Everyone wants a mentor. Few get one.
We found a new way: Fish Mentorship.
A two-hour learning session, at tables of three or four. Learn to find your mentors for life.
Why I'm doing this
Mentors changed my life. Nobody taught me how to find them. I got lucky.
40 years of learning
My father's business, my own company, my friends, my family. Thirty years of YPO, EO and Tiger 21 forums. Many mentors and mentees.
The hand-back
Fish Mentorship is how I pay it forward, so finding a mentor stops being luck.
Free, for life
A nonprofit. Learn it once, use it for every goal you ever have. Then pass it on.
In two hours
What you walk out with.
One clear goal
With a date, and a why that makes people want to help.
Your mentor, defined
What the right mentor for this goal looks like. The sponsors and coaches follow.
First ask, ready
Under 40 words. Someone who can forward it. Sent before you go to bed.
Your one-pager, live
Your why, goal, date, mentor and first ask, building on your phone as you talk. Emailed to you after.
And no forms. You talk. Fish AI listens, writes your one-pager as you go, and it is in your inbox before you get home.
Two hours
Three parts and a close. Tables of 3 or 4.
Open
Why mentors
What a mentor is and why few get one. Meet your table.
15 minPart 1
Your Why
Three short reads, a few minutes to think, then one goal, one date and why, said at your table.
35 minPart 2
Your Who
Your mentor first. Then sponsor and coach. The table sorts them.
40 minPart 3
Go Fish
Where your mentor is hiding. The table helps you find them. You write your first message.
20 minClose
Next step
Keep going, or not. Your call.
10 min
Each part: a short talk from the front, a few minutes to think, then your table works. A timekeeper at every table. What is said at the table stays at the table.
Mentor, sponsor or coach?
Three ways to help you.
Mentor
Free · talks with you
Has done it, and shares how. Gives what time they can, on their schedule. You come prepared.
Sponsor
Earned · talks about you
Opens doors once they have seen you deliver. Offered, never asked for.
Coach
Paid · works on you
Asks the questions, holds you to the plan. You pay, so you set the agenda.
We fish for the mentor. Sponsors and coaches follow organically.
"Go fish" means
Four ponds. Fish the closest one first.
Searching your contacts, this room and past events for the one person who fits.
Pond 1
This table
Say your Who out loud. Someone here knows them, or is them.
Pond 2
People you know
LinkedIn, contacts, email, searched with your Who sentence.
Pond 3
Where you've been
Past conferences, forums, events. Who fits the Who now?
Pond 4
Where you're going
Your next conference. The three people to find in the room, for your goal.
Fish AI
It listens, writes, searches, drafts.
powered by Memava
Listens, live
Catches your goal, date, why and Whos as you say them, on your phone.
Writes your one-pager
Goal, why, pivot date, three Whos, first ask. On your phone before you leave.
Searches your ponds
Turns each Who into a sentence and runs it against the contacts you choose to share.
Hands you names
Who fits, where you met, who introduced you, and a note they can forward.
Your data stays yours. Your own walled-off space. Nothing sold, nothing shared outside the program.
Prefer your own AI? ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini work too. We give you the prompt.
Your first ask
Under 40 words. Their story first.
"Hi Dan, I'm Alex. I'm building my book to 10 new clients by the end of next year, and you built yours from zero. Could I have 15 minutes to hear how you landed your first big one?"
- Who you are and your goal, with the date
- Why them: what they did that you want to learn
- A small ask: 10 to 15 minutes
- Their story first
Never "Will you be my mentor?" Ask five, get one yes. That is a good day.
At the close
Pick your next step. One or more. No pressure.
Not for me
Or not right now. You leave knowing how to find mentors for life.
Go solo
Keep fishing with Fish AI and the books. A free 30-minute setup call.
Stay with this table
If this table clicked, keep it. Fish each other's ponds.
Start your own
Three people you pick, or we match you with a peer on a similar goal.
Pass it on
Run these two hours for a table of your own. Same slides, one training call.
The one rule: catch a few fish, then offer to be a Who for someone else.
After the session. Keep the line moving.
Tonight
Send your first message. Your one-pager is on your phone.
2 weeks
Report back on what you did. Ask to come back.
90 days
Decide what comes next with that person. Keep, pivot or stop.
Again
The second and third call is where it turns organic. Then the next Who.
Our goal is to help you find a mentor, a coach or a sponsor.
We stick with you until you find one.
Book your 30-minute call.
Want a seat at a table, or to run one? Write to us and we will set up a time.