9. 3 months
1st Month
Mentors, mentors, mentors – validate, or change your business
Plans
Pitch, business model, launch, finance
2nd Month
Mentors as advisors
Improve your skills (workshops, seminars)
3rd Month
Launch
Pitch
Plans
10. Week (1 Month)
st
Day 9.30am – 2pm Afternoon Evening
MON Mentors Your work Events …
TUE Mentors Your work
WED Mentors Your work
THU Mentors Your work Team Pub
FRI Team Breakfast Your work
SAT Your work Your work
SUN Your work Your work
11.
12.
13. Mentors
Mentors
Entrepreneurs who share their experience,
knowledge
Giving-back, may be investors, ...
Experts
Area Experts
Based on your needs
BP, Models, Finance, PR, Marketing, Sales, …
You Are Mentors too
14. Mentoring Sessions
Mentoring sessions – 1:1
Speeches – 1:n
Individual sessions, visits – 1:1
Ask them for help
Feedback, experience, pitches
Disagree
Next steps
15. What Mentors Do
•Ask questions, especially the right ones
•Challenging teams' views on their projects
•Out-of-the-box perspective
•Brushing teams' pitches – getting the message
right
•Sharing of knowledge and experience
•Sharing of real-life examples and stories (both
success and fail)
•Opening up the contact lists for the right people
16. Best Practices for Mentors
•Schedule a half-day at SY to go through all
teams (15-45’ each) at first
•Be open, ask questions (even dumb ones), play
the devils advocate
•Agree on at least 1 thing with each team that
they will do or discuss, with a deadline
•Try to schedule a follow up meeting with at least
half of the teams
•Feel free to be in touch also by email
21. Rules
It’s your business – mentors and SY just help
We own your calendar
Know your mentors
10’ Rule
Ask, ask, ask
22. Communication
On-line
E-mail group sy2013teams
FB Group
GSites to share docs
Hockeystick
Off-line
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Breakfasts on Friday
•
Reporting Monthly
•
Every day