James Lu Morrissey
Founder of Mentor Collective
James Lu Morrissey
Founder of Mentor Collective
Miami, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
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Mentor
2023
Mentor
2017
Co-Founder and Board Director
2024
Co-founder, President, Board Director
2013 - 2023
Mentor Collective is the leading provider of research-backed mentoring programs. MC partners with leading universities and companies to scale mentorship to all their students/employees. We have created over 300,000 mentorships, been ranked a top 100 remote workplace in the US, and raised ~$30M in funding from leading investors. Mentor Collective has been recognized by TechCrunch, Inc, Forbes, Fortune, Boston Globe, and many others including: - 2023 - #73 on Fortune's list of the Most Innovative Companies in America - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 - Inc 5000 multi-year recipient - 2020, 2021, 2022 - Built In Boston's top 10 Best Small Company to work for in Boston / top 100 remote workplace - 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 - four-time winner of the Golden Bridge Awards / Globee Awards - 2018 - BostInno's 50 on Fire - 2015 - Techstars Boston
Angel Investor
2015
Advisor
2018
Advisor
2018 - 2022
Advisor
2018 - 2020
Entrepreneur Delegate at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017
2017 - 2017
https://www.ges2017.org/about-ges/
Multiple leadership positions
2011 - 2017