YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2022

Bert Thornton and Dr. Sherry Hartnett say mentors often learn as much as they teach. They share ten ways this relationship is beneficial to mentors. The post The Gifts Of Mentoring: Ten Ways You’ll Benefit From Being A Mentor appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

After working many years in business, both in large companies as well as startups, I’ve realized that you can learn more from peers and mentors than from any formal education program. Best of all, I find mentoring to be fun and fulfilling for both the giver and the receiver. Mentoring works best one-on-one and person-to-person.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

Every entrepreneur can learn from a mentor, no matter how confident or successful they have been to date. Yet most entrepreneurs simply don’t know how to work with a mentor. Some of the best mentoring relationships don’t involve monetary compensation, but none are free. Agree on specific objectives and time frames.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The 10-week program will enable startups to trial their products at scale, network with industry experts, receive mentoring from the VFS leadership team and access funding from VFS and L Marks. Receive mentoring from Senior Volvo Executives. WHERE WILL THE MENTORS COME FROM? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? The program has 4 stages: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2021

A mentor can help, says Mary Smith, associate consultant at IA Business Advisors. The post Mentors Can Help Decipher Free Advice appeared first on Young Upstarts. Any advice - and especially free advice - should be carefully analyzed before applying it to your life, team, or business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2022

The success or failure of a formal mentoring program depends on one role: the program’s champion. Dr. Sherry Hartnett explains what a mentoring champion does, and how to pick the best person for the job. The post Who Should Run Your Mentoring Program?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2022

According to Bert Thornton and Dr. Sherry Hartnett, a mentoring program might just become your secret weapon in navigating uncertain, chaotic times and coming out on top. Here are nine ways mentoring can help you meet the challenges of 2022.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Do founders really need mentors? The post Do Founders Really Need Mentors? I’ve explored the answer to the question here. If you’re interested, hop in. appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The value of mentors has been flaunted the world over and with excellent reason. Becoming a mentor is a way of meeting that responsibility. Becoming the ideal mentor. Before beginning the endeavor of making yourself available to mentor, look to the past at your earliest experience with mentoring.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Most people think of mentoring as a giving exchange, but it’s really a getting exchange. Bert Thornton and Dr. Sherry Hartnett share ten ways becoming a mentor can benefit you in 2022 — and beyond. The post Ten Reasons To Make Mentoring Your New Year’s Resolution appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

CrowdIt ( www.crowdit.com ) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by building an online community, as well as incorporating elements of mentoring, peer review and business networking for inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs and other associated dreamers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2022

Anyone can benefit from a mentor, whether that mentor is male or female. But it’s especially important for women and girls to find women who can serve as their mentors. A Mentor Can Help appeared first on Young Upstarts. The post Need An Extra Boost With Your Career?

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JULY 30, 2022

Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference The Lean Startup Conference is next week--and now that we can step back and see all the speakers and mentors, we have to say: Wow. Another way to learn more about who’s speaking is to sort the conference program by category and find people addressing specific topics.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here's what high-impact mentoring looks like. The post What Does High-Impact Mentoring Look Like? Connecting experienced leaders with emerging talent in your organization is one of the best ways to attract, retain, and develop high performers. 15 Critical Insights That Make The Difference appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors. Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. A post by Micah Baldwin , a TechStars mentor who now heads up Graphicly , provided a similar nudge for me. by Rick Turoczy.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 5, 2017

Business mentors are as old as concept of entrepreneurs themselves. While many entrepreneurs aren’t in the position to have Mark Zuckerberg as a personal mentor, we asked entrepreneurs to dream big. We wanted to know which name was at the top of their “dream mentor” list. #1 My ultimate CEO mentor would be Sir Richard Branson.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

What is a mentor? Every worthwhile discussion about mentoring and how to ask someone to be your mentor starts with that simple question. A mentor is someone who shortens your professional learning curve by sharing advice based on their experience facing situations you are facing or will face down the road. Have an agenda.

