Company Snapshot
First-Pass Deck Facts
| Company | Mento |
| Source file | Mento Company-Provided Career Support Platform .pdf |
| Document type | deck |
| Category guess | Career support platform |
| Deck stage guess | Seed-style |
| Page count | 15 |
| Positioning hypothesis | Company-provided career coaching and support platform. |
Slide Inventory
Extracted Text And Section Guess
Text extraction is a starting point only. Visual slide review is still required for layout, charts, logos, and images.
| Slide | Title Guess | Section | Keywords | Extracted Text Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER | Deck slide | needs-review | TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER mento |
| 2 | 2 | Deck slide | needs-review | 2 60% Of millenials are open to new opportunities 1.9 yrs Average tenure at a tech company 75% Feel responsible for their own career development70% Don’t trust HR Company-provided career support hasn’t changed with the evolution of career paths |
| 3 | Employee activism is on the rise and people are looking | Deck slide | needs-review | Employee activism is on the rise and people are looking outside their company for support 3 $16B Career Coaching $33B MOOCs $160B Recruiting & Staffing +$200B career support industry Salary sharing: Internally, Twitter, Blind Walkouts: Google, Uber, Amazon Unionizing: Kickstarter EMPLOYEES ARE INCREASINGLY ACTIVE |
| 4 | 4 | Product | needs-review | 4 Mento is a a career development platform that works for you, not your company |
| 5 | 5 | Product | retail | 5 A career care platform that helps people advance in the workplace Premium Content On-demand guides and workshops, based on Mento’s methodology, created with leading experts. Tools & Data Career and compensation benchmarking. One place to store your milestones and data. Coaching & Community Coaching and community to help you navigate you |
| 6 | We are starting with job searchers | Deck slide | needs-review | We are starting with job searchers More people than ever need help with job searching 30M Unemployed Americans due to COVID-19 36M US workers hold jobs highly exposed to automation Job searching is just awful... $8,900 Average earnings lost $1,000+ Spent on coaching and job search support 6 2x More likely to be treated for depression 5.5 |
| 7 | Premium Content | Ask / Use of Funds | needs-review | Premium Content Guides to improve your job search skills. Tools & Data Tasks and trackers to stay organized and accountable. Coaching & Community Peer groups, mentor, and coaching to support you. 7 Our program brings structure and support to a chaotic and lonely process |
| 8 | 8 | Ask / Use of Funds | revenue,market,growth | 8 “The 1:1 coaching, Speaker Series, and organization tools have taken my career to the next level. I am more focused and more productive in my career because of this program. HIGHLY recommend!” -- Jackie, General Assembly grad “Mento's system demystified the search process, and broke it down into simple tasks each week. During the program |
| 9 | 6-month program | Deck slide | needs-review | 6-month program Curated cohort group Weekly 1:1 and group support Guides, Templates & Tools Weekly Speaker Series 9 Pricing Mento Lite $150/YR Self-guided workshops Career Guides & Tools Community + Speaker Series Unlimited Career Messaging Dedicated Career Specialist Career Coach Mento Pro $1000/YR Self-guided workshops Career Guides & T |
| 10 | 10 | Deck slide | needs-review | 10 We’re targeting tech workers with 0-3 years of experience Generalist Tech Workers 11.8M Tech Workers 43% Of job openings are for non-technical roles 65,000 Layoffs in tech 87.3% Of tech layoffs are non-engineers College and Bootcamp grads 3.9M College grads each year 50% Unemployment among recent college grads 50,000 Bootcamp grads per |
| 11 | 11 | Product | needs-review | 11 What’s next? Continue growing with tech workers and partners 2. Support workers impacted by COVID • Leverage existing community: ~500 signs up for Unemployment Support • Target people via layoff lists: ~30k emails collected • Provide free support to underrepresented groups in partnership with mission-aligned organizations 1. Partner wi |
| 12 | Key | Traction | revenue,margin,growth | Key Results Objectives Job Search Phase 1 CURRENT • Validate job search point of entry • Build brand and awareness Build community of loyal early adopters Launch self-directed platform Phase 2 Q1 2021 • 10,000 job searchers • $1.5M total revenue • 3,000+ subscribers Drive recurring revenue and scale Phase 3 2022 B2B2C Growth • $10M subscr |
| 13 | Hiring | Ask / Use of Funds | revenue,fundraise | Hiring 2 engineers 1 designer 1 community 13 $1.5M Fundraise Objectives Launch the career platform Build a centralized hub for job search tools, content and community Drive recurring revenue Build downstream career support to provide members monthly value Key Results $1.5M total revenue 10,000 job searchers 3,000 subscribers Fundraise his |
| 14 | Jamie Albers | Team | team | Jamie Albers Co-Founder & CPO / COO 14 Our Team Alex Marcus Co-Founder & CEO James Highsmith Engineering (part-time) Taylor Bolhack Community Charles Zhang Design |
| 15 | mento | Deck slide | needs-review | mento TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER |
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Next Checks
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- Map strongest slides to later validation and founder-facing feedback examples.
Source Audit
Current Sources
| Source | Facts Used | Reliability |
|---|---|---|
| Mento Company-Provided Career Support Platform .pdf | Deck artifact, slide count, extracted text, visual contact sheet. | Company-authored or investor-authored; unverified. |