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Springboard 2 Mentoring Program

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on supporting athletes in pursuing dual careers and preparing for life beyond competitive sport. However, the transition from being a professional athlete to a new career is not always easy, and many athletes face challenges in identifying and accessing new professional opportunities.Springboard 2 pairs female athletes with mentors who already work in sports tech, so the move is guided by people who have made it themselves. The program runs inside a 24-month Erasmus+ Sport partnership delivered by six organisations across Europe and co-funded by the European Union. Places in the program is limited.
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Mentoring Program Overview

Our mentoring program is designed to support and guide women in sports, helping them navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and reach their full potential. Whether you are a professional in a large sports club, a national federation, working for a NOC, involved in sports at the municipal or state level, a coach, leader, aspiring leader, referee, technical delegate, or board member, you are welcome to apply as a mentee. If you have extensive experience as a female professional in or outside of sports and wish to take on the role of a mentor, we promise a valuable and rewarding journey. We look forward to receiving your application. For this project its a plus if you have background, knowledge from/with technology.
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Springboard 2: an Erasmus+ EU funded project

A 24-month Erasmus+ Sport Cooperation Partnership equipping 100 women athletes with the training, mentoring and network to build their next career in the sports tech industry.

The mission behind the program

The barrier is the pipeline, not the talent.

Women hold a small share of leadership in European sport and an even smaller share of the sports tech workforce. The pattern repeats at every level, and it is not because the talent is missing.
The Springboard 2 barrier assessment, a mixed-methods study with female athletes across Europe, found that the main thing holding them back is not a lack of skill or ambition. It is access: to the right knowledge, the right networks, and people who have done it before. When athletes were asked what would help most, mentoring came up ahead of everything else.
Athletes already carry what this sector needs. Years of pacing under pressure, reading a game, leading a locker room and handling sponsorship deals translate directly into running a company, managing a product and pitching to investors. Springboard 2 is built to make that translation visible, and to connect it with people who can open doors.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MENTORING PROGRAM

As a mentee you are matched with one mentor, through the SheSkillz Global mentoring platform. The match is based on your goals and their experience, not on who happens to be free.

You and your mentor meet for at least four sessions of 45 to 60 minutes. The sessions follow a clear structure built on the development staircase: you start by mapping where you are and where you want to go, then work through the steps in between. After each session you write short minutes on the platform and your mentor adds their notes, so nothing gets lost between meetings.

How does it work?

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Explore the Mentoring Program

Read through the program details and decide whether it fits to you:

"Letters to the Mentees" or "Letters to the Mentors".

Gain a deeper understanding if the program is for you as a mentee or the impact you can make as a mentor. The FAQ below covers most of the common questions.

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Apply and Express Your Interest

MENTEES: You have read the information letter and meet the criteria. When registering, remember to click on “Springboard2” or use the access code provided. Fill in your profile with as much detail as you can. The more we know about your background and what you want from the program, the better the match.

MENTORS: Interested? Fantastic! Share your interest in becoming a mentor by sending a short email along with your CV to info@sheskillzglobal.com. Please also mention which program you would like to be a mentor for, such as Springboard 2. Don't forget to tell us why mentoring matters to you and to check out the mentoring agreement.

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Selection process

MENTEES:  Selected applicants are invited to a short online interview. If you are accepted for the program, you will have to sign the mentoring agreement.  Then you will be given access to the platform and can add your profile on the SheSkillz Global platform.

MENTORS: Start filling out your profile and use the Acess Code you have been given. We value authenticity. Expect a brief quality and ethical check to ensure a meaningful mentorship experience. Afterwards we get in touch about matching you with a mentee.

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Start the program

Once accepted and you have filled out the profile as a mentee or a mentor, you will be matched on the platform with one mentor from SheSkillz Global and one from Springboard 2. Together with your mentors, you will agree on the timing of your first out of four sessions using the video conferencing tool of your choice. Following each session, you will complete a brief online form called 'session minutes,' thoughtfully provided by us on the platform. This form allows your mentors to offer feedback and serves as a valuable document to guide your subsequent sessions. If you have any queries along the way, feel free to reach out to us at info@sheskillzglobal.com.

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Quotes from the project team

"As General Manager of the Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC), Iris Córdoba plays a key role in driving innovation across the global sports industry. With extensive experience leading international projects and fostering collaboration between startups, corporations, and sports organizations, she strongly believes that innovation is built through ecosystem connections. Through her work at GSIC, she actively promotes digital transformation, knowledge sharing, and the adoption of new technologies in sport. Her strength lies in connecting stakeholders and turning innovation into real impact."

Iris Cordoba Mondejar

Co-Founder & Managing Director at GSIC
We are two entrepreneurs from different worlds, united by a shared purpose and a belief that we are stronger together. Our complementary skills, professional backgrounds, cultural perspectives, and personalities allow us to approach challenges with both diversity and alignment. Guro brings extensive experience from the sports industry, working at both national and international levels with deep knowledge of the sports ecosystem. Isabella contributes expertise from the technology sector, having worked with both startups and large global companies to drive innovation and growth. Together, we combine strategic thinking, entrepreneurial experience, and a passion for creating meaningful impact. Rather than overlapping, our strengths reinforce one another, making us a well-balanced and highly effective team.

