Guidance That Goes the Distance.
Real, one-on-one mentorship from experienced business builders who understand what it actually takes to go from idea to income. Bi-weekly 60-minute sessions. Goal tracking. A 6-month minimum commitment — because meaningful growth isn’t a 4-week sprint. Tom walks beside you through the Build stage — a real builder in your corner, twice a month, for every hard decision that moves the business forward.
Program at a Glance
- 60 Min — per session
- 2× — per month
- 6 Month — minimum commitment
- $0 — scholarship tier available
From Application to Real Momentum.
Four steps from where you are to a mentor in your corner.
You Apply — Submit Your Application
Fill out the intake form at tomenterprise.org/apply. Stan applies the Surgical Logic vetting rubric across 8 categories. A score of 24 or higher qualifies you for a 30-minute discovery call with Tralynn.
You’re Matched — Mentor Matching
After enrollment, TOM Enterprise’s AI-powered matching system pairs you with a mentor based on your industry, stage of business, stated goals, and communication style. You’re informed of your match before your first session.
You Orient — 2-Hour Orientation
Before sessions begin, your mentor completes a 2-hour orientation through TOM Enterprise, covering program expectations, confidentiality standards, goal-setting frameworks, and the monthly progress reporting process.
You Build — Bi-Weekly 60-Min Sessions
You meet with your mentor twice per month for 60-minute structured sessions. Between sessions, you have email and phone access to your mentor. Monthly progress reports track goals and document growth. Minimum 6-month commitment.
What Every Mentee Receives.
Structured, time-boxed, and built around your documented goals — both virtual and in-person formats available.
Bi-Weekly 60-Min Sessions
Two 60-minute sessions per month for a minimum of 6 months — 12 sessions total at the base commitment. Sessions are structured, time-boxed, and built around your documented goals. Both virtual and in-person formats available.
Smart Mentor Matching
TOM Enterprise uses an AI-powered matching system to pair you with a mentor whose industry background, business experience, and communication style aligns with your stage and goals. You’re never randomly assigned.
Goal Tracking & Progress Reports
Your goals are documented at the start of the engagement. Monthly progress reports — completed by your mentor — benchmark your growth against those goals and identify where to focus each upcoming session.
Email & Phone Support
Your mentor commits to responding to your email and phone communications between sessions within 48 hours. You’re never waiting a full month for a quick answer to an urgent business question.
Industry Expert Masterclasses
Mentorship participants gain access to TOM Enterprise’s group masterclass series — featuring external industry experts covering topics in brand positioning, financial strategy, digital marketing, and legal foundations.
TOM Enterprise Network Access
As an active mentorship participant, you’re part of TOM Enterprise’s broader founder community — with access to peer learning circles, alumni events, and the network of mentors and corporate partners that supports the ecosystem.
What TOM Enterprise Expects from You.
Attendance — Show up, every session, on time
Scheduled sessions are a commitment to your mentor and yourself. Cancellations with less than 24 hours’ notice are discouraged and logged.
Homework — Complete assignments between sessions
Your mentor will assign action items between sessions. Coming back with completed work is the difference between mentorship that moves you forward and mentorship that just feels good.
Feedback — Respond within 48 hours
Reply to mentor communications promptly. The 48-hour standard works in both directions — you respond to your mentor just as they respond to you.
Confidentiality — Respect what’s shared in the room
Business plans, financial details, and personal context shared during mentorship sessions are strictly confidential. You may not share another participant’s information.
Duration — 6-month minimum commitment
TOM Enterprise’s mentorship program requires a 6-month minimum engagement. Meaningful business transformation takes time — this structure honors that reality.
The Mentor’s Side of the Deal
- Every mentor completes a mandatory 2-hour orientation — plus quarterly update trainings
- A formal monthly progress report documenting your goals, sessions, insights, and next focus areas
- 48-hour response standard on email and phone between sessions
- Strict confidentiality on all mentee information — business plans, financial data, brand strategies
- Guidance only — mentors do not provide legal, financial, accounting, or tax advice
The Standard Every TOM Mentor Upholds.
All TOM Enterprise volunteer mentors sign a formal Mentor Volunteer Agreement before their first session. Here is what that agreement requires — no exceptions.
Preparation
2-hour orientation before first session. Every TOM Enterprise mentor completes a mandatory 2-hour orientation covering program standards, confidentiality, and goal-setting frameworks — plus quarterly update trainings.
