Mentorship Programs - Bridge for Billions

Become a mentor

A global network of volunteer mentors to support early-stage founders as they develop solutions to the problems that truly matter.

It’s your time to be a mentor

Mentor a project you feel passionate about

Connect with a founder working on what interests and moves you.

Grow personally and professionally

Develop your leadership and coaching skills as you learn more about innovation.

Create a more inclusive and efficient society

Guide brave entrepreneurs who are tackling the toughest societal challenges.

Become that mentor

Think of all those mentors in your life and become that to someone who needs it.

Be part of a community!

Join a group of purpose-driven professionals and connect with mentors with all types of backgrounds

Check-out what some of the mentors in our community say!

"The Bridge for Billions program enabled me to see how important and fulfilling giving of your ideas and experiences can impact young entrepreneurs. It was more of a self- discovery journey.”

Buchi Nduka

Mentor from Nigeria

Pause for a second. Think who has been a mentor to you in your life and career?

Gustavo Carriconde

Startup Builder and innovation manager

Asma Gatri

CEO & Founder African Environment Consulting

Dennis Leth

Founding Member at Open Consulting Group

Perla Primavera Luis González

Jefe de departamento Naucalpan Emprende

José Furfaro

Business Strategy & People Development Certified Coach

Ricardo Silva Santa Maria

Director Startup Grind

Izabela Serowik

Analyst in Technology Leadership Development Program at Johnson & Johnson

Mario Baz

Founder CoMarkt

Alicia Sánchez Soriano

Consultant at ASHOKA España

Jorge Iparraguirre Gómez

Director at Instituto Emprende en Ti

Fatima Anila

Program Director Global Entrepreneurship Network Pakistan

Iliriana Kacaniku

Social Impact Design & Business Strategy Consultant

Nelson Romero Urdaneta

Professional Coach & Startup Mentor at Oduka

Marco Poliafico

Renewable Energy Modeller & Analyst GE Renewable Energy

Alvaro Barbadillo

Investment Banking Analyst, Arcano

Mayte Varela

Professional business Mentors & Consultant

Gustavo Bottan

Director Business Development & Industrial Partnerships at Northeastern University

Nadia Mrabit

Partner at Business Club Africa

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Member Catalyst 2030

Check-out our active programs!

Click on each program to get all the information you need and select the program that interests you the most. We have new programs every month.

IN-HABIT Nitra 2023

Slovakia

Language: Slovak

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Art & Environment

Through an integrated environment and art corridor, IN-HABIT Nitra will connect places and people. As part of these innovations, minority groups of people with special needs who are traditionally underrepresented in city planning and development have been included in the different stages of the project to boost inhabitant health and well-being.

Closing Application Date

November 24th, 2024

Conecta M&R Italia

Italia (Lombardy and Lazio)

Language: Italian

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneur

Conecta M&R offers a free entrepreneurship support program that supports aspiring or current migrant and refugee entrepreneurs in Lombardy and Lazio regions, Italy. Our mission is to provide educational resources, one-to-one mentoring and networking to support the development of early-stage businesses.

Closing Application Date

January 15th, 2024

Incubation Program Powered by Payoneer

Philippines

Language: English

Sector: Business Services

Focus on: Digital entrepreneurs

The Bridge for Billions incubation Program Powered by Payoneer aims to empower 70 digital business owners that want to scale their day-to-day operations. We want to support them in building solid foundations for their business development, and making their entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

Closing Application Date

December 31st, 2023

IN-HABIT Cordoba/Andalucía

Cordoba, Spain

Language: Spanish

Sector: Culture

Focus on: social entrepreneurs

IN-HABIT Cordoba will use this rich cultural heritage to explore its culture in the promotion of inclusive health and wellbeing, investigating social, cultural, digital, technological and nature-based innovations and developing green, sustainable and creative areas to drive inclusion in more deprived neighborhoods.

Closing Application Date

December 31st, 2023

BBK Ekin 2024

País Vasco, España

Language: Spanish

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Social Entrepreneurship

BBK Ekin incubates social entrepreneurs developing businesses with a positive social impact. Finalist projects will be incubated for four months, and the three best projects will receive up to €10,000 in cash prizes.

Closing Application Date

December 15th, 2023

Conecta M&R España

Comunidad de Madrid

Language: Spanish

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Migrants and Refugee early stage entrepreneurs

Conecta Migrants and Refugees is a free entrepreneurship program that brings together five renowned Entrepreneurship Support Organizations, deeply connected with migrant and refugee communities. Its mission is to support and provide educational resources, personalized mentorship, and a network of contacts to drive business development.

Closing Application Date

December 3rd, 2023

IN-HABIT Lucca 2023

Italy

Language: Italian

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Animals

IN-HABIT Lucca will foster the human-animal relationships, making it the first Hum-An smart city in Europe. By better mobilizing existing animal resources, the project will contribute to social innovation based on transition management methods and intergenerational open participation of citizens.

Applications closed

IN-HABIT Riga 2023

Latvia

Language: Latvian

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Food

IN-HABIT Riga will set up a multifunctional food hub for sustainably produced and locally sourced food in the area of the ?genskalns market, serving as a recreational and educational space for all ages and social groups.

Applications closed

B-Briddhi 2023/2024

Bangladesh

Language: English

Sector: Business Services

Focus on: Social entrepreneurs

Biniyog Briddhi (“B-Briddhi”) is a multi-year programme that runs since 2020 and is dedicated to supporting a thriving ecosystem where impact enterprises of Bangladesh can grow and scale their impact.

