> helped mentor their developers This is typically missing from startup culture. Anecdotally, mentorship improves everyone involved, but I don't know if there

> helped mentor their developers This is typically missing from startup culture. Anecdotally, mentorship improves everyone involved, but I don't know if there's data out there showing if engineering mentorship within a startup improves its chances of success (or is otherwise beneficial [1]). To some extent, groups like YC participants and alumni end up being mentors to each other, but I doubt that extends beyond the founders. Might the OP have an opinion on something like a rent-a-mentor program/startup? [1] Not that certain benefits, like productivity, would be enough to motivate a change, as evidence by the open plan office situation