Milwaukee Venture Mentoring Service (MKE VMS)
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Milwaukee Venture Mentoring Service (MKE VMS) convenes teams of mentors that work with entrepreneurs who are building scalable companies to provide practical, day-to-day professional advice and coaching. Our mentors are carefully selected based on their expertise in business formation and operations, for their skills as advisors, as well as their desire and ability to give back. They come from a broad range of industries and markets.
Mentors participate in VMS for many reasons, including its collegial team approach to addressing each entrepreneur’s needs, and the opportunity for intellectual engagement. To apply: Please fill out this form and we will be in touch. |
The Power of Team Mentoring:
What makes MKE VMS unique is the team mentoring approach. Each entrepreneur is assigned 3-4 highly experienced mentors with diverse backgrounds who meet as a team to provide practical, day-to-day professional advice and coaching.
This allows mentors, as a team, to learn from and provide excellent sounding boards for each other, as well as share the weight of supporting the entrepreneur’s growth.
Relationships between mentors and entrepreneurs are formed based on the needs of the entrepreneur and the interests of available mentors, while ensuring a diverse pool of experiences, perspectives, and contacts. The mentor team is intended to be a sustained relationship, although adjustments to the team can be made as the entrepreneur’s needs evolve.
MKE VMS Prospective Mentors Must Have:
- Senior leadership experience in launching, growing and managing successful businesses
- A strong desire to share their acquired knowledge and experience for the benefit of entrepreneurs
- The interpersonal skills necessary to be an effective coach and advisor
- The ability and commitment to dedicate the time required of MKE VMS Mentors
MKE VMS Code of Ethics:
Mentors adhere to a strict code of ethics. Mentors are required to subscribe, in writing, to a Statement of Principles that governs their behavior, outlines their responsibilities, guards against conflicts of interest, and controls financial involvement with the entrepreneurs and their ventures. In addition, all mentors sign a blanket non-disclosure agreement ensuring that all their interactions with mentees are confidential. Mentors may not solicit business from ventures or invest in ventures they are mentoring.
Mentors adhere to a strict code of ethics. Mentors are required to subscribe, in writing, to a Statement of Principles that governs their behavior, outlines their responsibilities, guards against conflicts of interest, and controls financial involvement with the entrepreneurs and their ventures. In addition, all mentors sign a blanket non-disclosure agreement ensuring that all their interactions with mentees are confidential. Mentors may not solicit business from ventures or invest in ventures they are mentoring.
Expected Time Commitment:
MKE VMS Mentors need to be able to dedicate the expected time required by the group and each mentoring relationship. This will primarily be dependent on the number of mentoring relationships (generally 1-2 startups) and the nature of each mentoring assignment. At a minimum it is expected that Mentors would be able to attend the every-other-month mentor group meetings and dedicate the time equivalent to approximately one day per month to each of their assigned ventures.
MKE VMS Mentors need to be able to dedicate the expected time required by the group and each mentoring relationship. This will primarily be dependent on the number of mentoring relationships (generally 1-2 startups) and the nature of each mentoring assignment. At a minimum it is expected that Mentors would be able to attend the every-other-month mentor group meetings and dedicate the time equivalent to approximately one day per month to each of their assigned ventures.