The Mentor Manifesto(davidgcohen.com)
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The Mentor Manifesto
http://www.davidgcohen.com/2011/08/28/the-mentor-manifesto/
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I was thinking exactly the same. For those who haven't heard of it before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto
I'd add a "mentee manifesto" too, since mentorship is a proverbial two-way street. I actually wrote an essay on that topic from an education perspective: "How to get your Professors’ Attention — along with Coaching or Mentoring" (http://jseliger.com/2010/10/02/how-to-get-your-professors%E2...) because I noticed that some students systematically make mistakes they may not be aware of when it comes to seeking mentors or advice.
Be socratic.
Listen too.
Expect nothing in return (you’ll be delighted with what you do get back).
Be socratic
This specifically refers to the idea of questioning in order to find the underlying truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
That is different to just listening, or even the 70/30 rule. Being Socratic means actively questioning the assumptions and model of the mentee, rather than trying to build on their assumptions with your ideas.
This specifically refers to the idea of questioning in order to find the underlying truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
That is different to just listening, or even the 70/30 rule. Being Socratic means actively questioning the assumptions and model of the mentee, rather than trying to build on their assumptions with your ideas.
I totally understand that. I was implying that to be Socratic you need to listen a lot more than you talk. Ask a question and then listen.
>I’ve been running TechStars for six years now. . . . we’ve seen those companies go on to raise about $100M in funding (averaging about $1M each post TechStars)
I would have been more interested to read about valuations than about amounts raised.
I would have been more interested to read about valuations than about amounts raised.
TechStars gathers some info on their results to date: http://www.techstars.org/results/
me too. but it's possible a lot of these startups raised with convertible notes, and so would not have valuations yet.
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while they haven't gone through the trouble of posting valuations (I agree, it would be nice to see) they do have a results page http://www.techstars.org/results/
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