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A give-to-receive mentorship network

Grow by helping others grow.

Everyone here is both mentor and mentee. Help someone reach a milestone, and earn time with the people you want to learn from.

Two minutes, no account. We're forming the first Toronto (GTA) cohort now and will write when it opens.

What it looks like
Toronto (GTA)
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Daniel K. reached a milestoneIT Analyst · 2h
Led my first project kickoff

Thanks, Priya. You built the plan with me and kept asking until I actually did it. It went well.

Signed off by Priya Nair · 4 of 4 steps done
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Priya Nair shared a lessonProject Manager · IT · 5h

Daniel asked why I run kickoffs the way I do, and I had no good answer. Writing one out showed me half my habits are just habits.

Can help withMeetingsProject plansVendors

Working on Managing my first hire

3 milestones credited

How it works

From a coffee chat to a witnessed milestone.

  1. 01 · Coffee chat

    Meet someone who can help.

    Find people by skill and city, and ask for a coffee chat. They can say yes or no.

  2. 02 · Mentorship

    Keep going if you both want to.

    After the chat, you each say whether to continue. If you both say yes, you’re mentor and mentee.

  3. 03 · Milestone

    Work toward a goal together.

    After each meeting, you add to a shared to-do list. When it’s done and your mentor signs off, that’s a milestone.

  4. 04 · Thank-you

    Say thanks, and it counts.

    Thank your mentor for the milestone and it goes on their profile. Only these thank-yous build reputation.

Why Mentorbrew

A network built on real help.

Everyone is both

Every profile says what you can help with and what you’re working on. Senior people have gaps too.

Reputation from outcomes only

Your reputation grows when someone you helped reaches a milestone and thanks you. Coffee chats alone don’t count.

An invite is a vouch

Know someone great at something? Invite them for that skill. Your name goes with the invite, so you’ll only invite people you trust.

Built for your whole career

Every milestone stays on your profile. Your record keeps growing as your career does.

What you get

Help goes both ways.

Everyone on Mentorbrew does both, so you get the benefits of each.

As a mentee

A plan that fits youClear next steps for your goal, from someone who has done it.
Someone who checks inYour mentor follows up and helps you stay on track.
Introductions and referralsYour mentor can connect you with people or recommend you for a role.

As a mentor

A rewarding connectionYou get to know the people you help, instead of just adding contacts.
A reputation you can’t buyWhen someone you help reaches a milestone, it shows on your profile.
Access to better mentorsA record of helping others makes great mentors more likely to say yes.

Your career plan

Plan your career, on your own or with a mentor.

Set a goal, break it into milestones and tasks, and see your progress in one place.

For yourselfSet your goal and map out the steps. You can start before you have a mentor.
With your mentorShare your plan and work on the tasks together. Your mentor signs off each milestone.
What it looks like
My goalBecome a project manager within a yearShared with Priya Nair
1 of 3 milestones done
  1. Lead a project kickoffSigned off by Priya Nair
  2. Run the weekly status meetingIn progress · 2 of 3 tasks
    • Write the agenda
    • Sit in on Priya’s next one
    • Run it with my team
  3. Mentor a new hireUp next

Toronto (GTA) first

Tell us where you fit.

We’re forming the first cohort now. Two minutes, no account. We’ll write when it opens, and only about this. Not in the GTA? Join anyway, and we’ll tell you when your city is next.

Helping

One to three things people already come to you for.

Working on

One sentence is plenty.

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Why
To email you about Mentorbrew’s launch and founding cohort, and to decide whether to build it.
Who sees it
Only the Mentorbrew team. It sits in a private Google Sheet and is never sold or shared.
How long
If Mentorbrew launches, your signup moves to its waitlist. If it doesn’t, we delete everything within six months of the test ending.
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