Blockchain - Mentor USA

WHAT WE DO

We provide direction on how to develop and implement blockchain technology, and build an organization around it. As strong believers in its potential, we help you capitalize on its abilities and transform your operations and offerings.

Embracing disruptionBlockchain is bringing a new set of rules and redefining how organizations secure investment, interact with suppliers, design products and services, and establish security and transparency. We’re here to guide that journey.

Innovative StartupsEntrepreneurs all over the world are starting new ventures around blockchain. We help them with strategic planning, organization development, talent management and blockchain based solution development.

Blockchain AdoptersEstablished organizations are exploring how blockchain can transform their businesses and give them a competitive edge. We provide intrapreneurs with expert technology consultancy and blockchain development support.

OUR SERVICES

We help bring blockchain startups quickly to their feet, while also helping established organizations to integrate the technology into their offerings and operations.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

We advise blockchain entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs on creating business models, developing go-to-market strategies, and securing capital investment.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We help you design your organization around blockchain technology, and create streamlined organizational and operational frameworks. Our outsourcing and interim management services also help to quickly establish support functions in blockchain related startups.

TALENT & TRAINING

We show you how to attract top talent in the blockchain sector, and develop it through career planning and employee learning. Our trainers equip employees with the relevant knowledge and skills, while our coaches build leadership capabilities in executive management.

BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPMENT

We support the development and implementation of blockchain solutions though expert guidance on optimum platforms and capabilities, project planning and management, and in-house blockchain development

Your Challenges

WEIGHTY EXPECTATIONS

All eyes are on blockchain startups. Investment into blockchain was estimated to be around a billion US dollars in 2017, and investors, customers and competitors are waiting to see if blockchain based solutions and businesses will deliver on the value promised.

BREAKNECK PACE

The pace of development in the blockchain sector means that organizations looking to integrate or develop blockchain solutions have to work equally fast, while dealing with a lot of the unknowns that come with new territory.

LIMITED RESOURCES

Blockchain technology may have taken the spotlight in the last few years, but building the relevant talent takes much longer. There is growing demand for experts in this area, and finding the right people is proving to be a major bottleneck in the sector’s development.

Our Solutions

CLEAR VISION

We help company leaders keep an eye on the future, despite the numerous issues and obligations they have to contend with today. We counsel you on creating winning plans and strategies, and provide support with all the details that come with managing a business.

SHAPING THE ORGANIZATION

With over a decade of experience in organizational development and transformation, we can fast-pace the creation of structures and processes in your organization and implement change effectively. We work to create organizations that are efficient, agile, innovative and scalable. ACCESS

ACCESS TO EXPERTS

Through our consultants and network of experts, we equip you with the resources you need by accelerating the creation of in-house teams, outsourcing interim teams where needed, and advising on the best partners and suppliers to work with.

Our Work

Startup support and blockchain development for online professional network

We worked with a startup to create an online professional network that helps people to acquire skills and find jobs relating to areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The site uses blockchain tokens to exchange learning and hiring services. MENTOR played an instrumental role in establishing the business, advising on business planning, go-to-market strategy, organization design, operations, talent management, as well as fully developing the blockchain platform.

Technology consulting for nurse recruitment platform

Our client tackles the worldwide problem of nursing shortage through a decentralized credential and payment blockchain system to increase nurse portability, help hospitals fill positions on-demand, and offer uniform payments to nurses worldwide. We have been providing technology advisory services on the optimum blockchain technology to adopt and helping with building strategic partnerships.

Program management for real estate investment platform

This company has created a network offering fractional ownership of US real estate, through a blockchain platform that enables the issuance and trading of investment tokens. Our role involved consultancy on international partnerships and strategic alliances, operations, and program management in developing the blockchain platform.

Our Insights

Transforming Tech Products: Roadmap for Startup Leaders

Are you a tech startup founder with a groundbreaking product or promising technological solution? Learn how to navigate the journey from product development to becoming a thriving and scalable company in this comprehensive roadmap.

Driving Transformation: Change in Scaling Tech Startups

In the high-octane world of tech startups, securing a substantial investment injects rocket fuel into growth aspirations. Yet, this surge demands more than monetary infusion – it necessitates a strategic metamorphosis within the organization. As a seasoned management consultant, I emphasize that embracing change is not just an option; it's an imperative for startups to thrive during this pivotal phase.

Cultivating Success: Talent in Scaling

In the dynamic realm of tech startups, the journey from inception to scaling is a thrilling pursuit of innovation and growth. Yet, amidst the whirlwind of cutting-edge technology and market disruption, one vital element often determines the trajectory of success: talent. As a management consultant specializing in nurturing startups, I firmly believe that sound Talent Management practices are the cornerstone of sustained growth and expansion. In this article, we'll explore the profound impact of effective Talent Management on tech startups and delve into a real-world example that underscores its significance.

Scale with Consultants: Tech Startup Growth Hacks

In the vibrant landscape of the startup ecosystem, growth is the holy grail, but it also ushers in a unique set of challenges. As a tech startup begins to experience rapid expansion, its once nimble structure can falter under the weight of its own success. This is where the astute guidance of a management consultant becomes invaluable. In this article, we delve into the common hurdles that accompany tech startup growth and explore how a management consultant can serve as a guiding compass to build a robust operational mode, organizational structure, job role descriptions, and internal processes.

Tech Startup Mentorship: Navigating Complexity

In the rapidly evolving realm of technology startups, founders are often likened to modern-day Renaissance individuals, skillfully balancing a multitude of responsibilities while steering their fledgling ventures toward success. The path to startup triumph is a convoluted one, characterized by a maze of challenges and opportunities that demand unwavering determination, ingenuity, and resilience. Amid this whirlwind, emerges a guiding light that can make all the difference - the Tech Startup Mentor.

Why it takes more than a good idea for tech startups to succeed

There’s never been a better time to be a tech startup looking to raise capital. So enamoured are angel investors and venture capitalists with the promise of new technology that – perhaps for the first time in the last couple of decades – startups with promising ideas need not fear a dearth of capital.

Shared Services Solace: How Startups Win with New Law

On April 30, a California Supreme Court ruling introduced a new ‘ABC Test’ to determine whether a worker is properly classified as an independent contractor for purposes of California’s Wage Orders. This new ruling will have significant implications on anyone involved with the ‘Gig Economy’, particularly the thousands of tech start-ups throughout the state that heavily rely on the work of independent contractors in their day-to-day operations.

How blockchain can redefine your business?

As the dust settles around the fervent cryptocurrency speculations from 2017, business leaders and innovative entrepreneurs are starting to look more seriously at blockchain technology and examine how it can solve real world problems.

About Us

LEADERS OF CHANGE

We have advised organizations for over a decade and delivered projects in over 30 international cities, working with public, private and non-profit organizations to transform how they work.

PARTNER TO STARTUPS

We have worked with numerous startups, helping to create their foundations and guiding their leadership. We focus on supporting businesses built around disruptive technologies such as blockchain.

DIGITAL ADVOCATES

We are avid blockchain enthusiasts, and we practice what we preach, with our developers adopting blockchain into the digital solutions we design.

DIVERSE EXPERTISE

Our team consists of experts in blockchain, cybersecurity, startup strategy, business planning, organizational design and talent development.