Mentor Talks are deliberately small. No stage, no microphone, no slide deck — just a table, a mentor and a group that came with questions.
The format
Ninety minutes, three parts: the mentor tells the unpolished version of their story, the room asks anything, and everyone leaves with one thing to try before the next session.
What the room asks
The questions are rarely about career ladders. They are about the messy middle — how do you tell your parents you changed your mind, how do you start something without money, how do you keep going when the first version is bad.
- 1.Tell the real story, not the highlight reel.
- 2.Answer the question that was actually asked.
- 3.Leave the room with one action, not ten ideas.
Why it works
Proximity. When advice arrives from someone in the same room rather than a screen, it is much harder to ignore.
