The Spring Entrepreneur Hub
Venture Mentoring Servce
Connecting entrepreneurs with teams of carefully selected experts in residence to help their businesses prosper.

Entrepreneurship Begins
Here.
The SCI Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) is based on the successful model used by the renowned VMS program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The MIT VMS is tailored specifically to communities looking to bolster entrepreneurship, and we have brought their successful program back to Pensacola. Our program offers confidential, team mentoring services to entrepreneurs across our community. By pairing entrepreneurs with 3-5 experts in residence, their ventures are exposed to a variety of very skilled expertise and advice. This program is offered to entrepreneurs free of charge.
Ventures from any industry are welcome to apply. The only eligibility requirement for potential new mentees is that their business is currently earning revenue.
We are currently accepting new mentees to the program. Interested partiesmust first attend an information session in order to apply for the program. Info sessions will be held virtually on May 9th and 11th at 9am.
Sign up for one of the sessions at the link below. Only those who attend an info session will be invited to apply for a spot in the program.
Our experts in residence
The Spring Venture Mentoring Service is powered by Pensacola’s strongest entrepreneurial network. Made up of the strongest leaders, academics, entrepreneurs, investors and visionaries from across the Gulf Coast. Our mentor panel has a diverse set of backgrounds and experience. Among these 41 highly-skilled mentors, there is over 420 years of business ownership and 455 years as C-suite executives.
These individuals are motivated by the opportunity to help the entrepreneurs and businesses in our community.


Our Mentees
These companies are paired with 3-5 highly experienced mentors to receive a variety of skilled expertise and advice to help grow their businesses, build revenue and create jobs in the greater Pensacola area.
Ready for world-class mentorship?
Check back in 2023 to apply for our next cohort!