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Derek Correia: CEO / PartnerPast Role: ReserveBar, President- Timothy Boylan: Director
Tutoring, youth sports training and music lessons comprise a $23 billion business in the U.S., with rapid growth driven by an unprecedented parental focus on their children’s abilities, enrichment, and success trajectory.
At the same time, the industry is broken, with many shortcomings, including high costs, buying/use friction, low
persistence, and poor efficacy.
Role Model Mentors has a better solution. We match high-achieving high school students with elementary and middle school students to inspire, engage and enrich their lives. We match based on academic support and mutual interests, and schedule dynamic sessions that combine academic tutoring with extracurricular activities including sports, music, art, STEM and hobbies.
Our amazing mentors make a meaningful difference for a younger student, improving their aptitude, attitude, and, above all, confidence, in as little as an hour to two per week. Our young mentees look forward to their sessions, and the relationships that ensue are truly magical. Parents, school counselors and child psychologists are all raving about us!
Our mentors benefit as well, helping them thrive as entrepreneurs in much higher-value and rewarding work than what is typically available to them. Importantly, teenage employment as it a thirty-year low, and we are helping them not only work, but work as entrepreneurs, preparing them for the gig economy.. Being a mentor is important to their development of empathy, 21st century work-related skills, and emotional intelligence. They are uniquely suited to helping a younger student understand and embrace their gifts.
We are growing with signups in over 80 markets, a 4.9/5 average review rating, recurring monthly revenue, and a vision for over 50,000 annual mentor/mentee pairings within 5 years (a $350M+ business).