Starting a for-profit or non-profit venture is challenging.
Founders are constantly making decisions in the midst of uncertainty. Many entrepreneurs seek an experienced mentor for guidance, 和 these relationships are one of the critical factors for a venture’s eventual success.
A fledgling business or non-profit is far more likely to thrive when an entrepreneur can draw on the advice 和 guidance of a team of mentors with proven skills 和 experience in a conflict free, 保密, 信任的环境.
Enter the 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 创业指导服务.
冒险走向成功
赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS helps entrepreneurs from the 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 community overcome challenges by connecting them with high-level mentors.
证明了伙伴关系
赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS是一个 MIT VMS姊妹程序. All mentors adhere to a strict code of ethics 和 are focused on developing 企业家. Each entrepreneur is matched with a team of experienced mentors, providing more in-depth insight than traditional 1:1 relationships.
联系，交流，成长
企业资讯
当您加入赌博娱乐平台网址大全虚拟机时, you will be matched with a team of mentors who will offer their expertise 和 insight to help you develop 你的 business. 会议特点目标, 无偏见的, 保密的商业建议和指导, 涵盖了广泛的话题, 企业家, 给自己设定.
企业家的期望
As part of the VMS program, you will be expected to be:
- Serious about learning, making progress, 和 building a business
- 守时
- 准备
- Ready to give 你的 mentor team the whole story
- A consistent, good communicator with the VMS program
企业家的需求
创业公司创始人必须:
- Be 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 students, faculty, staff, or alumni
- 能够参加VMS会议
- Be based in the greater 圣安东尼奥 area (as must the venture as a whole) or agree to virtual mentoring guidelines if outside of Bexar County
Student entrepreneurs: Note that involvement in this program is secondary to 你的 academic interests at 赌博娱乐平台网址大全.
时间的承诺
曾经的承诺
- 风险取向
反复出现的承诺
- One mentoring session (90 minutes) every four to six weeks
- 把时间花在创业上
好处频谱
- 会议安排在 你的 可用性
- The ability to change 你的 mentors as needed
- 有针对性的建议和头脑风暴
- Qualified mentors from a variety of backgrounds
- 近期行动项目和建议
- 保密
- Life-long growth 和 commitment: mentoring evolves as you 和 你的 venture evolve
奖状
赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS是一个n unparalleled opportunity to learn from the pros 和 make 你的 budding business bloom. Learn what the mentors 和 participants have to say about the program.
给那些寻求指导的人的建议
与某人聊天 Lyn Swoboda Akhil ' 06 和 Lauren Swoboda Pepping, 06年，背后的企业家非凡 饼干的出租车, 和 hear what they recommend to those considering 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS.
VMS对参与者意味着什么
听...... 21岁的赛琳娜·达维拉 和 Jacob Hurrell-Zitelman '20 of 快速喝 testify to the transformative insight 和 guidance that 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS has given them along their entrepreneurial journey.
鼓励卓越创业
导师资讯
作为赌博娱乐平台网址大全 VMS的导师, you will work with entrepreneurs from the 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 community 和 provide objective, 无偏见的, 实用, 和 professional business advice 和 guidance following a team mentoring model licensed from MIT.
VMS Mentors subscribe to a Statement of Principles which governs behavior 和 ethics, 概述他们的职责, 并防止利益冲突.
导师特点及资格
In order to serve as a mentor in the VMS program, you must:
- Have 10+ years experience as a founder or corporate executive (C-Suite)
- Genuinely desire to develop stronger entrepreneurs
- Be respected by (和 respectful of) colleagues
- 把任何个人议程抛在脑后
- Exhibit willingness to work within a structured program
- Be able to enthusiastically work within a team mentoring model
- Desire to support diversity 和 inclusion efforts in entrepreneurship
导师的关键作用
As a mentor, you will help budding entrepreneurs by:
- Listening 和 underst和ing their specific needs 和 aspirations
- 教育和鼓励他们
- Helping them think through their alternatives 和 set targets
- Advising 和 coaching them through constructive criticism, 问问题, 并提供“可行”的建议
时间的承诺
曾经的承诺
- Mentor orientation, part I (4 hours) 和 part II (1 hour)
反复出现的承诺
- One community mentor meeting per month (90 minutes)
- One to two venture mentoring sessions per month (90 minutes each)
- Program communications (every two to three weeks)
- Venture document review (every two to four weeks)
- Venture follow-ups (one per venture every two to four weeks)
好处频谱
- Join a community of accomplished leaders who share 你的 passion 和 commitment to advancing 圣安东尼奥’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
- Assist in furthering 圣赌博平台网站大全's educational mission
- Develop a connection to this prestigious institution 和 its exceptional students 和 alumni
- Enjoy the distribution of the responsibility of guiding a venture among a team of mentors
- Focus on mentoring while the program h和les the administrative work
- Grow from 你的 connections during the monthly mentor community gatherings
准备好开始了?
我想成为一名导师.
应用程序清单
要申请，你需要:
你的简历
Letter(s) of recommendation from any professional you've mentored in the past or from an existing VMS mentor.
问题及申请
如果有任何问题，请发邮件 mentoring@toymonstertruck.com.