Business Mentors

What Business Mentors does

Business Mentors, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned career management and consulting practice founded in 1995 by Al Stewart, a former corporate executive with experience at Eastern Airlines, AT&T, GTE, and Sprint. The firm delivers one-on-one coaching and consulting services across eight modules: Career Transition, Career Exploration, Entrepreneurship, Executive Coaching, International Services, Pre-Employment Screening, Corporate Services, and Post-Career Counseling. Its customers are intelligent, complex professionals seeking career management support, alongside corporations purchasing outplacement, leadership development, and pre-employment screening for their employees.

The underlying technology stack is intentionally minimal: no proprietary platform exists, and delivery relies on standard teleconferencing and video tools (SKYPE, FaceTime, Viber) plus temperament/psychometric tests for career assessment. Services are sold directly with no intermediaries; client acquisition is primarily word-of-mouth referrals and organic website traffic, and the website serves as the main marketing surface. The practice operates from Atlanta, GA (firmographics list Fort Lauderdale as the company address, but operational and contact data anchor the firm in Atlanta, GA), with roughly 80% of clients served remotely across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Revenue is generated on a professional-services basis through two streams: individual clients pay hourly rates of $280–$290 per session or prepay discounted 8/12/16-session packages ($2,240–$4,640), while corporate clients purchase pre-employment interviews ($375 each), outplacement bundles ($4,200–$7,000), executive coaching ($350/hr), or an open-ended annual package priced at $30,000. The firm is billed as having 1–10 employees, is sole-owner operated by Al Stewart with no external investors, and shows no recent funding, M&A, or material restructuring activity in the source data.

Name

Business Mentors

Legal name

Business Mentors, Inc.

Website

https://business-mentors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Business Mentors is a privately held, founder-led career coaching and management consulting practice, delivering one-on-one services in career transition, executive coaching, entrepreneurship, pre-employment screening, and outplacement to individual professionals and corporate clients, primarily via remote delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Management Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Individual Outplacement & Career Coaching (BPACAOAA), Career, Purpose & Executive Wellbeing Coaching (EDABANAI)

Keywords

• Career coaching services
• Executive coaching
• Career transition support
• Outplacement services
• Leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lauderdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Client Career Coaching Services: Hourly and packaged career coaching and executive coaching sessions for individual private clients. Sessions delivered in-person, via teleconference, or video conference. Revenue is generated through per-session fees and discounted package purchases (8, 12, or 16 session bundles).
2. Corporate Client Services: Services to corporations including pre-employment screening interviews, career transition/outplacement packages, and executive coaching for employees. Annual corporate packages available for ongoing organizational use. Corporate clients are invoiced with 30-day payment terms or can pay via credit card.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Business Mentors provides one-on-one career management and consulting services delivered through coaching sessions covering career transition, career exploration, entrepreneurship support, executive coaching, international career services, pre-employment screening, corporate outplacement, and post-career retirement counseling. Services are sold to both private individuals (direct-pay) and corporate clients (employer-paid), delivered via in-person meetings at the Atlanta office, teleconferences, and video conferencing tools (SKYPE, FaceTime, Viber), with pricing structured as hourly sessions, multi-session packages, and annual corporate subscriptions.

Product overview

Business Mentors is a career management organization offering a unified set of coaching and consulting services delivered through one-on-one counseling sessions. The company provides eight core service modules: Career Transition (job search support), Career Exploration (assessment and testing), Entrepreneurship (business launch support), Executive Coaching (strategic counseling for executives), International Services (cross-border career support), Pre-Employment Screening (employer hiring support), Corporate Services (corporate outplacement and leadership development), and Post Career Counseling (retirement transition support). Services are delivered via in-person meetings, teleconferences, and video conferencing (SKYPE, FaceTime, Viber), with package options ranging from hourly sessions to 8, 12, or 16-session packages for private clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Career Transition Consulting expertise and resources to help clients organize and complete a successful job search, including resume development, strategic networking, interview techniques, and offer negotiation. Targeted at employed individuals seeking new career directions.
• Career Exploration Extensive services for individuals seeking career information, including career assessment interviews, personality temperament testing, career alternative surveys, and ongoing strategy development.
• Entrepreneurship Support services for individuals launching their own business, becoming a consultant or franchisee, or positioning themselves as a contractor, covering readiness testing, resource targeting, and launch strategies.
• Executive Coaching Intensive one-on-one strategic counseling for executives and professionals seeking greater personal satisfaction and increased financial reward, with developmental and directional programs available.
• International Services Career transition strategies for US residents, foreign nationals, and expatriates seeking employment overseas, returning to the United States, or remaining in the US as a foreign national.
• Pre-Employment Screening Objective employee screening service for employers using testing and in-depth interviewing strategies to ensure candidates have required skills and compatible personality temperament.
• Corporate Services Corporate career transition (outplacement) packages, leadership development, executive coaching, and pre-employment screening services paid for by corporations for their employees.
• Post Career Counseling Individual counseling for individuals planning for retirement, supporting transitions from full-time professional roles to meaningful retirement periods, whether through volunteer work, part-time roles, or entrepreneurial pursuits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most clients complete approximately eight one-hour sessions on average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• CoachHub: Digital coaching platform connecting organizations and individuals with a global pool of certified coaches. Comparable in executive and career coaching services, with a differentiated technology-enabled delivery model.

Direct peers

• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Global outplacement and career transition services provider, offering corporate career transition packages, leadership development, and individual career coaching. Most direct competitor to Business Mentors' corporate outplacement and executive coaching services.
• LHH (Lee Hecht Harrison): Major provider of career transition, outplacement, and leadership development services to corporations and individuals. Directly comparable in service mix (outplacement, executive coaching, leadership development) and target buyer (corporate HR).
• BetterUp: Enterprise coaching and mental wellness platform offering one-on-one executive and career coaching with a global coach network. Directly competes with Business Mentors for corporate coaching budgets but at vastly greater scale and with proprietary technology.
• Keystone Associates: Boutique career transition and executive coaching firm serving senior leaders, often retained by corporations for outplacement. Highly comparable in target client (senior executives), service model (one-on-one coaching), and boutique positioning.
• Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Outplacement and career consulting firm offering individual and group career transition services to corporations and displaced executives. Comparable in outplacement, career coaching, and corporate service delivery.
• Randstad RiseSmart: Provider of outplacement, career transition, and internal mobility solutions to employers. Directly comparable in outplacement and career coaching services, with a tech-enabled delivery model targeting the same corporate buyers.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Nonprofit provider of executive education, leadership development, and coaching programs for individuals and organizations. Comparable in executive coaching and leadership development offerings, particularly for senior-level clients.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with executive search, leadership development, and coaching practices. Overlaps with Business Mentors in executive coaching and leadership development, but operates at much larger scale across a broad portfolio of HR services.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational performance company offering executive coaching, leadership development programs, and corporate training. Comparable in corporate coaching and leadership development services but operates across a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/business-mentors-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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