Hey there! :)

I am currently starting a project in fashion and since the industry is pretty closed-knitted ,and I don´t have a background in fashion, I thought a mentor would not only teach me loads but also help me break into it and gain contacts.

Last year I did a live-streamed online course in a somewhat famous fashion magazine, and our teacher was the marketing director of said magazine. She is a lovely woman, super hardworking and we got on quite well despite the classes being online.

I have thought of going to her to learn from her and get her advice for my project, as well as personally build a long lasting friendship. I have been accepted in a startup accelerator in the city where she is based now, so having to do trips quite frequently there will make it easy to see each other and chat over coffee.

My biggest question is: what would she get out of this? how can i make being my mentor seem attractive?

I was originally thinking of offering her some stake at my company (5-10% perhaps?, I have no other stakeholders), but I´m not sure if this will be enough to have her interest.

Where I am from (Europe) having mentors isn´t as popular as it is maybe in the US, so I also don´t know how should I approach this or propose it to her. Any tips on this?

Thanks very much everyone, means a lot to me! :)