Why would you run your peer-to-peer mentoring program via KarmaCircles?

1. Running Mentorship
Program via
KarmaCircles.com
Deepak Goel
www.karmacircles.com/deepak

2. KarmaCircles.com is an on-
demand micro-mentoring platform
• Built using lean startup principles
• Based on Deepak’s own mentoring experience (having
mentored 400+ entrepreneurs & professionals)
• Post 200+ 1-on-1 interviews with mentors, founders,
business school students and corporate executives.

3. KC solves 9 typical issues faced
by mentoring programs
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1. Complex onboarding process
2. Complex matching process
3. Rigid in commitment
4. Boxed into mentor/mentee role
5. Typically Local
6. Mentors don’t keep their reputation
7. Hard to scale up
8. Cost to maintain
9. Need people to manage
Without KC With KC
1. 10-second sign up
2. No matching required
3. Flexible & Micro-Mentoring
4. Peer-to-Peer
5. Global
6. Mentors’ reputation stays with them
7. Easy to scale up
8. Free
9. Self-managed

4. Takes less than 10
seconds to sign up
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Deep integration with LinkedIn.
Automatic profile updates.

5. No matching required
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Mentees can search for mentors
and request meetings.
Pairing happens organically.

6. Flexible, Micro-Mentoring
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Mentors can easily scale their
mentoring time up or down.

7. Peer-to-Peer
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Like Twitter doesn’t box its users
into readers or writers, we don’t box
our users into mentors or mentees.

8. Global
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Mentees meet local mentors
in-person and remote mentors
via phone/video calls.

9. Mentors’ reputation stays
with them forever
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Mentors can show how they
contributed to a mentee even after
they stop being a mentor.

10. Easy to scale up
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Easy to scale up for groups with
thousands of
people/employees/students/alumni.

11. Free
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Completely free of cost.

12. Self-managed
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Doesn’t require people for
match making or scheduling.

13. Several Benefits for Mentors
• Mentors need one profile for multiple mentoring
programs
• Mentors build their online reputation
• Mentors earn KarmaPoints which could be used to
request meetings from Influencers
• Mentors build their KarmaCircle which could be
leveraged when they need help themselves
• Complete relationship management package

14. Who is using it already?
Business Schools
• Haas School of Business
www.karmacircles.com/haas
• Booth School of Business
www.karmacircles.com/booth
Engineering Schools
• UC Berkeley
www.karmacircles.com/ucb
• NITs
www.karmacircles.com/nit
Accelerators
• Hatch International
www.karmacircles.com/hatch
Corporates
• Packback
www.karmacircles.com/packback
• Sverve
www.karmacircles.com/sverve
Special Interest Groups
• India PR
www.karmacircles.com/IndiaPR

15. www.karmacircles.com
@karmacircles
fb.com/thekarmacircles
linkedin.com/company/karmacircles
We can help you get
started…
deepak@karmacircles.com
www.karmacircles.com/deepak