Making the most of your start up mentor workshop - dbs hotspot accelerator
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This document outlines a workshop on effectively utilizing a start-up mentor through the DBS Hotspot Accelerator program. It emphasizes understanding business needs, selecting appropriate mentors, establishing engagement contracts, maintaining communication, and ensuring a proper close-out of the mentor relationship. Various activities are provided to guide participants in each step of the mentor engagement process.
Making the most of your start up mentor workshop - dbs hotspot accelerator
- 1. Making the most of… YOUR START-UP MENTOR WORKSHOP a DBS Hotspot Accelerator Masterclass
- 2. KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR MENTOR BEFORE YOU START LOOKING 1
- 3. What do we need to execute our business model? • Specialty Skills • Networks and Connections • Working Style / Culture ACTIVITY: DO A NEEDS ANALYSIS (20 MIN) 1
- 4. 2 CHOOSE THE RIGHT MENTOR FOR WHAT YOUR BUSINESS MODEL NEEDS
- 5. ACTIVITY: GO THROUGH THE LINKED-IN PROFILES OF THE DBS HOTSPOT MENTORS (30 MIN) 2 Divide up the mentors among team members and rate each mentor against the rubric you just created: • Specialty Skills • Networks and Connections • Working Style / Culture
- 6. 3 START THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CLARITY & PRECISION AND RUN IT WITH RESPECT
- 7. • In scope and out of scope • Special dates (vacations, preso prep days, etc) • Engagement preferences • Activity | time expectations | input | output ACTIVITY: BUILD AN ENGAGEMENT CONTRACT 3
- 8. 4 KEEP THEM ENGAGED THROUGHOUT
- 9. Manage the meeting and the agenda • http://www.slideshare.net/selenasol/rules-for- effective-meetings • Regular Communications plan ACTIVITY: PLAN FOR MEETINGS & COMMUNICATIONS 4
- 10. 5 CLOSE-OUT THE PROJECT COMPLETELY, AND SETUP ONGOING RECIPROCITY
- 11. ACTIVITY: HOW WILL YOU CLOSE- OUT THE RELATIONSHIP? 5