Isabella Raunigk & Guro Askheim Johnsen

Brand Experience Director • Founder, CEO
“Sinan Güler, Co-Founder of Güler Legacy, first saw the opportunity through Springboard 1: sports tech as a genuine dual-career path for athletes, not just something to pick up once playing ends. Springboard 2 builds on that with a deliberate focus on women athletes. GL believes the discipline, leadership, and resilience built through sport carry directly into entrepreneurship, and wants to see more women make that leap. His work centers on turning that possibility into something concrete: training, mentorship, and technology fluency built specifically with women athletes in mind.”

Sinan Güler

Co-Founder of Güler Legacy
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About the partners

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IGLOO INNOVATION

Igloo Innovation is an innovation hub based at SNØ outside Oslo, connecting sports, technology, health, and business. We develop and lead collaborative innovation projects that bring together startups, established companies, researchers, investors, sports organizations, and public partners. Through pilot projects, international collaboration, and practical testing environments, we accelerate innovation and help transform promising ideas into sustainable solutions with real-world impact for sport, health, and society.
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GSIC Powered by Microsoft

Founded in 2015, the GSIC is a global non-profit association that drives innovation in sports and builds one of the strongest international ecosystems in the sector. We connect sports organizations with cutting-edge solutions that help them grow, transform, and adapt to today’s challenges. Our greatest value lies in our community: GSIC members are the providers of innovative products and services that address the real needs of the sports industry of today.
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Collective Innovation

An editorial, a ledger, and a record of works in progress — written and revised by the people at Collective Innovation, a small ecosystem of organisations based in Oslo and working across Europe since 2019.
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Orange Sports Forum

OSF is a platform of 300 sports related organizations from the Netherlands, varying from multinational companies to startups and from knowledge institutes to sport clubs and federations.. OSF facilities its network with their international ambitions by bringing them into contact with potential partners abroad and vice versa.
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Guler Legacy

Güler Legacy is a family basketball community founded in 2011 by Sinan Güler, his father, and his brother, built on character and belonging. Having reached nearly 4,000 young athletes across 59 cities and 16 countries, it now builds digital tools connecting basketball with education and career planning.
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SheSkillz Global

We at SheSkillz Global like to look at ourselves as game changers. We're committed to empowering women through innovative mentoring programs and career advancement opportunities. Join us as we redefine success in sports and champion gender equality worldwide.

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Women in Sports?

Join our mentoring program and become part of a community that celebrates diversity, fosters growth, and empowers women in sports to grow professional. Together, we can create a more inclusive and equitable future for women in Springboard 2.
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FAQs

Our Mentoring Program is a dynamic and enriching experience designed for female professionals. It connects mentees with senior mentors eager to share their expertise and knowledge. Our Springboard 2 mentoring program is tailored to provide a supportive environment for career-focused discussions, networking opportunities, and personal and professional development for women in Springboard 2.

We recommend reading the information letter If you meet the criteria to become a mentee you can apply for one of the available places. The deadline to apply for the first group is: 15.12.2026.

If you meet the criteria to become a mentee, you can apply for our Mentoring Program. Please see the “How does it work” section above for detailed steps.

Mentoring is voluntary, and mentors are not paid. If you are accepted as a mentee, we kindly ask that you respect your appointments with your mentor.

How much time does it take? You commit to having at least four (4) sessions with your mentor, each lasting 45-60 minutes. In addition, there will be webinars and also in some countries «in person» meetings. You can read more about this in the information letter.

Our Mentoring Program is a dynamic and enriching experience designed for female professionals. It connects mentees with senior mentors eager to share their expertise and knowledge. Our mentoring program is tailored to provide a supportive environment for career-focused discussions, networking opportunities, and personal and professional development for women in sports and technology. Being a mentor is voluntary, and you are not paid.
We recommend reading the information letter to find out if being a mentor is right for you and if you meet the criteria for becoming a mentor. The deadline to apply for the first group is: 15.12.2026.
How much time does it take to be a mentor? You commit to having at least four (4) sessions with your mentee, each lasting 45-60 minutes. We would appreciate it if you could also attend the webinars, but this is not mandatory.

The World Economic Forum has reported that achieving gender equality will take more than 130 years, and sports are no exception. The statistics regarding the number of women in various positions in sports are clear.

 

The program is designed to promote gender equality in the professional sports world. While focusing on women, we firmly believe in a world where «Talent has no gender in sports and technology». We are dedicated to empowering female professionals in sports by connecting them with opportunities and mentors. As we move toward achieving our program’s vision, “A world where talent has no gender in Sport technology,” we plan to open the program to all genders who share our goal of promoting gender equality in the workplace. This once we have a more gender-balanced leadership in sports at all levels and positions. Until then, we ask for your understanding as we focus on women.

The program is free if you are accepted, EU funding covers the cost.

Our goal is to create changes in sports regarding gender equality at all levels of the organisation. To achieve this, we need them to commit to supporting the mentees’ careers, as they represent their sport/organisation/institutions. We all need to “walk the talk.”  So if you are connected to a sport organisation/company in the sport sector, it will be good if you add a support letter from them to it.

If you meet all other criteria, have a sports career, and want to work for a sports organisation/company in the sport sector/start your own company. Please send an email to lorenzo@sheskillzglobal.com with your CV and a motivation letter.
Yes, you can. Many of the mentees in SheSkillz Global programs are executives.

Inform one of us on the Project Management team and we will look into it.

 

Message :You can also check out the Q&A for the SheSkillz Global platform here: FAQs

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