Entrepreneurs Mentorship Program
The Crews Center for Entrepreneurship Mentorship Program connects entrepreneurially curious UofM students with experienced entrepreneurs. Through personal development, venture development and intentional mentorship, mentees build confidence, strengthen their skills and turn ideas into action.
Mentors are matched with mentees each semester for about 15 weeks.
What Mentorship Offers
- Personal development. Build leadership, communication and teamwork skills through hands-on activities.
- Venture development. Get guidance as you shape, test and grow your ideas.
- Intentional mentorship. Work with an entrepreneurial mentor who offers encouragement, listens closely and serves as a positive role model in business and the community.
Whether you have a venture underway or just an idea, a mentor can help you take the next step. You’ll gain guidance from someone who has built a business and become part of the Memphis entrepreneurship community.
Why Get a Mentor
- Grow your network. Build professional connections with experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders.
- Build confidence. Develop as an entrepreneur and emerging business leader.
- Solve venture challenges. Learn to spot and work through the obstacles your venture faces.
- Think like a founder. Understand how entrepreneurs make decisions.
- Reach your milestones. Make measurable progress toward your venture-development goals.
- Tap into Memphis resources. Discover entrepreneurial resources and opportunities across Memphis and connect with the University of Memphis entrepreneurial community.
How to Connect with a Mentor
Choose the path that fits you best:
- Schedule a Mentor Matching Session. Meet with the Crews Center to be paired with a mentor.
- Join the Entrepreneurship Club. Meet mentors and fellow student entrepreneurs at club events.
- Apply for a Crews Center venture program. Mentorship is built into:
- Launchpad Venture Development Programs
- ImagineU Summer Accelerator
Schedule a Mentor Matching Session
Share what you’ve learned with the next generation of Memphis entrepreneurs. Crews Center mentors help University of Memphis students build confidence, sharpen their ideas and grow as leaders, and they strengthen the city’s entrepreneurial community along the way.
Ways to Serve
Mentors choose one of these roles:
- One-on-one mentor. Be paired with a student and support them throughout the semester.
- Subject matter expert. Share your expertise in a specific area when students need targeted guidance.
- Mentor match. Be matched with students as their needs arise.
Time Commitment
Mentors are recruited at the beginning of each semester. Each mentorship term lasts about 15 weeks.
Contact
Questions? Email the Crews Center for Entrepreneurship at crewscenter@memphis.edu.