Masters of Scale How to find your next mentor, with Janice Omadeke
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Sep 18, 2025 Janice Omadeke, an author and entrepreneur who founded a corporate mentorship platform called The Mentor Method, shares her wisdom on finding mentors. She discusses how her immigrant upbringing ignited her entrepreneurial journey and reveals her strategy for recruiting mentors through targeted outreach. Omadeke also reflects on balancing grief from her mother's passing with leadership responsibilities, and shares insights on setting boundaries in mentorship. With her unique experiences, she inspires others to unlock their potential through meaningful connections.
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Early Entrepreneurial Training
- Janice's parents played a dinner-game asking what problems you'd solve and who you'd sell to, sparking her entrepreneurial mindset at 11.
- That early practice trained her to see problems empathetically and seek scalable solutions.
Wet Jeans Prototype
- Eleven-year-old Janice invented a clip to roll up wet jeans on rainy school days to avoid uncomfortable damp denim.
- This minor problem-solution reflects her lifelong habit of practical, empathy-driven product thinking.
Mentorship As Matchmaking
- Janice saw mentorship as a matchmaking problem similar to online dating and used that metaphor to design a product approach.
- Framing mentorship as accessible connection revealed an obvious market gap to her.
