Business Mentors

Providing invaluable support

With a business mentor you can step outside the day to day running of your business to take a look at your business as a whole and see the opportunities and issues you face, or potentially will face.

Business Mentoring for Existing Businesses

Business Mentors New Zealand, is the only independent national business mentoring service provider to the small business sector in New Zealand. The service matches experienced business people, the Mentors, with small business owners and provides 12 months of confidential one-on-one advice for owners of small and medium-sized businesses who want to grow or need help to solve specific business challenges. There is a one-off service registration fee of $295 + GST.

Start-up Mentoring

Start-up Business Mentoring Programme provides twelve months of confidential mentoring for people who have a new business idea or are looking for help in starting a new business.

Small Business

Small Business Mentoring provides up to 12 months of confidential, one-on-one assistance for small business owners, who are trading, want to grow, or need help to solve specific business challenges. 

Social Enterprise Mentoring

Social Enterprise Mentoring service provides up to 12 months of mentoring for key decision makers who want to ensure the long-term sustainability of their organisation. The programme is designed for community organisations, not for profits, social enterprises, NGOs and both registered and un-registered charities.

Register for a Mentor

The BMNZ service focuses on the development and growth of small business (including startups) and social enterprise (0 - 19 employees) through a partnership between the business decision maker and a volunteer mentor.

Register online or call your the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce for a direct introduction

become a mentor -

Strengthen New Zealand's small business community by sharing your knowledge and experience with others. A Mentor is a guide, an advocate, an empathetic ear, supporter and a catalyst for change. With no financial or emotional investment in the business, you are motivated only by the success of the business you're mentoring.

Find out more or register here

For more information Contact Fiona Stevens, fiona@scchamber.org.nz or 03 687 2733

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