# MIT Venture Mentoring Service: Free, confidential mentoring and resources helping MIT entrepreneurs develop and scale ventures.

> MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) provides free, confidential mentorship and resources to MIT community entrepreneurs to help them develop and grow ventures.

- Firm type: Advisory firm
- Website: https://vms.mit.edu
- Listing: unclaimed
- Based in: Cambridge, MA, United States

## Specialisms

- Go-to-market strategy
- Operations and scaling
- People and talent
- Web and design
- Product marketing

## Engagement models

- Coaching
- Workshop or training
- Advisory board
- Project

## Geographies served

- United States

## Ideal client

- Stage: Pre-seed
- Stage: Seed
- Stage: Series A
- Stage: Series B and later
- Stage: Bootstrapped
- Stage: Established business
- Size: 1 to 10 people
- Size: 11 to 50 people
- Size: 51 to 200 people

## Services

- Team mentoring: Core offering connecting ventures with teams of volunteer mentors for regular, structured guidance on building and sustaining ventures.
- One-on-one mentoring: Individual mentoring sessions that provide focused, confidential advice tailored to founders' specific needs.
- Office hours: Drop-in sessions offering quick access to mentor feedback and practical guidance on immediate issues.
- Boot Camps & events: Educational programs and events, including boot camps, that teach practical skills for creating and growing ventures.
- Topic-specific advising: Access to mentor expertise across legal, IP, accounting, immigration, HR, and user experience topics.
- Mentor network access: Connections to a network of experienced volunteer mentors from MIT and industry for strategic advice, feedback, and introductions.
- Founder development & governance: Guidance focused on developing founders' skills, governance practices, and go-to-market thinking without taking equity.

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Listing extracted: 2026-09-19