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The MAP Institute is a business mentoring company for founders and directors of businesses, not-for-profits and social enterprises.

History
The MAP Institute was founded on 13th Jan 2017 for the purposes of providing mentoring support to the small business community in Sydney. In 2020, the MAP Institute was an official collaboration partner with the NSW State Government for Small Business Month, providing mentoring to local councils throughout NSW, including Kempsey and Bega. The MAP Institute continues to provide mentoring to communities of business owners on behalf of local councils around Australia.

Mentoring
The MAP Institute provides collective mentoring in a board of directors style environment for its members. Members meet on a monthly basis and cover core fundamental topics on successful entrepreneurship, with the meeting facilitated by a professional chairperson. The format of the mentoring is a collective informal advisory board structure. Private mentoring by its chairs is also available to organisation stakeholders.

The MAP Institute has been a supplier to all levels of government for mentoring small business owners. In 2021 it became a mentoring supplier to the Commonwealth, the Federal Government, specifically the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (for the Boosting Female Founders initiative). Through the support of local council  , the MAP Institute provides a complimentary Mentoring Scholarship Program to business communities. As a Campaign Associate of Australia Made, the MAP Institute has provided mentoring to Australian Made licensees to support their business growth.

Media
In recognition of the mentoring support provided by the MAP Institute to business communities through local council, the MAP Institute has been featured in a number of publications such as the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post, the Gouldburn Post and the Bungendore Regional Independent. The MAP Institute Mentoring Scholarship programs have been covered by The Weekly Times in editions dated 24th March 2021 and 29th June 2021.