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Mentors4Change®

Turning Your Hustle into 

an Asset of Value

Beyond traditional coaching—a data-driven partnership for high-potential entrepreneurs.

Building a business is not easy

The hard reality is that 70% of SMEs fail 

in their first three years. 

The Survival Gap: For every new business registered today, only 30% will still be operational in 48 months.

The Training Deficit: Most small business owners have never had formal business training. 

The Clarity Crisis: Many small business owners cannot identify their core value proposition or pitch their business in a simple sentence. 

The Price Trap: Believing that "low cost" is a value proposition. For an SME, price is never a sustainable value proposition.​

 

The Kick-Off
Phase 1: June

Data-Driven On-boarding
​We set things up right by gathering data for the baseline.  

Financials and Governance: We gather management accounts, employment data and governance data. 

BMBA: Business Model Baseline Assessment. We analyse the business in its current state and determine the growth gaps based on your current business model readiness.    

WillCan&May®: We do the entrepreneurial assessment and identify the core blind spots and challenges you may face. 

The Mentors4Change® Journey

The Foundation
Phase 2: July -August

Business SavvyⓇ & Alignment

Business SavvyⓇ: Attend our 'What’s Your Business' online workshops where we interrogate your business model, value proposition and set you up to gradually improve those over the year to become a better business person. Workshops are hosted every Wednesday afternoon for 6 weeks.

Peer Learning: Interrogate your value proposition and business model in a small group peer-learning environment.

Mentor Alignment: Mentors attend a condensed version of the curriculum to ensure everyone speaks the same professional language.


The Engagement
Phase 3: August - May

10 Months of High-Impact Growth


Strategic Matching: Pairing seasoned industry captains with high-potential entrepreneurs to transfer executive wisdom.

Setting your KPI's: Each entrepreneur and their Mentor will define a few KPI's for their business transformation journey. 

Virtual Board Member: Mentors act as virtual board members for businesses that are already digitised, compliant, and poised for growth. 

Quarterly Benchmarking: Entrepreneurs submit quarterly updates on the progress with their KPI’s and business performance metrics.

We do not believe in vague business advice or generic mentoring checklists. The Mentors4Change® program is a structured, 12-month strategic alliance driven entirely by hard data and rigorous accountability.

Step 1: The Empirical Diagnostic Handover: Before your very first session, your assigned coach receives an exhaustive SME Diagnostic Portfolio. This eliminates introductory guesswork and maps out the exact reality of your business through:
  • The WillCan&May® Matrix: Pinpointing the founder’s cognitive blind spots, thinking preferences, and vocational capacities. 
  • The Business Model Baseline Assessment (BMBA): A 9-dimension health check identifying architectural vulnerabilities across your business model canvas. 
  • Two Years of Historical Performance Data: Analysing your historical cash flow, margin structures, and growth ceilings.

Step 2: Co-Creating Your Individualised KPI Framework: No two businesses face the same hurdles. In the alignment phase, you and your coach will co-author a Milestone Matrix customised to your industry milieu and baseline data. We track and measure progress across three critical milestones: 
  • Management Capability: Tracking your personal transition from daily operational "firefighting" to strategic pipeline execution and confident financial decision-making.
  • Structural Health: Eliminating margin leaks, validating your customer segments, and sharpening your product-market fit. 
  • Compliance & Governance: Hardening your business against risk by establishing compliant labour contracts, disciplinary codes, and tight operational records. 

Step 3: The Monthly Boardroom Interaction: Your monthly 1-hour session functions exactly like a high-level corporate board meeting:
  • Accountability Check: You present your quarterly metrics and defend performance trends against your individualised targets.
  • Strategic Navigation: Your coach acts as a virtual board member, helping you solve complex bottlenecks like channel strategy, pricing, or funding readiness. These are based on your KPI’s and particularly the gaps identified through the BMBA.
  • Milestone Locking: You lock in the next 30 days of strategic execution, building the momentum needed for the final graduate showcase in May.


A Rigorous Foundation for Real Growth...

We move beyond vanity data. 
We measure what matters and set real KPI's specific to your business.


Leaving a Lasting Legacy 

Mentors4Change® provides a unique platform for Industry Captains to make an invaluable contribution to enterprise growth.

Key Value Points:

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  • Virtual Board Membership: Act as a strategic advisor for committed entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their enterprises. 
  • Service Without the "Busywork": Leverage your specific executive expertise through a structured model that focus on the outcome not the admin.
  • Data-Driven Impact: Work with real data, allowing you to track tangible improvements over a 10-month engagement.


Contact us on Grow@sarebi.co.za if you are interested in becoming a mentor

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Ready to Turn your Business into an Asset of Value?


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