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SVPG

MARCH 19, 2022

To continue on with the coaching series, one question that frequently comes up is the difference between coaching and mentoring? The post Coaching vs. Mentoring appeared first on Silicon Valley Product Group. Is there even a meaningful difference? View Article.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The post Level-Up With A Mentor appeared first on Young Upstarts. If you are prepared to take your career to the next level through mentorship, it's time to put the insecurity aside and make it happen.

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JULY 12, 2021

Here are the key recommendations from both of us, based on my own business mentoring insights: Re-launch using your enhanced core competency. Find mentors who have the skills you lack. Proactively seek out mentors who will tell you what you need to hear, rather than what you want to hear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a long-time mentor to new entrepreneurs and business owners, I have noticed that many no longer associate more fulfillment and satisfaction with more money, power, and success. Mentor others to share what you have learned. It seems that fulfillment to these new entrepreneurs is all about changing the world and legacy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Every entrepreneur can learn from a mentor, no matter how confident or successful they have been to date. Yet most entrepreneurs simply don’t know how to work with a mentor. Some of the best mentoring relationships don’t involve monetary compensation, but none are free. Agree on specific objectives and time frames.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 1, 2021

Why work with a Coach or a Mentor? I’ll start this post with a quick argument in favor of CEO Coaches and Mentors (sometimes called Advisors). Now that their value seems much more obvious, and there are so many amazing Mentors and Coaches available, I’m surprised by how many CEOs I speak to still seem skeptical about their value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the things I’ve learned over my years as a business mentor and investor is that life isn’t fair when it comes to succeeding in business. Use friends and mentors with extensive experience to gauge both. The key is to keep learning, from mentors, books, and online. The more you have, the greater your potential.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 5, 2020

The phrase “contemporary mentors” popped into my head on loop number six of eight on my morning run. It was in the middle of Seth’s interview that the phrase “contemporary mentors” popped into my head. They are mentors of mine, in a long list of mentors. Tim and Seth – thank you.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Motivated entrepreneurs should strive to build relationships with mentors , Justin recommends. Mentors can be anyone who has achieved success in life. Ideally, choose a mentor in the same industry where you want to work. To find a mentor in your field, seek out people on LinkedIn.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 5, 2020

In response to my post, Contemporary Mentors , a female reader of this blog who often sends me notes when I fall into a pattern of highlighting cis-het-white men, responded directly to the post with: I hope that you add more women and more diversity to your contemporary mentors. I responded with: I have many women mentors.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

During my many years of mentoring professionals and entrepreneurs in business, I more often see people focusing on how to get their ideas heard , than how to promote themselves. Take full advantage of every mentoring and coaching opportunity, and network with peers both inside and outside the company.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2021

Reverse mentoring can be a plus for businesses in bridging generation gaps and knowledge gaps, and also a lifeline for older workers who otherwise might get phased out. The older people better pay attention to these young people and find a mentor so they can teach them about technology. And the mentor should respect that.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2019

Mentoring a startup is a rewarding way to pay if forward and when done right not only can you give something back to a community, but you can also receive some amazing rewards. However, what I found is that many of the mentors I come across just aren’t prepared or aware of what their role really is and how to support a Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Workship - Mentor. Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. This is a productive working relationship where one party, more knowledgeable and/or experienced, takes an active role in fostering the advance of the other. Workship - Advocate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Seek input from the team, as well as mentors. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice from peers, your advisory board, and outside experts and mentors. Some well-known business leaders, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg , always kept an active mentor relationship with a peer or two, to discuss business challenges and strategy.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Mentor: Learning from a mentor is a very powerful thing. The challenge is that there are usually way fewer mentors than there are mentees. One hack is to have “informal” mentors – people you learn from without them directly knowing that they are a mentor for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2021

As a mentor, I’m regularly frustrated by people who try to cover their lack of confidence with ego and arrogance , rather than working on the base issue. Even the most proven and recognized business leaders today, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett , give credit to their relationships and mentoring.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Business mentors are as old as concept of entrepreneurs themselves. While many entrepreneurs aren’t in the position to have Mark Zuckerberg as a personal mentor, we asked entrepreneurs to dream big. We wanted to know which name was at the top of their “dream mentor” list. #1 I would be honored to have Elon Musk as a mentor.

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