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Mentees and Mentors,

We appreciate your interest in mentorship. Please be advised that after March 31, 2024, the Business Mentor NY Program will cease to operate. However, you can continue to access mentoring services by contacting Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers in your area at esd.ny.gov/eac-directory to obtain one-on-one counseling with your current business idea or small business.

If you would like to continue offering pro bono mentoring services to entrepreneurs or small business owners, please email us at nylovessmbiz@esd.ny.gov with your core business skills, experience or education and your preferred service area.

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  BMNY Queens Economic Development Corporation

Philip Park Entrepreneur

Location Queens, New York, United States of America
Venture Industry Education/Training
Languages spoken
  • English
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What I need help with

My background as an entrepreneur

My current challenges

I would like to get guidance on the necessary steps to launch my EdTech startup. I have iterated through customer discovery and the MVP of my soon-to-become-reality business but I want to line up user testing once the prototype is built out.

Actions I’ve taken so far

I have entered multiple business and accelerator competitions for my EdTech startup. I have conducted interviews and set up my business plan through my run in the NYCRIN Business Plan competition. I worked on the presentation and clarity of my idea through the CUNY Clash competition, and I was 3rd in the Life Changing Lab startup competition (1st out of those in the ideas stage) which gave me the confidence to move forward as I constructed a pitch deck, presented my idea to venture capitalists, and revised my business plan.

My future goals

My future goals are to launch The Study Space and learn from the experience of being a viable entrepreneur who has a pulse in the educational technology space. I want to iterate through the process to better understand the needs of my customers and then to improve on the app so that the buy-in from my community of users is robust. Eventually I hope to implement my other startup ideas and become a multi-sector entrepreneur.

My motivations to work with a mentor

I am a sponge and eager learner. I listen to directions and I have a lucid understanding of the value of great mentorship. I aim to be successful and I know that a humble approach with ears wide open will be a key cog to the success of The Study Space.


About my venture

The Study Space

The Study Space is a classroom management platform that lets educators construct their schedule and layout the sessions for the day. TSS' features include: an interactive whiteboard and a curriculum builder that auto-generates problem sets that makes teaching and tutoring a cinch.

Countries of operation: United States of America