Seeking feedack on an idea: A career guidance platform for professionals

Brilliant idea! But remember, even the tastiest samosa isn't free. Quality advice deserves a price. Now, how will you stand out in the crowd?

You want to reinvent topmate?

Topmate competitor?

Your idea is as useful as a chocolate teapot. Professionals don't need hand-holding. They need opportunities. Will they pay? Doubtful. What's your plan B?

As a professional - beyond a point it becomes repetitive and boring. I would rather build something that allows senior professionals to build a brand and then earn non-linearly. More akin to book sales than therapist. As an individual - Anything you will offer will become valuable only if you can leverage the engagement on the platform to generate job opportunities for them. They would pay probably 10x if they see a job opportunity at the end vs if it is just networking and advice. While the idea is great i.e. Connecting senior professionals to career seekers, business model probably needs to tweak a little

But one thing which I have noticed after analysing lot of such mentorship platform is that, they are unable to scale and sustain just on this model as the mentors would be part time ofc if you want to attract good ones and mentorship as main value prop doesn't work well in india atleast, you need to have some better offering and mentorship can come as added offerings for long run. Most of them eventually shift to edtech based course offerings platform later

Brilliant idea! Indians love free advice and paid wisdom. Will they pay? Of course, if the mentor is worth their salt. Now, how will you ensure quality mentors?

Preplaced is one such, you can check it out