find here:
https://wjf.wufoo.com/forms/mentors-and-investors-2016.
We are supporting each other. And we are all more successful for that. MCN has engaged over 1,000 Mentors and Investors to provide more than $5 million of Mentor Capital to support the launch and growth of more than 500 companies. These firms have created thousands of jobs, brought in more than $100 million in sales and investment, and impacted millions of people by providing access to energy, clean water, fair employment, better health systems, sustainable agriculture, and other social and environmental benefits.
How to Apply
Apply by August 3rd, 2016
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