Mentor with Milwaukee Venture Mentoring Service
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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 scaling businesses, 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. MKE VMS Prospective Mentors Must Have:
In general, professional service providers will not be included in the MKE VMS mentor group in order to concentrate on mentors who have operating experience in a successful growth company. To apply, please contact Linda Walsh. |
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Why team mentoring? What makes MKE VMS unique is the team mentoring approach. Each entrepreneur is assigned a team of 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.
What is the code of ethics for mentors? 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.
What is the expected time commitment for a mentor? 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 1-3 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 to each of their assigned ventures (generally one mentoring session per month).
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.
What is the code of ethics for mentors? 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.
What is the expected time commitment for a mentor? 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 1-3 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 to each of their assigned ventures (generally one mentoring session per month).
For more information, contact Linda Walsh.
