The document summarizes a mentoring program that matches university students and graduates with experienced professionals to foster entrepreneurship. The program aims to help participants develop their full potential through advice and sharing from senior mentors. Mentors volunteer their time and are provided benefits from the university in return, like parking and library access. The program has grown over four editions from initially matching 19 pairs to matching over 60 pairs in the most recent edition. Feedback indicates high satisfaction rates of over 88% from mentors and 93% from students and graduates.

1. Fostering the
entrepreneurship using
university-industry
interactions through
mentoring
Prof. Fernando Vidal-Giménez
Domingo Galiana-Lapera
Abel Torrecillas-Moreno
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Barcelona, 24th April 2014

3. The Mentoring programme
Listen, give advice, share
Help for students and graduates through the experienced professionals

4. Twin folded Mentoring
Professional Entrepreneur

5. Matching different generations:
Senior & Junior

6. What was the spark?

7. Aim: to develop the full potential

8. Who are the participants?

9. How does it work?

10. Who can be a mentor?

11. How do we match them?

12. Where and how they meet?

13. What do they do?

14. Obligations of participants

15. Timing

16. Success story
Javier Reina and Vanessa Liberman
http://youtu.be/TDPDo6k27lc

17. Advantages for mentors
UMH Card – Tutor
Parking, discounts, library, sports facilities,

18. Results

19. I Edition: Pilot
matches 19

20. matches
10
48
38
Entrepreneurs
Professionals
II Edition

21. III Edition
matches
50
12
38
Entrepreneurs
Professionals

22. IV Edition
60
pareja Matches
15
45
Entrepreneurs
Professionals

23. Feedback
88% mentors satisfied
93% estudents/
graduates satisfied

24. Challenges
Scale
Satisfaction
Compromise
Value added

25. … Online content (Creative Sector)…
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Happiness…
The secret of happines is giving instead of taking
‐ If you want happiness for an hour; take a nap.
‐ If you want happiness for a day; go fishing.
‐ If you want happiness for a month; get married.
‐ If you want happiness for a year; inherit a fortune.
‐ If you want happiness for a lifetime; help someone else. Chinese Proverb
Acknowledging and honouring
Everyone supporting others