Mentor agreement

1. Independent contractor relationship

You are an independent contractor. You are not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venturer of Menty. Menty does not withhold income taxes, Social Security, or Medicare from your earnings, does not provide workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance coverage, and does not offer any employment benefits.

You control the method and means by which you deliver your services — your curriculum, training approach, session structure, and professional judgment. Menty provides the marketplace platform, booking infrastructure, payment processing, and communication tools. Menty does not direct the professional content of your sessions.

You are responsible for obtaining any professional licenses, certifications, or permits required to offer the services you describe in your profile in the jurisdictions where you operate.

2. Platform license

Menty grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the platform solely for the purpose of listing and delivering mentorship services to athletes who book through Menty. This license is conditioned on your continued compliance with this Agreement and the Terms of Service.

You may not sublicense, resell, or otherwise transfer access to the platform to any third party. You may not use Menty’s brand, name, or marks in any external marketing without Menty’s prior written approval.

3. Mentor commitments

By accepting this Agreement, you commit to the following:

• —Accuracy — your profile, credentials, experience claims, and program descriptions are truthful and not misleading. You will update your profile promptly if any representation becomes inaccurate.
• —Delivery — you will deliver the services you describe in each listing, at the quality level an athlete has a right to expect based on your profile and the session type booked.
• —Responsiveness — for program enrollments, you will make first contact with the athlete (message or session scheduling) within 7 days of enrollment and deliver a first session within 14 days.
• —Professional conduct — you will treat athletes and parents with respect at all times. You will not demean, shame, or harass any athlete.
• —Safety — zero tolerance for hazing, abuse, inappropriate physical contact, or conduct that endangers any athlete. If you witness or learn of suspected abuse of a minor during or in connection with a session, you will report it to Menty immediately and cooperate with any investigation.
• —Minor-athlete protocols — for athletes who are minors, all communication outside of scheduled sessions must remain within the Menty platform. You will not contact minor athletes or their families via personal phone, personal email, or social media outside the platform.

Background checks: [TODO LAWYER REVIEW] insert background-check disclosure or self-attestation clause here. V1 deferral acknowledged; counsel to advise on the appropriate disclosure language and whether self-attestation is required before any minor-athlete session.

4. Platform fee on Menty-introduced athletes

You are free to work with any athlete on or off the platform. This section does not restrict your right to provide mentorship or coaching services to anyone. It establishes a fee obligation for a specific case: paid services delivered off-platform to an athlete you first met through Menty.

For each athlete you first connect with through the Menty platform (a “Menty-introduced athlete”), if within six months after the last on-platform session between you and that athlete you accept payment for mentorship or coaching services delivered to that athlete outside the Menty platform, you agree to pay Menty a platform fee equal to the percentage that would have applied to the off-platform transaction had it been processed through Menty (currently 20% for Starter-tier and 15% for Pro-tier accounts).

This fee compensates Menty for the introduction and the platform services that produced the relationship. It applies only to paid services and only to athletes first introduced via Menty; it does not apply to athletes you knew or worked with before joining Menty, and it does not apply at all after the six-month tail expires. You agree to report any covered off-platform transactions to Menty in good faith and to pay the corresponding fee within 30 days.

5. Intellectual property

You own the content you create — program curricula, drill libraries, session notes, instructional materials, and any other content you upload to the platform (“Mentor Content”).

By uploading Mentor Content, you grant Menty a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, display, distribute, and use that content within the platform and in Menty’s marketing materials (including excerpts from your public profile and program descriptions) for the purpose of operating and promoting the Service. This license ends when you delete the content or close your account, except for copies already distributed as part of an active athlete enrollment.

You warrant that you own or have all necessary rights to the content you upload, and that it does not infringe the intellectual property or privacy rights of any third party.

6. Athlete data

You access athlete data — goals, metrics, progress notes, messages — as a service provider of Menty, under Menty’s Privacy Policy. Athlete data is provided to you solely for the purpose of delivering the mentorship services the athlete has booked.

You may not export, copy, sell, share, or use athlete data for any purpose outside the platform, including contacting athletes through external channels, building external mailing lists, or any form of secondary analysis or commercial use. This obligation survives termination of this Agreement.

7. Payment + fees

You receive payment for your services through Stripe Connect Standard. You are responsible for creating and maintaining your own Stripe connected account, and your relationship with Stripe is governed by Stripe’s Connected Account Agreement. Menty is not responsible for Stripe payout delays, holds, or account restrictions imposed by Stripe.

Menty collects a platform fee as a Stripe Connect application fee on each transaction: 20% for Starter-tier accounts and 15% for Pro-tier accounts. The platform fee is deducted before funds are transferred to your Stripe account. When Menty issues a full refund to an athlete, the platform fee is reversed and your payout is reduced accordingly.

Menty (or Stripe, depending on the Connect configuration) will issue a Form 1099-K to mentors whose gross payments through the platform meet or exceed the applicable IRS reporting threshold for the calendar year. [TODO LAWYER REVIEW: confirm the 2026 1099-K threshold.]

8. Tax responsibility

As an independent contractor, you are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes on the income you earn through Menty, including self-employment tax. Menty does not withhold any taxes from your earnings.

You are responsible for filing any required tax forms, including Schedule C and Schedule SE (or their equivalents), and for making estimated quarterly tax payments if required by the IRS or your state tax authority. Menty strongly recommends consulting a qualified tax professional.

9. Insurance

Menty strongly recommends — and for in-person sessions, effectively expects — that you maintain general liability insurance appropriate to the services you offer. Menty does not provide insurance coverage for mentors and is not liable for injuries, property damage, or other losses arising from your sessions.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Menty and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or related to: (a) your breach of this Agreement or the Terms of Service; (b) your conduct during sessions, including any injury to an athlete; (c) any inaccurate representation in your profile or program descriptions; (d) your failure to pay applicable taxes; (e) any intellectual property infringement in your Mentor Content; or (f) your violation of any applicable law.

Menty will indemnify you (limited) against claims arising from Menty’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or from defects in Menty’s own intellectual property that infringe a third-party right.

11. Termination

Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time with written notice to the other. If you terminate, you remain obligated to complete all sessions and programs already booked and paid for by athletes before the effective termination date. Menty will process outstanding payouts for completed sessions in the normal Stripe payout cycle.

Menty may terminate this Agreement immediately and without notice for: safety violations, confirmed abuse or harassment, fraudulent misrepresentation of credentials, circumvention, or any conduct that in Menty’s sole judgment poses an immediate risk to athletes or the platform. In such cases, outstanding payouts may be withheld pending investigation.

On termination, your access to the platform is revoked. Sections 4 (no circumvention), 5 (IP), 6 (athlete data), 8 (taxes), 10 (indemnification), and 12 (dispute resolution) survive termination.

12. Dispute resolution + governing law

If a dispute arises under this Agreement, you agree to contact Menty at hello@mentyelevate.com and give Menty 30 days to attempt informal resolution before initiating any formal process.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of [STATE — TODO LAWYER REVIEW], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

13. Stripe Connect acknowledgement

By accepting this Agreement, you confirm that you have read and accepted Stripe’s Connected Account Agreement as a condition of receiving payouts through the Menty platform.

14. Modifications

Menty may update this Agreement from time to time. For material changes, we will notify you by email and will require re-acceptance before you continue listing services on the platform. Continued use of the platform after the effective date of material changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Agreement.