Mentoring That Matters: Use of Mentoring to Aid in the Growth of Small Business Enterprises in the Developing World Tammy D. Allen University of South Florida Julie Olson-Buchanan California State University, Fresno Corporate Social Responsibility Summit SIOP, 2016

Social franchising: The application of commercial franchising concepts to achieve socially beneficial ends.

Design a scalable mentoring programme for small and medium size enterprises Develop process for monitoring and evaluating impact Design a scalable mentoring programme for small and medium size enterprises Develop process for monitoring and evaluating impact

Reduced poverty and unemployment More quality jobs and higher salaries Improved sustainability and growth of SMEs Improved resilience and effectiveness of SME owner managers Leadership capacity and business skills Mentoring of SME owners and managers

ICSF’s Project Goals Serve 5000 SME manager/owners across 3 countries Increase managers/owners leadership/business skills Increase number of jobs 5 % faster than national average

Partners Mentor/Mentee Training focused No Training

Issues Research design Accounting for cultural and language differences across countries Accounting for differences across mentoring programs