Expectations for Mentors

1. Your Role as a Mentor

• Offer strategic guidance on problem, customers, and focus.

• Help clarify the road to revenue with simple, testable next steps.

• Provide honest feedback and actionable playbooks.

• Encourage teams to think simple, sharp, data-driven, and user-centric.

• Be a sounding board, not a substitute executor.

2. Time Commitment

• At least two mentoring touchpoints per month (virtual/onsite) during the program (60–90m).

• Scheduled on email/communication channel; optional deep-dive for specific needs.

• We aim to balance efficiency and respect for your time.

3. Mentorship Process

• Each team will have a defined primary mentor plus access to domain mentors.

• Use short check-ins to confirm goals → actions → results and course-correct.

• Teams will maintain simple notes; we’ll share updates and next steps after each meeting.

4. What We Request You to Keep in Mind

• Respect privacy: treat any startup data as confidential.

• Be pragmatic: focus on simple experiments and small learning cycles.

• Diversity & inclusion: support a respectful, bias-aware environment.

• No conflicts: disclose potential conflicts; avoid solicitation.

• When in doubt, reach the IIC team for guidance.

5. Mentorship Agreement

• As part of SSSIHL governance, we expect a simple mentoring agreement (non-disclosure/consent) to be signed; we’ll email the e-form.

• This does not create employment; IP remains with the startup/institution as per policy.

6. Our Support to You

• We’ll send you a simple mentor toolkit (program flow, key dates, templates).

• We’ll facilitate intros to other mentors/faculty where relevant.

• We’ll showcase mentor contributions (with consent) in updates and events.