Mentors work closely with participants to help further their ventures. The mentors will be assigned to one or more projects (based on their availability) proposed in the program.
Our mentors:
- are contributors of one or several projects or communities
- are interested in sharing the benefit they receive from the communities
- look for opportunities to gain and share their experience
- want to help each entrepreneur grow and build a successful startup
What do mentors do? Mentors advise and inspire through:
- Connecting to people, programs
- Recommending resources, readings, experiences
- Providing feedback to consider
A mentor spends around one-hour per week dedicated to the program, but also some time before the program to review applications.
They will meet their mentees every two weeks during the program and will attend group calls with other mentors to exchange notes and develop their mentoring skills further.
Becoming a mentor:
We are currently recruiting mentors. Please reach out to Nakia Melecio if you are interested at nakia.melecio@innovate.gatech.edu.
What are the benefits to being a member? Our mentors will:
- gain mentoring skills (active listening, effective questioning, giving feedback) via mentoring training
- learn to celebrate successes and approach challenges in mentoring
- connect with a community of mentors
- expand their knowledge on Open Science
Expertise Available: Mentors-Expectations
- Provide domain and/or regional expertise whenever required
- Challenge teams’ ideas in order to push the problem statement and solution forward
- Direct teams to resources that may help them uncover more information around their idea or solution
- It is okay not to know/have an answer. Feel free to encourage teams to fill out a new request with a more specific ask.
- Mentors are not meant to co-create or develop your solution alongside the team
Our mentors eagerly anticipate engaging with developing startups that are just tapping into commercialization, leveraging a new technology or scientific discovery, and responding to unanswered medical, health, or social needs.
