The Frankfurt School Blockchain Center is looking for mentors to join their Web3 Talents programs DLT Talents, DeFi Talents and AI Talents. These programs are designed to help ambitious individuals break into the Web3 and AI spaces, offering a vibrant community to exchange ideas, share experiences, and gain valuable insights. Mentors play a key role in supporting talents by answering questions, offering guidance, and participating in the program sessions. Their contribution enhances the learning experience and helps shape the next generation of industry professionals — all while becoming part of a growing, global community.
Introduction
Introduction: A community of global talents
In its quest to help talents from all over the world prepare for the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center has developed five interactive and community-based mentoring programs to guide the way for ambitious and young career starters to become entrepreneurs, technologists, lawyers, investors, or multiplicators in the surging Web3 space:
Each program cohort welcomes around 150 high-potential candidates, selected through a competitive application process. In DLT Talents and DeFi Talents, participants are mentored over the course of 18 weeks, structured into three phases: the Basics Phase, the Multi-Disciplinary Phase, and the Concentration Phase. These programs include bi-weekly remote sessions, where recent developments and assignments are discussed, and guest speakers deliver keynotes aligned with the curriculum.
The newly launched AI Talents follows a more compact format, running for 7 weeks, but maintains the same core principles: community learning, expert input, and mentoring support throughout the journey.
All programs are fully scholarship-based and free of charge (0 EUR) — making them accessible to motivated talents from around the world.
Against the backdrop of the success of the programs and the growing interest from a global audience of talents, we have published this call for more mentors.
Key roles of mentors
A mentor inspires a cohort of self-learners to sustain their learning journeys. They can facilitate the learning process by sharing relevant resources to the learning agenda. Mentors are not expected to teach or train during these sessions.
On a practical note, mentors join the talents every 1-2 weeks to lead the presentation and discussion sessions in smaller learning groups of about 10 talents for about 30 mins during each session. Relevant content is shared with the mentors prior to the session so that they are better prepared to host the discussions and answer questions.
What do we expect from you?
Knowledge and understanding: Ideal applicants to become mentors would have some domain expertise in DLT, DeFi and AI or related areas within Web3 such as cryptography or DAOs.
Interest in being part of a community: We hope that future mentors will be interested in being part of the community, sharing content with the talents, and engaging in Discord or social media.
Reliability and commitment: It is very important to have mentors we can rely on. Mentoring and guidance are one of the key pillars of the program, and the support of the mentors ensures a smooth running of the sessions. We expect future mentors to participate in all sessions.
What can you expect from mentoring?
Industry insights and learnings: During the interactions with a wide range of learners, mentors can expect to enhance their own learnings and perspectives. These interactions occur mainly during the bi-weekly Zoom sessions in breakout rooms and occasionally in Discord channels. Valuable professional connections are encouraged during these sessions. For mentors, it is a great way to keep up with news in the DLT, DeFi and AI space. Also, the input of the talents through the bi-weekly assignments, articles, and other content that is shared is intended to provide inspiration. The sessions will always be complemented by a keynote by an expert in the relevant topics. Not only for the talents but also for the mentors, the lectures are interesting and provide opportunities to gain exclusive insights.
Social media exposure and personal branding: As part of the mentoring program, your profile will be visible on the program’s website (e.g. https://web3-talents.io/defi-talents/mentors). Our mentors will also be featured in social media posts on LinkedIn. If you have articles you would like to promote, these will also be shared on the relevant channels.
Networking and community: The bi-weekly meetings and the exchange on Discord not only lead to digital contacts but also to local meetups. Being part of the mentor team is a great way to make new contacts and be part of a continuously evolving community of talents, alumni, and mentors.
Certificate: All mentors who accompany the 18-week program receive a certificate at the end, with which they can prove their involvement in the program as a mentor.
Do note that mentorships are not compensated financially.
Overview of typical agenda
Each Zoom session will have the following structure and a duration of 90 minutes:
- News (7 min)
- Best practice tip (3 min)
- Participant presentations (25 min)
- Reflections from the group (20 min)
- Assignment for the next session (5 min)
- Guest speaker presentations (20 min)
- Q&A (10 min)
Time and dates of upcoming programs
Check out the following pages for the next cohort dates and times:
DLT Talents: https://web3-talents.io/dlt-talents/
DeFi Talents: https://web3-talents.io/defi-talents/
AI Talents: https://web3-talents.io/ai-talents/
Why should you apply for these programs and where?
You should apply if you fulfill the following criteria:
- You love technology and ideally also finance
- You have a deep knowledge of blockchain, DLT, DeFi and AI
- You speak and write English proficiently
- You feel comfortable moderating and animating an audience
- You value community engagement and enjoy sharing content
- You give your best to attend every single session on our schedule
👉 If you would like to become a mentor, please complete this form.
One of the program leads will get in touch with you if you are a shortlisted candidate. A brief onboarding process will be initiated to induct new mentors shortly thereafter.
If you have questions, please contact us via email, addressed to web3-talents@fs.de — we will respond to you as soon as possible. Feel free to share this post with your professional networks.
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