Applications closed

Programa de Apoyo a Mujeres STEAM 2

Central America or Dominican Republic

Language: Spanish

Sector: All Sectors

Focus on: Female entrepreneurs in the STEAM sector

This is the second edition of the incubation program for supporting women entrepreneurs in the STEAM sector – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.

Applications closed

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Mentoring was never so easy

Change entire industries through innovation and have a social impact with just 1.5 hours a week through one of our incubation programs.

Always know what to cover next

Follow our dotted line and cover one topic every week with our step-by-step incubation methodology.

Collaborate when and where you want

Connect and mentor from wherever you are and pick a time that suits you both with our fully online program.

Never be alone

Our Incubation Managers we’ll be there sharing resources and tips for a great mentoring experience.

Connect with others

Come to the “mentor’s cafe” and meet other mentors in your cohort to share experiences and learnings.

What will your mentoring experience be like through one of our programs?

Review these 8 business topics directly on our incubation platform and meet virtually with your mentee every week at the time you both prefer to guide them as they build strong and inclusive companies.

Module 1

Value Proposition

Make sure your mentee defines their true value. The Value Proposition is the #1 thing that explains why people would be interested in their offer. It’s a promise that clearly communicates the benefits of their product or service. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Get to the root of the problems you’re trying to solve
Identify and group their customers into segments
Do customer discovery interviews and research
Estimate the market size and build a market opportunity graph
Write concrete value proposition statements

Module 2

Competition Map

Understanding your mentee’s competitors is essential to finding their spot in the market. Think they don’t have much competition? Think again! Take on new perspectives and help your mentee build a Competition Map that will clearly show where they stand.In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Define the attributes that you and other solutions compete on
Identify competitors they didn’t know you had
See how they stand out among the crowd
Discover where you can improve their offering

Module 3

Stakeholder Map

Building a company 100% by yourself is almost impossible. Every day a founder has to decide: should I do it myself? Delegate? Outsource? Building relationships with partners, supporters, suppliers and, of course, a great team is key. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Identify all different types of partners and collaborators
Understand the possible value exchange they can have with each one
Decide what they should do in-house and what they should let others do
Explore their distribution channel options and choose the best ones
Create a map of the ecosystem of partners around their business

Module 4

Business Model & Marketing

How does the entrepreneur plan to sustain their business and capture their customers’ attention? Help them understand what business model is right for them and start planning their marketing activities. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Learn about different business models
See how their business model could (or should) differ per customer segment
Use design thinking to choose the best one(s) for them
Understand the basics of a marketing funnel and help them create their own
Estimate their cost to acquire a customer

Module 5

Pricing & Business Viability

Is your mentee leaving money on the table by being too shy with prices, or overcharging and losing business opportunities? Help them figure it out by setting their first price point and determining a pricing strategy. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Learn about different pricing strategies and choose yours
Compare their competitors’ price points and strategies
Do customer discovery to understand their willingness to pay
Learn and use a pricing methodology to determine a price point
Estimate their customers’ lifetime value

Module 6

Financial Projections

We make it easy even if you’re allergic to numbers. Get a step-by-step handle on all of your mentee’s financial needs. Month by month, year by year, help them estimate their expenses and revenue as they start and build their company. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Determine the funds they’ll need to launch
Project the expenses they’ll have in their first years of operation
Plan for the team they’ll need and their salaries as they grow
Understand the sales targets they’ll need to reach
Account for what it costs them to produce their product or service

Module 7

Impact Plan

Changing the world we live in? Building an Impact Plan will help them clarify what system they’re a part of and how they’re trying to influence it. They will also measure the impact they’re actually having on their customers, certain beneficiaries, their sector, or even the world. In this tool, you’ll support your mentee while they:

Map the system you work within and the elements that govern it
Show how they want to change what’s happening within it
Craft their mission and vision statements
Identify if they’re working on any of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Define how to measure their impact and track results

Module 8

Growth Plan

Put your long term goals in writing and draft a plan to reach them
Identify their company’s values
Determine the KPIs they’ll track over time (Key Performance Indicators)
Set milestones to help them reach their goals
Identify and plan for their future risks

We have supported more than 4764 entrepreneurs

in 138 countries

with the help of 3772 mentors

The right combination of purpose, attitude and know-how. All in one team

We created our online incubation program, to unlock growth opportunities for everyone regardless of their race, country, socioeconomic level or gender.

If you want to support the creation of sustainable solutions that empower founders everywhere to fix the problems that truly matter then you’ve come to the right place.

Together we’ll make the entrepreneurship ecosystem truly accessible and inclusive so that innovation is not a privilege of a few.

Welcome, we were waiting for you.

The Bridge for Billions Team

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A global network of volunteer mentors to support early-stage founders as they develop solutions to the problems that truly matter.

It’s your time to be a mentor

Check-out what some of the mentors in our community say!

Pause for a second. Think who has been a mentor to you in your life and career?

Check-out our active programs!

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Sign up now as a mentor and explore our open programs!

Mentoring was never so easy

Always know what to cover next

Collaborate when and where you want

Never be alone

Connect with others

What will your mentoring experience be like through one of our programs?

Value Proposition

Competition Map

Stakeholder Map

Business Model & Marketing

Pricing & Business Viability

Impact Plan

Growth Plan

The right combination of purpose, attitude and know-how. All in one team

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