MENTORING WITH FRANCESCA

A steady space to grow into the founder your brand needs

For independent founders building something of their own and ready to develop the clarity, confidence, and judgment to lead their way.

This is mentoring, not consulting.

When you work with me on a consulting basis, I do the strategic thinking for your brand and hand you the direction. Mentoring is different. Here, I help you do that thinking for yourself so that the clarity you reach stays with you long after we stop talking.

I built this for the founders I kept meeting who needed real strategic guidance but weren’t ready, or able, to commission consulting — and who didn’t need someone to take the wheel so much as someone in their corner. Someone to think alongside, to ask the right question, to help them trust what they already half-know.

It’s a new addition to the ways I support independent builders, alongside the blog and the newsletter. I also mentor through Femme Palette and Mentor Lane — this is the same care, offered directly and shaped entirely around you.

How it works

RHYTHM

One 60-minute online session each month, over three months.

FORMAT

A calm, one-to-one video conversation. No slides, no homework to perform — just real thinking.

FOCUS

You arrive with a goal that matters to you; we shape the arc around it.

COMMITMENT

Billed monthly. It’s designed as a full arc, but if life changes, you can stop after any month.

What you can expect to find.

Not answers handed down, but the things that let you find your own: clarity about what you’re really building, the confidence to develop it your way, and your own voice — distinct, and finally trusted.

Most founders I work with arrive feeling overwhelmed and a little scattered, pulled in too many directions to hear themselves think. They leave more in control: clearer on what matters, calmer about the rest, and moving forward on their own terms rather than someone else’s.

What people are saying

  • “A guiding light”

    “Francesca was […] capable of encouraging my talent, shaking my desire to give my best and involving me in problem-solving. She stimulated skills I didn’t think I had.”

    — Eleonora

  • “10/10 recommend!”

    “Francesca is […] incredibly professional, dedicated, smart, and authentic. […] I can’t say enough good things about working with and learning from Francesca.”

    — Melissa

Let’s start a conversation

Tell me a little about what you’re building and where you’d like support. If it feels like a good fit, we’ll take it from there. No pressure, no script — just an honest conversation.

I read every message myself and reply personally.