Mentoring for Growth (M4G) is a panel mentoring process delivered by the Department with the support of private sector business mentors.

Who does M4G assist?
The program assists enterprises that are in high/rapid growth mode by providing access to a panel of business mentors who can help to address commercial challenges. Typically businesses that participate in M4G will:

• Be experiencing strong growth and/or have clearly defined growth opportunities
• Have an annual turnover between $500,000 and $50,000,000
• Have Queensland headquarters or significant Queensland operations
• Hold (or be in the process of obtaining) rights to intellectual property that provide the enterprise with its unique business opportunity.

What happens at a M4G Panel Meeting?
When a mentee firm attends a M4G panel meeting, a group of eight to twelve voluntary mentors will assist the firm with their challenge by conducting an hour long think tank. The firm's commercial perceptions may be challenged and a range of options may be identified that will help the firm make a decision and move forward.

What sort of commercial challenges can M4G assist with?
Challenges facing your business may include how to manage people and business operations, market products or services, establish international business opportunities or arrange finance. In fact, Mentoring for Growth can assist firms with virtually any business opportunity or issue to better understand and address their commercialisation challenges.

What does it cost?
M4G is a FREE service to Queensland businesses. The industry Convenors and Mentors generously donate their time and knowledge.

If you believe that your innovative growth business can benefit from M4G please register your interest in becoming a mentee.

What do Mentors gain from their involvement in M4G?
M4G offers mentors the following:

• Opportunity to strengthen networks with business leaders and government agencies
• Opportunity to enjoy peer learning and knowledge sharing
• Community Service - 'giving something back'
• Satisfaction derived from watching the growth of enterprises assisted by M4G
• Invitations to departmental meetings and functions.

If you are a business leader who would like to contribute to the success of Queensland's innovative growth businesses please register your interest in becoming a mentor.

Other Mentoring Programs

Mentoring for Export (M4E)
M4E assists export ready businesses and existing exporters that have undertaken M4G and/or trade development programs to overcome export related issues. M4E is delivered in partnership with the regional centre network, Queensland Trade and International Operations, with support from export facilitation agencies and specialists.

Mentoring for Investment (M4I)
M4I assists businesses that have engaged in the M4G process to become investment ready in order  to actively seek external capital. During M4I panel meetings mentees present their investment attraction proposals to a panel of investment industry mentors for critique and suggestions before presenting to potential investors.

If you believe that your innovative growth business can benefit from M4G please register your interest in being a MENTEE.

If you are an industry champion who would like to contribute to the success of Queensland's innovative growth businesses please register your interest in being a MENTOR.