The Mentor Capital Network (MCN) identifies and supports for-profit entrepreneurs who are using business to solve the world’s biggest social, economic, and environmental problems in a way that others will be inspired to follow their lead.
What you write here will be valuable both as feedback on a business plan and as a tool to assist both you and the entrepreneur in identifying and building mentoring relationships that will be useful, interesting, and engaging for the both of you. Please complete this form by April 25th, 2022.
Our program has three primary goals:
1. To provide the entrepreneurs with constructive feedback on their business plan to help them accomplish their goals.
2. To identify entrepreneurs that you, personally, might want to engage with as a mentor. And to give those entrepreneurs a chance to see how you would add value as a mentor.
3. To collect data to make both the MCN and the field of social entrepreneurship better able to serve future entrepreneurs.
In that regard, we offer the following guidance:
* We recommend completing this offline form and then pasting your comments into this form.
* Write your feedback to the entrepreneur(s), not to the MCN. Everything between and including “Product / Service” and “Reviewer Context” will be sent directly to them.
* Your only commitment is to provide written feedback on the business plan. Should you wish to engage further with the entrepreneur (and we hope that you do), that is entirely your choice. The last question on the review form gives you the chance to express your preference on that.
* Write from your perspective and expertise. You are part of a team of reviewers who were specifically chosen to provide different points of feedback.
* Keep in mind that the plan may not be written in the reviewer’s native language. Or, that the MCN or one of our partners translated it.
* The comments are more important than the scores. They are what add value to the entrepreneur's endeavors.
* Keep in mind that you are reading a business plan written for the entrepreneurs themselves, not for the MCN reviewers. There is little point in our providing feedback on a document written for the MCN. Many of the questions on this form will not apply to certain kinds of businesses. If you feel that they should have mentioned something in their plan, note that in the comments.
* The scores are for our research. You can learn more about that here:
https://mentorcapitalnet.org/research/ . To that end, we ask you to rate various aspects of the plan. If you don’t have an opinion about an area of the plan, just check “no score provided.”
Please use these criteria:
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Poor: If this area is not addressed, the business will not succeed.
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Adequate: While this area is a weakness, it won’t disrupt the entire business.
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Fair: This area will neither hurt the business nor provide a competitive advantage.
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Good: This is the level you would want to see in a business before working there yourself.
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Outstanding: They got this perfect. Or it's *very* good, and they have a new approach to the challenge.
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No Score Provided: If you do not feel qualified, or otherwise don't have a strong opinion on a particular section, check this box.
Questions about any part of this process should be sent to
ian.fisk@mentorcapitalnet.org.