Reporting
Monthly progress reports, every month. Your mentor completes a formal monthly progress report documenting your goals, sessions covered, key insights, and recommended focus areas for the next period.
Conduct
Professional, respectful, non-soliciting. All TOM mentors sign a formal Volunteer Agreement. They may not solicit mentees for paid services outside TOM Enterprise without explicit disclosure and Tralynn’s approval. Zero tolerance for discriminatory or exploitative behavior.
Confidentiality
Strict confidentiality on all mentee information. Mentors sign binding confidentiality provisions covering your business plans, financial data, brand strategies, and personal disclosures. Your information is never shared with third parties.
Scope
Guidance only — not professional advice. All mentorship is for educational and informational purposes. Mentors do not provide legal, financial, accounting, or tax advice in their capacity as TOM Enterprise mentors. All mentees are solely responsible for their business decisions.
Three Tiers. Same Program.
Every tier receives the same bi-weekly sessions, matching, reporting, and community access.
Standard
For founders who are able to invest at market rate. Your full investment directly subsidizes Scholarship tier spots for founders who cannot.
- Bi-weekly 60-minute 1-on-1 sessions (12 sessions over 6 months)
- AI-powered mentor matching
- Monthly progress reports
- Email & phone support between sessions (48-hr response)
- Industry expert masterclass access
- TOM Enterprise community network access
Sliding Scale
Reduced rate confirmed at enrollment based on your financial reality. Tier placement is determined by Tralynn during your discovery call — it’s never self-selected.
- Bi-weekly 60-minute 1-on-1 sessions (12 sessions over 6 months)
- AI-powered mentor matching
- Monthly progress reports
- Email & phone support between sessions (48-hr response)
- Industry expert masterclass access
- TOM Enterprise community network access
Scholarship
Funded through TOM Enterprise grants and donations. Scholarship spots are limited. Eligibility is confirmed by Tralynn at enrollment. No applicant is turned away due to financial hardship.
- Bi-weekly 60-minute 1-on-1 sessions (12 sessions over 6 months)
- AI-powered mentor matching
- Monthly progress reports
- Email & phone support between sessions (48-hr response)
- Industry expert masterclass access
- TOM Enterprise community network access
6-Month Minimum
All tiers require a 6-month minimum engagement. Meaningful growth isn’t a 4-week sprint.
Tier Placement
Standard and Scholarship tier placement is confirmed by Tralynn at enrollment. Sliding scale placement is determined during your discovery call.
The Commitment
No qualified founder is turned away due to financial hardship. Ever.
“No one should be priced out of building a legacy.”— Tralynn Obryan McCullar, Founder & Executive Director
Built for This Founder.
From first-generation founders to established creatives ready to grow intentionally — if you’re serious about building, there’s a mentor for where you are.
Creative Solopreneurs — You’re a Creative Who’s Ready to Run a Business
Freelance designers, photographers, content creators, and artists who have the craft but are still figuring out the business. You know your work is good. You’re ready to make it a real, sustainable enterprise — with a brand, a pricing strategy, and a financial foundation.
First-Generation Founders — You’re Building Without a Roadmap
You come from a family or community where entrepreneurship wasn’t the default path. You don’t have a network of people who’ve done this before. TOM Enterprise’s mentors meet you exactly where you are — providing the context, frameworks, and confidence that fill the gaps no classroom ever covered.
Career Transitioners — You’re Leaving Employment to Build Something Your Own
Corporate professionals and career changers who are ready to take their expertise and turn it into a business. You have skills and work ethic — you need help with brand positioning, market strategy, and the confidence to make the leap without recklessness.
Students & Recent Graduates — You’re Starting Early
ASU students and recent graduates who are building their first business or personal brand alongside their studies. You have energy, digital fluency, and time on your side. You need the strategic foundation that turns early momentum into something lasting.
Early-Revenue Founders — You’ve Got Traction
You’re making money — but the business is still running on hustle and instinct rather than systems. You need mentorship that helps you build the brand, the operations, and the financial foundation to turn early wins into a scalable enterprise.
Arizona Founders — You’re Building in Arizona
TOM Enterprise is rooted in the Arizona creative economy. Our mentors understand this market, this community, and the specific opportunities and challenges of building in the Greater Phoenix Metro. Local context is built into every session.
