General Questions

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When creating your profile, surf through the different project template options and choose the one that most applies to your current business needs and goals! This can be a guide for both you and a business advisor to organize your meetings and get closer to accomplishing your goals.

Project templates are helpful for entrepreneurs to use with a partners such as a business mentor or advisor because they break down important business milestones into meetings. The guide recommends topics to discuss and also point you to business tools that help you achieve your business goals. Some of these templates are specific to Sky’s the Limit program, while others cover more general business milestones like Writing a Business Plan. You can use these templates on your own, or find a mentor through Skysthelimit.org to grow your business!

All advisors and mentors on skysthelimit.org should have:

1. Exceptional interpersonal & listening skills

2. Multiple years of business experience, either as a business-owner, a start-up team member or in a specific area of expertise

3. An aptitude and passion for developing skills in our young entrepreneurs

If you have more questions about volunteer fit, feel free to reach out to us at program@skysthelimit.org

Thank you for your interest! You can start by making a free profile at skysthelimit.org. Also, please email program@skysthelimit.org to notify us about a potential partnership with your team!

By joining skysthelimit.org as a volunteer you are committing to:

1. Respond to any entrepreneur that reaches out. If you receive too many requests, you can pause new messages in your messaging settings or reach out to support@skysthelimit.org for assistance.

2. Meet with at least one entrepreneur for an Intro Meeting as soon as possible.

3. If you decide to commit to further collaboration with an entrepreneur, you both commit to attending scheduled meetings on time, or provide 24 hours notice if you need to reschedule.

4. Rate your experience and provide feedback and updates when asked.

Volunteers are encouraged to provide whatever level of commitment they can.

For instance, you can help as an advisor and provide short-term support for a young entrepreneur in a specific area of their business. This can involve as little as one hour for a single meeting, or can involve a considerable effort for a short time frame if the support offered is more involved (e.g. support in designing a website or advice on structuring their bookkeeping).

Or you might choose to develop longer engagements. Mentors work with entrepreneurs an average of one hour per week for a year, providing a combination of specific expertise and overall coaching and support. A mentoring relationship typically starts with a short-term project so that the volunteer and the entrepreneur have the opportunity to try the relationship on a smaller scale before advancing to a mentor/mentee relationship.

Skysthelimit.org provides a volunteer opportunity for experienced professionals who want to use their skills to impact the lives of entrepreneurial young people. Our volunteers help young entrepreneurs take their business to the next level. As a volunteer supporter, you can reach out to any of our entrepreneurs via messaging, or you they may reach out to you to request your help based on your profile information. To read more, visit our volunteer page.

Explore the community and use messaging to make request support from a volunteer or another entrepreneur when you’re ready to get to work. Also, make sure you’ve filled out your profile and business plan, and check out the resources available to you at learning.skysthelimit.org!

The live group orientation helps us learn about you and hear your passion for building a business. You’ll also meet other young Entrepreneurs in our program.

After you complete your profile and verify your contact information, you are invited to complete your orientation. If you attend a live orientation, we’ll chat with you about what led you to start a business and your business idea and tell you more about the support that will be available to you.

We want to work with entrepreneurs who want to work with us, so being punctual and ready to participate is important.