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One hour a month, spent on the conversation.

One student. You approve every request and see their goals before you answer, so the hour you give is spent on the conversation, not on working out what it is for.

Join Cohort 001See what a request contains

No cost, and no obligation to accept anyone.

Mentable is early. We're assembling the first group of mentors and a small first cohort of students, deliberately small so nobody is overwhelmed and every relationship is a real one. You set when you're free, you see what a student is trying to do before you decide, and you can say no. What you tell us in the first few months is what the product gets built around.

What a request actually contains.

A student answers two questions before they can send anything: what they are trying to accomplish, and why they picked you. Both arrive attached to their profile.

So the decision is not whether to be generous in the abstract. It is whether you are the right person for this specific thing, which is a question you can actually answer.

If you are not, decline is a button. Nothing is sent back except the decision.

Example

Ethan Robinson

2 days ago

CS Senior at Georgia Tech, Future PM

Georgia Tech

Intermediate level

Computer science senior at GT with a minor in business. I have been a SWE intern at two startups and want to transition into product management at a top tech company after graduation.

Their goals

Break into product management, and build the skillset before I start applying.

Why you

You moved from engineering into product at a company that had to build the role as it went. That is the move I am trying to make, and I would rather hear how it actually went than read about it.

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  1. Their headline and school, from their profile.
  2. How far along they say they are.
  3. Their own description of what they are doing and where they want to get to.
  4. What they are trying to accomplish, written on the request.
  5. Why they picked you, in their words.

What that looks like with real people.

A real student, and a real professional who agreed to be named beside him. What Mentable would put in front of you, and where each line came from.

Why you should meet Abel

Abel GessesseAbel GessesseStudent, class of 2028 · UNC Kenan-Flagler
Christopher Floyd, CFAChristopher Floyd, CFAFormer MD, Co-Head of High Grade Sales & Trading · Wells Fargo
  1. 01

    He is heading for the desk you came up on.

    Abel starts in fixed income strategy and portfolio management.

  2. 02

    You have already made the decisions he is making now.

    Christopher spent 14 years at Wells Fargo Securities, ending as co-head of high grade sales and trading.

  3. 03

    An hour from you covers ground a year of guessing does not.

    Recruiting and career development appear in what Abel is working on and in what Christopher offers.

Christopher agreed to appear here. He has not written anything on this page, and nothing is quoted from him.

You should not have to reconstruct three conversations before the fourth.

So Mentable does it. Open a scheduled session and the first thing on the page is a brief on the person you are about to talk to.

Pre-meeting brief: Ethan Robinson

Example
  • Ship one project end to end and write up what brokeDue in 9 days
  • Draft three questions about the PM interview loopDue Thursday
  • · Break into product management
  • · Build PM skillset

Last message 5 days ago

  • Action items still open
  • Their active goals
  • When you last spoke

Assembled from the mentorship itself. Nobody writes it, and the student does not see it.

Questions mentors ask.

How many students could I end up with?
As many as you set, and not one more. Capacity is a number on your profile and the database holds you to it: set two and a third request cannot be approved. In Cohort 001 it is one.
Can I be asked by anyone?
Yes. Nothing limits who may send you a request, because the approval is the gate rather than the queue. You see what they are trying to do and why they picked you, then you decide.
Do you screen students before they reach me?
No. We read every Cohort 001 application ourselves, but Mentable does not vet anyone on your behalf, and we would rather say so than let you assume it.
What happens if the relationship goes quiet?
You will see it, and so will they. Mentable does not chase either of you: there are no reminders for an overdue next step, including for you.
What does it cost?
Nothing, and there is no obligation to accept anyone.

What is asked of them.

A student cannot reach you without saying what they want and why they chose you. When you meet, they leave with something to do, and both of you can see whether it happened. When you next speak, they are expected to come back with what they found, including the parts that did not work.

Mentable does not enforce any of that. It makes it visible, which in practice is most of it. Somebody who is not doing the work cannot hide that from the person helping them.

mentable/men-tə-bəl/adjective

Teachable. Coachable. Ready to grow.

The name is about the student, and it is the whole filter. This is built for people who want to be coached, not for people collecting contacts.

One student. See how it goes.

Set up a profile, read the requests that come in, and say yes to one of them if it fits.

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