Mentors
50+ mentors.
Seven are yours.
Founders, investors and operators who sit down with your team across the weekend. You get 7 of them, picked for the industry you are working in.
In a mentor session
Challenge the ideaThey ask why anyone would pay for it, and keep asking.
Go through the numbersWhere the business case adds up and where it does not.
Sharpen the storyHow to explain the idea so a jury follows it.
Share what workedAdvice from people who have started companies themselves.
Sit through the pitchThey watch you present and tell you what to cut.
Mentorship model
Not talks.
Direct sessions.
You get multiple 1-on-1 sessions across Day 1 and Day 2. Mentors do not give presentations. They sit with your team, review your model, and tell you what they think. Before the pitch, not after.
50+Mentor network
7/teamMatched mentor access
2 daysMentor access period
Day 3Final pitch rehearsal
Want to mentor at 3DS?
We look for founders, operators, and investors who give direct, honest feedback and not keynotes.