“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” -Mark Twain
A fellow entrepreneur, David Garland, wrote a post worth reading entitled, “Don’t Entrepreneur Alone: The Importance Of Mentorship For Young Entrepreneurs.” As I thought about the subject, it seemed necessary to expand upon David’s thoughts and touch on the importance of ‘quality’ mentors.
A common misconception is that all mentors are helpful. Unfortunately, the reality is that it’s fairly difficult to find a mentoring team that adds any real value. The wrong mentors will actually be detrimental to your startup. At best, bad mentors will waste a startup’s already limited time. In worse situations, poor mentoring advice may actually sink a young, susceptible startup.
So how do you go about qualifying a solid mentoring team? There’s no specific formula, but here’s a set of…
