The Startup Guide - Section 4: Mentors

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Startup Guide RYAN ALLIS

Building a Better World Through Entrepreneurship

With Ellen Daly

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SECTION 4

MENTORS


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MENTORS


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VERY VERY FEW PEOPLEACTUALLY HAVE

MENTORS

Finding Mentorsmentors


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AND YET MENTORSHIPIS CRUCIAL TO LIVING THE

LIFE YOU WANT

mentors Finding Mentors



WHO MENTORS YOUDETERMINES WHO

YOU BECOME




WHO MENTORS YOUDETERMINES WHICH

NETWORKS YOU ACCESS




WHO MENTORS YOUDETERMINES WHERE IN LIFE

YOU WILL GO




WHY DO PEOPLE SPEND832 WEEKS IN SCHOOL

And 0 WEEKS SEEKING AMAZIN

mentors?




A commonality amongSuccessful people is that

THEY SEEK OUT

AMAZING MENTORS




BUT HOW DO YOU FINDAMAZING HIGH-INTEGRITY

MENTORS?


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FIRST USE THE INTERNETTO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE BRILLIANT ARE 10-20 YRS AHEAD OF YOU SHARE SIMILAR PASSION ARE COMPASSIONATE

mentors Research Mentors

mentors EXERCISE Find Mentors



FIND 20 POTENTIAL MENTORSWHO ARE YOU

IN 15 YEARS

mentors EXERCISE: Find Mentors

mentors Convincing someone to Mentor you


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AND CONVINCE 2 of THEMTHAT youRE WORTH

INVESTING TIME INTO

mentors Convincing someone to Mentor you

mentors Get in via trusted connections


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GET INTRODUCED TO THEMBY ONE OF THEIR

TRUSTED CONNECTIONS

mentors Get in via trusted connections



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PURSUE THE CRAP OUT OF THEMUNTIL THEY LET YOU

TAKE THEM TO LUNCH


mentors Stand out


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SEND THEM ABULKY FEDEX PACKAGE

IF YOU MUST

mentors Stand out

mentors Getting to important people


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IMPORTANT PEOPLELIKE OPENING

FEDEX PACKAGES

mentors Getting to important people

mentors Messages busy people receive monthly


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EMAILS: 10,000TEXTS: 1,000

LETTERS: 100

FEDEX: 10

mentors Messages busy people receive monthly

mentors Send @ messages


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IMPORTANT PEOPLEALSO LIKE

@Messages on Twitter

mentors Send @ messages

mentors Be persistent


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MOST PEOPLE GIVE UPAFTER SENDING 1 or 2 EMAILS

DonT GIVE UP.PURSUE THE CRAP OUT OF THEM (NICELY)EXPLAIN YOUR PASSION FOR THE SAME THING

FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN INTRODUCE YOU DIGITALLY




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STAY AT IT FOR6 MonthsIF THATs

WHAT IT TAKES


mentors Once you get the meeting


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BE PASSIONATEBE SUPER INFORMEDBUILD TRUST

ASK THEM TO INFORMALLY

MENTOR YOU

ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FIELD

mentors Once you get the meeting

mentors Then follow-up


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THEN FOLLoW-UPSEND BRIEF QUESTIONSGO TO THE SAME EVENTS

DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP

mentors Then follow up

mentors The key to achieving your dreams


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SURROUNDING YOURSELFWITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE& MENTORS INVEST IN YOUR

EDUCATION & FIND WORK FILLEDWITH PASSION UNDER SOMEONE

FROM WHOM YOU LEARn




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DO THESE THINGSAND Youll BE ON TRACKTO ACHIEVE YOUR MOST

AMBITIOUS GOALSAND WILL WHOLE NEW

POSSIBILITIES




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GET IN THESE NETWORKSLIVE A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFESURROUND YOURSELF WITH

AMAZINGLY SMART & CARINGPEOPLE And YOU WILL BE ON

THE PATH TO BECOMING A JEDI


mentors What is a padawan?


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Padawan (n.)An individual on a CONSCIOUS journey to become a jed

PADAWAN ISLEARNER

SANSKRIT FOR

mentors What is a padawan?

mentors What is a jedi?


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Jedi (n.)

A highly competent, super-connected, and deeply compassionate SOUL

SYSTEMS THINKER, working at the highest levels of societal structurin

whose passion has been fully unleashed toward achieving an identifiedeeply meaningful mission that awakens them with extraordinary foc

and immense energy daily.

mentors What is a jedi?

mentors The jedi checklist


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! Highly competent! Super-connected! Deeply compassionate! SYSTEMS THINKER! Working to IMPROVE THE WORLD! Identified meaningful mission! Passion unleashed on achieving mission! Extraordinary focus! Immense vibrant energy

o s The jedi checklist

mentors A grouping of jedis for good


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Jedi Knights (n.)A GROUPING OF JEDIS Consciously Choosing

BE GUARDIANS OF PEACE & JUSTICE WHO UTILIZ

THE FORCEs of ENERGy & INFLUENCE FOR GOO

WHILE CHANGING THE FUTURE FOR THE BETTER

mentors Find a jedi Mentor


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NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUEMEANING OFFINDING YOURSELF a

JEDI MASTER MENTOR

mentors Find a jedi Mentor


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WhoS YOUR JEDI MASTERYOUNG PADAWAN?WHAT? YOU DonT hAVE ONE?

Dont let this be the CASE6 months from now

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Startup Guide RYAN ALLIS

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With Ellen Daly

The

2013 Edition

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