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How Mentorship Gives Entrepreneurs a Competitive Edge

Smart Hustle Magazine

With many companies today struggling to attract and retain talent, a culture of mentorship will put your company ahead of the competition. While competitive compensation is still important, many workers are increasingly motivated by career development opportunities and a positive company culture. million quitting last November.

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5 Best Practices of a Robust Mentorship Program

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The agency has developed a robust internship and mentorship program. Mentorships, on the other hand, usually occur after a beginner has entered a specific field, pairing an inexperienced person with a senior sponsor who can impart wisdom and guidance to enhance their future success. Jessica Moseley is an EO member in Washington, D.C.,

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Be who you needed when you were younger

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In his book, Giving , Bill Clinton said that he’d rather be wrong for trusting people than for distrusting them. That means that the burden of not giving someone the opportunity they deserve should be heavier than giving it to someone that misuses it or disrespects it by being ungrateful or forgetful.

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Mentoring is at the Heart of Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

With our company leadership, we’re teaching how to guide their respective functions of the business. This is our opportunity to fill the gaps of what we know, and more importantly, to understand how we know what we know. This also changed how my leadership team needed me. It becomes a legacy for generations to follow.

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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Unless you are born into a privileged, well-connected family with substantial capital (which is often the vantage point many of the dropout cult advocates come from), your undergraduate degree from a top university is the most powerful socioeconomic opportunity that exists. Founders didn’t just stop at undergrad degrees – 35.7%

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The Power of Creativity To Help Your Business Grow and 5 More Tips

Smart Hustle Magazine

As the crisis mounts, Ramon Ray , entrepreneur, best-selling author and founder of Smart Hustle Media in a recent Facebook Live session with Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and the Small Business Leadership Conference titled, “ Think Bigger. Jim Moran has a book on the qualities of a good business leader. Think Smarter.

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I Sold My Business and They Shut It Down. Here’s Why I’d Do It All Again.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A chapter wasn’t just over, a book was being closed. Most likely, they’ll all use this opportunity to freshen up their resume. Our client contracts would be sunset, and the entire team would be let go…I would be let go. With that, the business I had spent a decade building, and then sold, would be no more. Six months to close the deal.