Learning through mentorship in entrepreneurship

Mentorship in entrepreneurship is guidance or direction from someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced, often younger person. What can learners and mentors understand about learning through entrepreneurial mentorship? The lessons consider how guidance, relationships, and resources can support learning and development.

3 articles, 1 book · about 1 hr 25 min of reading and viewing

The reading path

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   Digital platforms and entrepreneurial support: a field experiment in online mentoring - PMC · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · 43 min read

   In entrepreneurship, mentoring relationships provide tangible and intangible resources, and a supportive mentor can offer more targeted and relevant advice than entrepreneurs get from seeking advice across extremely large networks.

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   Mentoring: the missing link to small business growth and survival - Small Business Administration · Small Business Administration · 3 min read

   For entrepreneurs, a business mentor can provide expertise they might not have. Mentors can help them avoid common pitfalls through their real-life experiences.

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   mentorship in entrepreneurship · Wikipedia · 39 min read

   Mentoring technology can let learners search for and select a mentor based on their development, coaching needs, and interests. This learner-driven methodology increases the speed of matches and reduces the administrative time required to manage the program. A meta-analysis of 112 individual research studies found mentoring has significant behavioral, attitudinal, health-related, relational, motivational, and career benefits. For a learner, these benefits depend on the different functions being performed by the mentor.

4. Book
   

   The Lean Startup · Bookshop.org

   The Lean Startup by Eric Ries describes validated learning, rapid scientific experimentation, and testing a vision continuously so entrepreneurs can adapt before it's too late. Ries's approach to building successful startups centers on learning what customers really want.

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