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Mentoring

Free mentoring for early-stage ventures.

We support young founders and startups in incubators and communities on marketing, growth, AI, entrepreneurship and analytics. We review and select applications one by one.

Marketing
AI
Growth
Entrepreneurship
Analytics

Who is it for?

Mentoring is for early-stage ventures making their first marketing and growth decisions.

Young founders

Founders preparing to launch or who have found their first customers. Together we clarify the target customer, positioning, first channels and measurement.

Incubators

Incubation and acceleration programmes seeking mentoring for their startups. We plan one-to-one meetings or group sessions with selected ventures.

Communities

Startups in founder and technology communities. Ventures referred by a community are reviewed against the same criteria.

Application and selection

Free

Mentoring is free of charge.

Selective

We review each application against the venture’s stage and needs.

By application

The application form asks about the venture’s stage, needs and expectations.

Experience in numbers

Compiled from brands worked with as an advisor, in-house executive and mentor.

150projects
120brands
42sectors
7markets
29B2B

Regions

Each square is one percent
Türkiye%60
MENA%25
Global%10
EU, Southeast Asia, Canada, Australia%5

Business models

Ecommerce51
Travel and hospitality13
Marketplace12
Financial services8
Education6
Subscription4

Working process

We review the application

We look at the venture’s stage, needs and expectations.

We make the selection

We select ventures whose needs match the mentoring topics.

We plan the sessions

We agree the topics, cadence and outputs to follow up together.

Common questions

Is mentoring paid?

No. Mentoring is free; applications are accepted by selection.

Who can apply?

Young founders and startups in incubators and communities can apply.

How is the selection made?

We review the venture’s stage, needs and fit with the mentoring topics.

Which topics are covered?

Marketing, growth, AI, entrepreneurship and analytics.

How do organisations apply?

Incubators and communities can apply for the ventures in their programmes through the same form.

Mentoring application

We review every application individually and reply by email.

deniz@dblok.co

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