Find step-by-step guides and answers for getting the most out of Babele — whether you’re applying to a program, running one, mentoring, or evaluating.
Glossary
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Ecosystem, Members & Events
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- Creating your profile and browsing opportunities
- Creating custom pages (investors, challenges, perks, partners)
- How the Home feed works
- Setting up the Forum and discussion threads
- Creating events and syncing calendars
- Sending group emails and newsletters
- Controlling who can connect with whom
- Tagging stakeholders and building sub-networks (circles)
- Managing members (the directory)
KPIs, Surveys & Reporting
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- Downloading application, selection and mentoring reports
- Viewing platform usage statistics and portfolio distribution
- Exporting KPIs and reports to a spreadsheet
- Viewing KPI dashboards and comparing ventures over time
- Creating a recurring survey
- How surveys work and how they feed KPIs
- Setting KPI collection frequency and start date
- Defining KPIs: portfolio-level vs. venture-level
- How do I input my KPI data?
Mentoring & Coaching
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- Tracking all mentoring sessions and feedback
- Assigning mentors to ventures
- Leaving feedback after a session
- Where do I chat with my mentor or mentee?
- Connecting your meeting app (Zoom / Teams / Google Meet)
- Setting your availability as a mentor
- How does expert matching work?
- The mentor review-and-feedback loop
- Requesting mentoring or expert support
- Scheduling a meeting / coaching session
Program Delivery & Capacity Building
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- Where do I find my tasks and learning content?
- Attaching files to a deliverable
- How do I complete and submit a deliverable?
- How stage gates work and how to unlock the next stage
- Setting a program timeline: calendar planner vs. stage-gate
- Creating deliverable templates and activities
- Adding learning content to a program (videos, docs, case studies)
- Building a program framework: modules, milestones and topics
Applications & Selection
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- How an accepted application becomes a venture profile
- Comparing evaluator scores and notifying applicants of outcomes
- Using the responses dashboard and running bulk actions
- Making a question mandatory and adding conditional logic
- How to score an application (evaluator)
- Building an evaluation and scoring criteria (admin)
- Yellow vs. blue questions explained (admin)
- Creating an application (admin)
Getting Started
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- Managing your notifications
- Editing your profile
- Resetting your password
- Syncing your calendar (Google / Outlook)
- Understanding roles: who can do what
- Spaces and programs: what they are and how to switch
- Understanding your navigation menu
- Accepting your invitation and logging in
- What is Babele and what can I do here?