Startup and Innovation Program Mentoring

Mentoring

When Labs, Customers, and Production Just Click: The New Innovation Sweet Spot

When labs, customers, and production click: how integrated R&D and agile manufacturing turn feedback into faster, fit-for-market innovation with less waste.

Innovation on Purpose: How JTBD Helps You Cut Through the AI Noise

Innovation on Purpose: Cut through AI noise with JTBD. Identify where AI drives real value by focusing on jobs to be done, not just tools.

Why Thought Leadership Is the Strategic Story Engine of Innovation

Thought leadership turns innovation into influence. Discover why your story matters – and how visibility drives trust, pipeline, and market impact.

From Content Echo to Industry Leader: Finding Your Business’s Real Voice

Leaders wanting to create impact need to lift their game – shifting from content marketing to thought leadership, not just because it raises profile, but because it creates new markets and perceptions.

Stop Fixing Weaknesses. Build Strategy Around Your Strengths

Discover why building strategy around your strengths—rather than fixing weaknesses—is the key to effective, AI-powered innovation and growth.

The One Thing Every Innovative Business Needs to Get Right: The Value Proposition

Most value propositions are vague or interchangeable. Learn how to build one that cuts through and converts — with Disruptors Co’s free DH18 handbook.

Innovation on Purpose: AI Innovation Lab

Estée Lauder’s AI Innovation Lab shows how asking a question—about speed, consumer relevance, and innovation—reframes not just what gets done, but how organizations work.

Disruptors Co Launches AI Bootcamps to Supercharge Productivity

Disruptors Co’s new AI Bootcamps to Supercharge Productivity are now live – with cohorts kicking off in October.

The Fastest Way to Tell If Your Idea Matters: Start With Real Customer Conversations

Why do so many...

Why Ecosystem Mapping Is the Best Secret Growth Tool Your Strategy Is Missing

Ecosystem mapping is the best secret growth tool you need in your strategy toolbox.

Startup and Innovation Program Mentoring

Mentoring

When Labs, Customers, and Production Just Click: The New Innovation Sweet Spot

When labs, customers, and production click: how integrated R&D and agile manufacturing turn feedback into faster, fit-for-market innovation with less waste.

Innovation on Purpose: How JTBD Helps You Cut Through the AI Noise

Innovation on Purpose: Cut through AI noise with JTBD. Identify where AI drives real value by focusing on jobs to be done, not just tools.

Why Thought Leadership Is the Strategic Story Engine of Innovation

Thought leadership turns innovation into influence. Discover why your story matters – and how visibility drives trust, pipeline, and market impact.

From Content Echo to Industry Leader: Finding Your Business’s Real Voice

Stop Fixing Weaknesses. Build Strategy Around Your Strengths

Discover why building strategy around your strengths—rather than fixing weaknesses—is the key to effective, AI-powered innovation and growth.

The One Thing Every Innovative Business Needs to Get Right: The Value Proposition

Most value propositions are vague or interchangeable. Learn how to build one that cuts through and converts — with Disruptors Co’s free DH18 handbook.

Innovation on Purpose: AI Innovation Lab

Estée Lauder’s AI Innovation Lab shows how asking a question—about speed, consumer relevance, and innovation—reframes not just what gets done, but how organizations work.

Disruptors Co Launches AI Bootcamps to Supercharge Productivity

Disruptors Co’s new AI Bootcamps to Supercharge Productivity are now live – with cohorts kicking off in October.

The Fastest Way to Tell If Your Idea Matters: Start With Real Customer Conversations

Why do so many promising ideas fail? It’s not that we don’t have great ideas but because they are built on assumptions - not on insight. And after running dozens of accelerator programs and supporting hundreds of startups, we know that customer conversations open the...

Why Ecosystem Mapping Is the Best Secret Growth Tool Your Strategy Is Missing

Ecosystem mapping is the best secret growth tool you need in your strategy toolbox.

Paying it forward

Are you interested in mentoring startups and teams building innovative solutions?

Mentoring in startup and innovation programs involves providing founders with practical insights, hard truths and a clear sense of direction. It’s less about theory and more about cutting through noise, connecting them to the right networks and helping them avoid costly mistakes.

Good mentors focus on sharpening business models, validating ideas quickly and preparing teams for growth or failure.

At Disruptors, we are regular mentors of startups, and we understand the value of mentoring. So, in response to a random call out from one of the Disruptors family, we have put together this list of places you can register to become a mentor.

RESEARCH TRANSLATION

Helping research teams create impact in business and society

CSIRO ON Program

ATSE Industry Mentoring Networking in STEM

STARTUP PROGRAMS

Helping new business ideas take flight.

UNIVERSITY STARTUP AND BUSINESS PROGRAMS

Helping develop an innovation and entrepreneurial mindset.

UTS Startups

UTS Business Mentoring

UNSW Founders

Sydney University Incubate

University of Newcastle I2N

University of Wollongong iAccelerate

Western Sydney University LaunchPad

Macquarie University MQ Incubator

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