I Started Mentoring Young People. It Transformed My Business — Here’s How.

By Giving List Staff   |   May 22, 2026

For Entrepreneur, co-founder of Youth Champions Jack Cline shared how mentoring young people changes his business for the better.

“Mentoring forced me to explain ideas I had been carrying on instinct for years. It made me step back from the urgency of the quarter and think harder about how I develop people, not just how I manage output. That is why I think more founders should take mentoring seriously, not as a side commitment, but as a discipline that can make the business stronger.”

Read more of Jack Cline’s powerful insights over at Entrepreneur.

 

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Each $1,000 donation to Youth Champions funds one student’s stipend, powering an entire year of personal development for an underserved Los Angeles teen at no cost to them. Your gift provides access to this life-changing program, stability for a teen’s family, and opportunity through mentorship and exposure to new horizons – all of which can launch the next Kevin or Danna toward a brighter future. It’s not just a donation; it’s an investment in Los Angeles’s youth, one champion at a time.

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Each $1,000 donation to Youth Champions funds one student’s stipend, powering an entire year of personal development for an underserved Los Angeles teen at no cost to them. Your gift provides access to this life-changing program, stability for a teen’s family, and opportunity through mentorship and exposure to new horizons – all of which can launch the next Kevin or Danna toward a brighter future. It’s not just a donation; it’s an investment in Los Angeles’s youth, one champion at a time.

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Business Finance Capital (BFC)
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Vera R. Campbell Foundation
Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Bagnard Family Foundation
Gold Family Foundation
The Friese Foundation
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