Advise

EC Advisor Network · Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Become an advisor.

Share your time, talents, and expertise with local startups and founders by joining the EC Advisor Network. Our advisors are key to helping founders save time, money, and resources on their path to success.

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EC advisors working with founders
Network
200 advisors and experts
Roles
Executives-in-Residence to General Advisors
Involvement
Office hours, one-on-one mentorship, special events
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We match the need with the expert.

Our network of 200 advisors help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of running a business.

How you can engage

Pick a role. Pick your involvement.

Roles

Where you fit in the network.

  • Executives-in-Residence
  • Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
  • Champion Mentors
  • General Advisors

Involvement

How you show up for founders.

  • Program Support
  • Office Hours
  • One-on-one Mentorship
  • Lead Special Events

In the room

Here’s what advising actually looks like.

Most of the work is one conversation at a time.

An advisor and a founder seated across a white table in a one-on-one meeting at the EC
Office hours

One founder, one question, one table.

Office hours put you across the table from a founder with a specific problem. You bring the experience that shortens their path.

Two people talking over coffee at a long wooden table in front of tall windows at the EC
One-on-one mentorship

The relationship outlasts the meeting.

One-on-one mentorship pairs you with a founder for guidance that continues past the first conversation.

Founders and an advisor talking over coffee at the EC
We make the match

You meet the founder who needs you.

Tell us your expertise and how you want to serve. We match the need with the expert, so your time lands where it counts.

Two ways in

Ready to share what you know?

Apply to the network

Tell us about your expertise and how you’d like to serve. We match advisors to the founders who need them.

Apply now

Still deciding?

Review the roles and involvement options first — from a few office hours to leading special events.

Review the roles

The EC Advisor Network is a program of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.