This could be an amazing investment depending on who your mentor is. If Warren Buffett invested $100k in me[1] for 10% (valuing me at $1m) of my future income I

This could be an amazing investment depending on who your mentor is. If Warren Buffett invested $100k in me[1] for 10% (valuing me at $1m) of my future income I would do it for the sole fact that I would have a direct line to the Warren Bat Cave, that would be priceless. If Joe Schmoe wanted to invest in me I wouldn't do it. The question is essentially will the mentor help me increase my lifetime earnings (and lifetime happiness) more then the cost of the mentorship. I could just ask for $1m put it in a index fund, get my 7% annual income of $70k and give my investor $7,000/year and be set for life. The flip side is many mentors/advisors will not invest in your startup but provide their network and mentorship while maybe only asking for 0.25% of your startup, not lifetime earnings. I would like to see this list of mentors, but for now I wouldn't go through upstart.com... [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPoCsTHIYg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPoCsTHIYg