Almost every business owner, within the first few years of business, will experience despair that they’ll never make a profit, aren’t making enough sales, or can’t manage their finances.

Statistically, around 50% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. This figure may be disheartening, but a study shows that 87% of all businesses that get mentored exist after 5 years.

For the last eight years, The Jewish Entrepreneur has matched established businessmen with young people in the workforce for mentoring.

We started out on a local level, but today, we have mentors and mentees from all over the world, including the US, Israel, Australia, Hong Kong, and Canada.

Our goal is to give every man or woman in the workforce the opportunity for mentoring to give them the personalized skills they need to succeed.

We currently have a database of 495 professional, expert mentors from all over the world who provide free mentoring to people starting out.

To date, we have mentored over 4,000 companies! Our statistics show that with just 2-4 sessions, mentees feel confident that they will succeed.

Altogether, we have seen an average of 35% revenue increase for mentees’ businesses within the first year after receiving mentoring.

Zelda, CEO of a healthcare company, received mentoring from Barbara, a volunteer mentor at TJE. In Zelda’s words:

“As a result of Barbara’s help solidifying my message, structure, and strategy, my business grew tremendously, and my numbers quickly doubled. Barbara is a supportive and accepting mentor… she gave her time and herself to help someone like me succeed.”

When a business owner calls us asking for mentoring services, we identify

What their business needs to start/ grow
Where the business owner feels they lack skills in those areas
What issues/ areas have to be prioritized and addressed immediately

We then find a mentor from our database with experience in those areas and match them up for mentoring.

The mentors are 100% voluntary, and the mentees receive this free service with absolutely no strings attached.

Our deepest desire is to give every man or woman starting out in the business world the skills, opportunities, and assistance they need to succeed without paying a dime.

We need to raise 100,000 dollars to keep our organization going.

We need to be able to continue vetting the mentors, and interview mentees to see what they need, make the match, and monitor the outcome of the mentoring to see that our mentees are getting what they need.

Please help us give every person in the workforce the opportunity to succeed.