What is your definition of a MENTOR?
Did you find your mentor or are you still looking for him/her? Almost every successful founder has one or more influential mentors that backed them up behind the scenes through the years.
Some entrepreneurs may even turn into mentors themselves in the future for new generation startups. A mentor means more than just a consultant or a coach for business but a good friend and helpful hand that keeps you accompany in your entrepreneur life. With more and more startups and entrepreneurs making new changes here, Hong Kong needs more mentors!
Having a mentor in your journey of starting up a business is essential- sometimes to get connected with them brings you the golden chance that you could never imagined. You can not do it alone in the startup world. Mentors can assist you in many ways, like raising capital, advices on hiring or firing, giving you ideas to help you move on and most importantly to grow your network.
But how do people find mentors, especially for those that are out of your network? If cold-call, email blast or Linkedin luck sound too lame for you- Here’s a mentor networking event for you which connects you the entrepreneurs and the mentors.
The co-working space Retro Spot at Quarry Bay is presenting a Mentor Networking Event next week on 19 Nov called The Mentor Spot, where you can meet mentors from various sectors and network with more ambitious entrepreneurs.
The invited guest mentors include Janice Chaka from JC Global Services, Jeffrey Au from Incu-Lab, expert in Human Resource, an Internet / eCommerce Pioneer in Asia, some incubator at Inno-Startup and a Digital Mobile Strategist. The seats are limited so hurry up to RSVP. Break your leg and hope you get a mentor soon.