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Become a Mentor

Name

Company (if retired, your last company)

Position

Retired no yes

Contact information for publication on the competition Web site

Email

Telephone (work, cell, other)

Fax

Contact information for our internal use only (optional)

Address

City

State

Zip Code

Telephone (home, cell, other)

Mentors are asked to call on each other for assistance with particular issues involved in creating a business plan and preparing for launch. In that regard, list the areas you are most competent in:

For the following, rank your responses from 1 to 5, with 5 being the most, best, highest, etc.:

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How comfortable are you in calling upon other mentors for assistance with areas outside your primary competence?
How comfortable are you with being called on for such assistance?

Your mentoring activities may have to deal with a variety of issues. For the following, rank your experience and familiarity with each:

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Team building (creating cohesion, focus, purpose)
Responsibility (instilling the importance of timeliness, promptness, meeting deadlines, responding to advice)
Progress (assessing work, keeping team on pace, evaluating weaknesses and strengths, providing prompt appropriate feedback, holding team responsible for deadlines)
Research (indicating what are appropriate data concerning such areas as competitive analysis and financials, and what are appropriate analyses)
Writing (quality of writing, explanations, level of detail, clarity)

Though you will be the primary mentor for your assigned team, you will be working closely in conjunction with a mentor from the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship. In that regard, you will need to coordinate advice, confer on evaluation of team work and progress, and reach joint decisions as to whether your team is progressing satisfactorily.

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How comfortable are you with that mode of operation?

You and the Field mentor may have to disqualify a team for failure to perform in one or more areas.

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How comfortable are you with dropping a team from the competition?

Time commitments

There are two early morning mentor orientation sessions in September. Attendance at one of them is mandatory.

You will need to confer with your team (in person, by phone, by email) on an average of four hours a month for the duration of the competition. In addition, your team will be required to meet jointly (in person or by conference call) with you and their Field mentor at least once a month for about one to two hours for detailed review of work and progress, apart from any other meetings or contacts you or your team arranges.

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Will you be able to meet these time commitments?

This year we will be adding a social entrepreneurship track to the competition.
 
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yes
Would you be interested in mentoring a team in this track?

Biography

A brief biography will be posted on the web site. Please provide one with the following information:

Selected business experience (company, position, dates)

Educational background (degrees, institutions, dates)

Areas of expertise

Optional: other pertinent information you care to impart

Confidentiality and participation

By becoming a mentor in the competition, you agree to adhere to a non-disclosure policy regarding team business concepts and launch plans, except with other officials of the competition. You also agree that before the competition ends, your own involvement with a team must be strictly limited to mentoring.

I agree
 
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