Do You Need a Business Mentor?
The CAP Mentorship helps pair cooperatives with experienced small business leaders and industry experts to coach and troubleshoot issues around growing and pivoting your business. We provide mentors a $1,500 stipend to support the cooperatives through a 5 month period. The cooperative can choose the mentor they prefer to work with. Each selected mentor will nurture and guide one growing worker-owned business in reaching its goals.
Why Mentorship?
Small businesses with a mentor succeed at twice the national average. Mentors can: Share their unique skills and knowledge with values-driven worker-owned businesses, Help growing worker-owned businesses overcome challenges and obstacles.
$1,500 Stipend
Applications
Applications are currently closed. Please stay tuned for more information early spring 2021.
Mentors will be required
- Attend an hour orientation
- Provide 20-25 hours of mentorship over a 5-month period to help a mentee troubleshoot challenges
- Connect the mentee with your broader network and encourage strategic networking
- Provide feedback on the mentorship program to improve its effectiveness