Could your business benefit from a mentor?
Regardless of whether you are a new, early stage or established business owner, it’s good to have access to wise words from an expert mentor from time to time.
Enterprise Ireland (EI) offers a Mentor Network of 400 highly experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders, to help you grow your business.
EI mentors can help business owners identify and overcome obstacles to growth, providing tailored advice, guidance and support.
The majority of mentors are entrepreneurs, founders and senior executives with international commercial business development experience. As such, they are able to provide practical advice and guidance based on their own business experience, on a one to one basis.
What does a mentor do?
Mentors are not consultants. Instead, they provide a confidential listening ear. They are also able to provide advice on key operational and strategic issues including:
- More targeted sales and marketing
- Expansion into new markets
- Strategic business planning
- Attracting outside investment and funding options
- Improved R & D, design, innovation, production and logistics
- Better HR management
- Management succession
The Mentor Network is open to Enterprise Ireland clients who are manufacturing or internationally traded services companies employing between 10 and 249 people and High Potential Start Ups (HPSUs).
Enterprise Ireland provides grant support to qualifying companies towards the cost of a mentor for up to 10 sessions (to a total of €1,750). EI pays this directly to your mentor on your behalf.
There is no cost to you, but to secure your commitment to the programme, and where there is some distance between you and your mentor, EI will ask you to travel to your mentor’s location for some of the sessions or meet half-way.
If you are interested in finding out more about EI’s mentor scheme, you should get in touch with your Enterprise Ireland Development Adviser in the first instance.
First time applicants will be required to register on the Enterprise Ireland Online Application System