Uplift Mentorship Onboarding 1 - Edison

​Your program orientation session. Covers program expectations, mentor matching, community guidelines, and how to get the most from your 9 weeks.

​Cohort 1 — Thomas Edison

​Born in Ohio but built his life and legacy in New Jersey — his Menlo Park laboratory was the original "invention factory" and Edison ultimately held 1,093 U.S. patents.

​This is the operator-heavy, customer-chasing cohort — 8 of 16 mentees focused on go-to-market and customer acquisition. Edison's genius wasn't just invention; it was relentless iteration toward products that real customers would buy. This cohort's energy is ship, listen, ship again.