Our Mentor Standards · Effective May 22, 2026.
The binding requirements every TOM Enterprise volunteer mentor signs before their first session.
Time Commitment — 6-Month Minimum · Bi-Weekly Sessions
Mentors commit to a minimum 6-month volunteer engagement. Sessions are bi-weekly, 60 minutes each. Between sessions, mentors respond to mentee communications within 48 hours. Mentors also attend an initial 2-hour orientation and quarterly update trainings.
Confidentiality — Strict Non-Disclosure on All Mentee Information
Mentors are legally bound to maintain strict confidentiality of all mentee information — including business plans, brand strategies, and financial data. Information may not be disclosed to any third party without prior written consent.
Scope of Advice — Informational Only, Not Professional Services
All mentorship is for educational and informational purposes only. Mentors are explicitly prohibited from providing legal, medical, financial, accounting, investment, or tax advice in their capacity as TOM Enterprise mentors. Mentees are solely responsible for their decisions.
Professional Conduct — Respect, Non-Solicitation, Zero Exploitation
Mentors treat all mentees, staff, and volunteers with mutual respect. Discriminatory, harassing, threatening, or exploitative behavior results in immediate removal. Mentors may not solicit mentees for paid outside services without TOM Enterprise’s explicit approval.
Intellectual Property — All Mentee Work Belongs to the Mentee
Any intellectual property — logos, taglines, business plans, creative content — developed by a mentee during the program remains the sole property of the mentee or TOM Enterprise, per the applicable Service Agreement. Mentors waive all claims to mentee work product.
Governing Law — Arizona Law · Maricopa County Jurisdiction
The Mentor Volunteer Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Arizona. All disputes arising from the mentorship relationship are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Maricopa County, Arizona. Effective May 22, 2026.
Educational purposes only. All mentorship provided through TOM Enterprise’s 1-on-1 Mentorship Program is for educational and informational purposes only. Mentors share guidance based on their personal and professional experience. This is not a substitute for professional legal, financial, accounting, tax, medical, or investment advice.
No guaranteed outcomes. Mentors do not guarantee any specific business result, including but not limited to revenue growth, profit, new clients, or business sustainability. Mentees are solely responsible for the business decisions they make and the outcomes of those decisions.
Volunteer mentors. All TOM Enterprise mentors serve on a strictly voluntary basis. No employer-employee relationship is created between TOM Enterprise and any mentor. Mentors receive no compensation for their service. All mentors sign a Mentor Volunteer Agreement and Release of Liability prior to their first session.
TOM Enterprise liability. TOM Enterprise shall not be held liable for any outcomes, results, losses, damages, or injuries — including business, financial, reputational, or other losses — arising from mentorship sessions, communications, guidance, or decisions made in reliance on that guidance. Use of the mentorship program is at the participant’s own risk. TOM Enterprise’s liability is limited to the amount paid for the applicable service.
This program is governed by the laws of the State of Arizona. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Maricopa County, Arizona. · EIN: 42-1915663
Our Mentors Don’t Just Show Up. They Stay.
TOM Enterprise mentors are experienced professionals, entrepreneurs, and industry experts who volunteer their time to guide the next generation of Arizona founders. This is not a corporate box-check — it’s a meaningful, structured commitment: a 6-month minimum volunteer engagement, bi-weekly 60-minute sessions, 48-hour responsiveness between sessions, monthly progress reports, an initial 2-hour orientation plus quarterly updates, and the signed TOM Enterprise Mentor Volunteer Agreement.
Express Interest in MentoringWhy Mentors Choose TOM Enterprise
- AI-powered matching — paired with a mentee whose goals align with your expertise, no random assignments
- Structured session frameworks — never walk in without a purpose or leave without clear next steps
- Access to TOM Enterprise’s corporate partner and mentor community network
- Annual recognition at TOM Enterprise’s Demo Day and community events
- The satisfaction of watching a founder go from idea to launch — and knowing you were part of it
- Formal liability protections through the Mentor Volunteer Agreement
Your Next Move Deserves a Real Conversation.
Apply to TOM Enterprise’s 1-on-1 Mentorship Program and get matched with an experienced mentor who actually understands where you are and where you’re trying to go.
Questions? Email tralynnm@tomenterprise.org · Call (623) 269-8232 · EIN: 42-1915663
