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Becoming a Mentor

The opportunity to give back to the community and empower the next generation of budding entrepreneurs

Become a Mentor

Why Become a Mentor?

Startup mentors have a great impact on all types of entrepreneurs, from aspiring founders to early-stage startups, to employees expanding their horizons. Mentoring is a chance to give back to the tech startup community and freely share wisdom and guidance.

Nurture Innovation

Nurture Innovation

Provide unique insights and learnings to the next generation of founders

New Connections

New Connections

Join a community of entrepreneurs sharing new views and ideas

Giving Back

Giving Back

Helping people is a reward on its own, with a positive impact

“Being a mentor at Dogpatch Labs has been incredibly rewarding. I've been able to support the startup community while getting plugged into new thinking and technologies.”

Brett Meyers, Entrepreneur in Residence

Mentor Skills

Below are some of the areas of expertise we are looking for in our mentors to bring the most value to our startup mentees

Funding

Funding

Social Enterprise, VC Fundraising, Crowdfunding, Bootstrapping

Hiring & Scaling

Hiring & Scaling

Recruitment, GDPR/Data Protection, Early Scaling, Organisational Design, Employer Branding

Product Development

Product Development

Data Science, UX/Product Design, E-Commerce Solutions, Mobile Development/Apps

Sales & Biz Dev

Sales & Biz Dev

Go-to-Market, International Expansion, PR Marketing, Brand

Legals

Legals

Tax, Company Structure, Employment Law, Contract Law, IP & Copyright

Marketing

Marketing

Digital Marketing, Traction Metrics, PR & Media Relations

"We've sent Google's top experts to Dogpatch Lab's mentoring platforms and are incredibly satisfied with the startup engagement"

Paddy Flynn | VP at Google

How to Become a Mentor?

Fill out the application form below and a member of the Dogpatch Team will be in touch for a phone interview.

Do I Qualify as a Mentor?

  • Previous experience with, for, or founding a startup
  • Experience that makes you a strong startup mentor
  • Domain expertise (in tech or business development for SMEs)
  • Clarity on the topics that you’d be advising on
  • Previous experience as a mentor

The Mentor Manifesto

Dogpatch Labs offers global thought leadership and excellence in mentorship. ‘The Techstars Mentor Manifesto’ is a global benchmark for mentorship best practices for accelerators and was co-written by Jon Bradford, Dogpatch Labs co-founder. These principles have been applied by Dogpatch Labs for years with great outcomes.

Read the Manifesto

Mentor Diversity

At Dogpatch Labs, we’ve worked hard to have at least 30% representation of female mentors across all of our programmes over the past 5 years. We are committed to increasing diversity of representation across gender, race, and ability in our mentors so they can inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs in Ireland and beyond.

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Want to become a Mentor?

Do you think you’ve got what it takes and would like to be involved? Apply below!

Apply Here