Matched to your industry and stage
Your mentor has actually founded and scaled a business, and is chosen for your stage, not assigned by rotation. Matching starts with a real conversation, never an instant assignment.
OCTIS • Founder mentorship
Somewhere to say the real version, to someone who has built it before
One-to-one sessions with a mentor who has founded and scaled a business, matched to your industry and stage, with nothing riding on which way you decide.
- Matched after a real conversation, and rematched if the fit is off
- Private: nothing is passed to your co-founder, team or board
- A standing rhythm that suits you, not a single call
Why OCTIS
Someone with no stake in which way you go
A co-founder, your team and your family all have a reason to hear the edited version. A mentor does not.
Genuinely private
What is said in a session stays there. It is not summarised for a co-founder, reported to a board or written up anywhere else.
A standing relationship, not a single call
Regular one-to-one sessions on a rhythm that suits you, so you have the same person to think out loud with when the next hard call arrives.
Someone who has actually been there
Most of the work is in the questions, so you leave having decided, not having been told. That only works with someone who has made calls like yours.
Made for owners at every stage
A first-time founder
Skip expensive mistakes by hearing from an operator who has already walked the road you are on.
A founder growing past doing everything
Lessons on hiring, delegating and building structure from someone who has done it.
Someone carrying calls nobody else can hear
A private place for doubt, burnout and the tough decisions, with someone neutral who helps you keep perspective.
Everything you receive
Quoted on how often you meet and how much support you want, and set once before your first session.
- A mentor matched to your industry, stage and challenges
- Regular one-to-one sessions on a rhythm that suits you
- Honest challenge, not just encouragement
- Guidance on hiring, delegating and building structure
- Support for the personal side of founding
- Introductions to people who can help, where useful
- Sessions kept private from co-founders, team and board
- A rematch if the fit is not right
HOW IT WORKS
From your first message to your first session, in four steps
01
Tell us your stage
What you are wrestling with and what support would help right now. WhatsApp us and a person replies.
02
We match you
We pair you with an operator who has founded and scaled a business in your industry and stage. Matching takes a conversation first.
03
Meet on a standing rhythm
One-to-one sessions at a cadence that suits you, to talk through decisions, setbacks and the next big moves.
04
Grow with support
Between sessions you apply what you discussed, and your mentor stays a call away when it counts.
Not sure whether you need a mentor or an advisor?
If the question is still forming, a standing mentor fits. If it has become one specific decision, business advisory fits. Tell us and we point you to the right one.
Add numbers to the conversation
When a question becomes one specific decision, or a raise you want to prepare for, these sit beside mentorship.
GOOD TO KNOW
What mentorship is, and what it is not
1Not therapy, and not a business advisor
A mentor is not a clinician and is not hired to answer one specific decision. That is business advisory, a different service for a different moment.
2The decision stays yours
A mentor listens, challenges and says what they would do. Talking it through never moves the call, or the accountability, to someone else.
3Matched through a conversation, not instantly
A mentor who is wrong for your stage is worse than none, so we talk first. If the fit is not right after you meet, we rematch you.
4Quoted before your first session
The quote depends on how often you meet and the depth of support, so there is no flat rate. You see it first, and no outcome is promised.
FAQ
What determines the cost of founder mentorship?
How often you meet and how much support you want. A single flat rate would overcharge someone who wants one call a month or undercharge someone who wants a genuine standing relationship, so we quote it before your first session.
How is a mentor chosen for me?
On your industry, your stage and the challenges you are working through, decided in a real conversation rather than an automatic assignment. We pair you with an operator who has founded and scaled a business, and rematch you if the fit is off after you meet.
When do I need a standing mentor rather than a one-off business advisor?
Business advisory answers one specific decision with one defensible answer. Mentorship is a standing relationship for the calls that do not have a clean question yet. We offer both, for different moments, and they can run side by side.
Is mentorship confidential?
Yes. What is discussed stays between you and your mentor. Sessions are not summarised for a co-founder, reported to a board or written up anywhere else.
What if my mentor turns out to be the wrong fit?
We rematch you rather than leave you with a pairing that is not working. Fit is a real conversation, not a guarantee up front, so we match on industry, stage and the challenges you describe, and adjust if it is off.
Is this therapy?
No. A mentor is an operator who has built a business, not a clinician. It is somewhere to think and be challenged, including about the personal side of founding, with someone who has been there.