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About Us
Who We Are
The Venture Mentoring Team (The VMT) is a nonprofit educational 501(c)(3) dedicated to the startup and small business communities. The VMT evaluates, trains, and credentials mentors, then connects them with the best and brightest entrepreneurs to help their companies reach their full potential.
We are successful executives and entrepreneurs with experience in corporate, legal, academic, profit and not for profit organizations who donate time and talent. Our goal is to help startups and small businesses gain sustainability and traction.
The VMT’s efforts impact the communities we serve in a number of positive, impactful ways. As the companies we mentor prosper, employment opportunities become available, generational wealth is created, and the entrepreneurs themselves experience personal growth.
We Help Founders
- Refine business strategies and tactics through collective intelligence
- Develop investor or grant pitches for maximum value
- Prioritize activities to get to market faster
- Gain access to our collective community for maximum exposure
Why Startups And Small Businesses Love The VMT, In Their Own Words
- “Experienced entrepreneurs and executives who share their wisdom and passion”
- “Networking with entrepreneurs, attorneys, accountants, and executives”
- “Friendly, safe, educational environment”
- “They truly care about the growth of their mentee companies”
- “Our time with our VMT mentors has been truly invaluable”
We serve as a connective tissue for organizations who share our goals, creating a network consisting of universities and other institutions of higher learning, the investment community, corporations, incubator and accelerator programs and more. Mentors who join us from the corporate world become better suited to serve in their roles, having learned to think like owners. And we greatly enhance the effectiveness of loans and grants by combining the mentorship we offer with the funds those financial programs provide, resulting in a huge outcome multiplier.
