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Mentorship
- Suggested
Roles and Responsibilities
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A mentor should have experience and capability to guide
in at least one of the following areas
- Career
planning
- Startup
Idea evaluation
- Technical
feasibility
- Business
feasibility
- Team
requirement
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Execution plans
- Sources
for information
- Market
understanding
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Sales & marketing
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Funding plan
- Collaboration
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Introductions
- Overall
advisor
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Assign at least 2 hours a week
- Commit
to regular meetings or phone calls with the Mentee.
- Share
the experiences with BITSAA-SVC members in the meetings
organized by BITSAA-SVC
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Have the willingness to do ground work promptly (After all,
its your project!)
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You should be working seriously (at least 20 hrs/week) on
the project you're being mentored for.
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Give sufficient notice to Mentor for a meeting via email
or phone
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Have a focused agenda for the meetings.
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Provide background information in writing as much as possible
to the Mentor. Confidential information must be treated
with care.
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Keep your mentor apprised of your progress and achievements.
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Respect the value of Mentor's time.
Career Development
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Know exactly what issues you want to address for your professional
development, and communicate them to your mentor early on.
- Consult
with your mentor and chart out a career plan for yourself.
Set well defined goals and periodic checkpoints.
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Provide monthly reports to the BITSAA-SVC coordinator
Entrepreneurship
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Have a clear understanding of what area you need advice
on. E.g. you might have a business plan and might want the
Mentor to evaluate the plan. Or, you might want to know
how to go about getting VC funding. Or, if you are a young
CEO, you might want advice on how to run an early stage
company.
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Provide montly reports to the BITSAA-SVC coordinator
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Rules
of engagement:
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Mentee and Mentor will mutually agree on a preferred
method of communication, suitable timings for phone calls.
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Mentee will give sufficient notice to Mentor for
a meeting or receiving advice via email or phone
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Mentor will respond to Mentee's request within a
maximum of one week
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Confidential information will be treated with care.
Without confidentiality it is tough to build trust. Mentoring largely
relies on trust.
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Mentee will respect the value of Mentor's time and
avoid any inconveniences to the Mentor
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The mentors and mentees should agree to show up at
the 6-month checkpoint event we will conduct.
Rules
of disengagement:
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Either Mentee or Mentor can terminate the relationship
with or without cause by informing the other party and BITSAA-SVC.
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