Successful entrepreneurs seek out mentors to positively impact their careers. But how do they find a mentor, initiate contact, and build a relationship? As an experienced mentor and mentee, Heidi believes all these questions can be answered by following her tips on becoming a great mentee.
More Information: https://www.threshold.vc/podcast/how-to-be-a-great-mentee
Further Reading:
I mentioned a bunch of organizations and resources in this episode, so here are the links to them:
- Fortune Brainstorm and other conferences: https://fortune.com/conferences
- TechCrunch Disrupt and other events: https://techcrunch.com/events
- Meetup Entrepreneurship groups: https://www.meetup.com/topics/entrepreneurship
- Startup Grind: https://about.startupgrind.com
- Founder Institute: https://fi.co
- Indie Hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com
- LinkedIn groups for entrepreneurs: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/16-linkedin-groups-entrepreneurs-gs-kumar-job-search-trainer
- Techstars: https://www.techstars.com/communities
- Founders Network: https://foundersnetwork.com
- Reddit entrepreneurs subgroups: https://startupsavant.com/startup-center/best-subreddits-for-entrepreneurs and https://startupsavant.com/startup-center/best-subreddits-for-entrepreneurs
And finally, here are first-person narratives on learning how to be interested, not interesting. There are similarities – but there’s something to learn in each one of them:
- https://www.jodymichael.com/blog/be-interested-not-interesting
- https://tybennett.com/be-interested-not-interesting
- https://www.jackysherman.com/networking-the-art-of-being-interested-not-interesting
- https://sunwords.com/2024/01/28/dont-be-interesting-be-interested