Starting Your Relationship

Finding the Right Mentor

• Seven Tips for Finding a Great Mentor - A good mentoring relationship allows both mentor and mentee to develop new talents and build self-awareness. In business settings, the mentee can become more in-tune with a corporate culture and the mentor can hone leadership skills. But arguably the toughest part of a mentoring relationship is finding a mentor.
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• Finding the Right Mentor for You - Some entrepreneurs may make it look easy to talk your way into the good graces of a great role model who will help you grow your business, but it isn't always easy to find that one special person.
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• A mentor is someone with more entrepreneurial business experience than you who serves as a trusted confidante over an extended period of time.  
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• Your Introduction letter should include a thank you to your mentor for offering their help, a brief explanation of why you were interested in working with them, what you would like to achieve in the next few months and a suggestion for the next steps.
  Sample Introductory Letter >>

Finding the Right Mentee

• Your introduction letter should include a brief introductory note about your own experience, an explanation of why you were interested in working with the entrepreneur, a list of any questions that you might want to hear the answers to prior to your first conversation and a suggestion for the next steps – such as a time to meet to better get to know each other.
  Sample Introductory Letter >>