1-on-1 mentorship
One hour that tells you
what nobody else will.
Over 5000 founders mentored through programs run with 500 Startups, the UNDP, the Jack Ma Foundation, KAUST and UC Berkeley. A session with Ozan is an experienced, unsentimental read on whether your company is actually working.
5000+
Founders mentored
40+
Programs built
15 yrs
Investing & operating
60 min
Per session
How it runs
Three steps, no theatre.
01
Send the real problem
Before the call you send your deck, your numbers and the one question you keep avoiding. There is no warm-up call, so the session starts already informed.
Before · 10 minutes of your time
02
Sixty honest minutes
We go straight at the weakest link: the slide losing the meeting, the metric that proves nothing, the co-founder conversation you keep postponing.
During · 60 minutes
03
A ninety-day read
You leave with a written summary: what to fix first, what to stop doing, and what has to be true before you talk to another investor.
After · Written follow-up
Honest feedback is the fastest capital
you will ever raise.
Ozan Sonmez · Angel investor & mentor
What we cover
Bring the question you keep postponing.
- 01
Fundraising & pitch
Deck narrative, valuation logic, investor targeting and the objections you will actually get in the room.
- 02
Traction & GTM
Separating vanity activity from proof. What to measure, what to kill, and what a credible growth story looks like at your stage.
- 03
Founder & team
Co-founder conflict, hiring too early, burn discipline and the decisions founders delay until they become expensive.
- 04
Scaling & expansion
Moving between ecosystems, from Europe to Silicon Valley to the Middle East, without rebuilding your company from scratch each time.
Questions
Before you book.
- Who is this mentorship for?
- Founders raising or preparing to raise, operators stuck between traction milestones, and early teams who want a blunt outside read rather than encouragement.
- What does 'brutally honest' actually mean?
- It means you get the real assessment, including the parts investors think but never say. It is direct, never cruel, and always followed by what to do next.
- Is a single session enough?
- For most founders one session unlocks the blocking issue. Some continue with a monthly cadence during a raise or a scaling push.
- Does Ozan invest in the founders he mentors?
- Sometimes. Ozan is an active angel investor, but mentorship sessions are independent of any investment decision.
Bring the problem you have been avoiding.
One hour, one founder, zero pep talk. You leave with the honest read on your pitch, your traction and your next ninety days.