Seeking RPI Entrepreneurs to Mentor Students
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009The RAA is looking for 20 alumni entrepreneurs to work with the Vice Provost of Entrepreneurship to mentor students interested in becoming entrepreneurs. It will require several hours a month including mentoring training and a visit to campus for at least one face-to face meeting with the student.
This is an excellent opportunity to get involved with the academic activities at the school and share your entrepreneurial expertise and real life experience with a student. You can make a difference in their life.
If you are interested, take the “self-survey” below to see if you’d like to sign up:
Teacher… Tutor… Coach… Counselor… Self Survey: A mentor wears many hats and needs to have some specific characteristics.
- Willing and caring to take sincere interest in others’ success
- Experienced in entrepreneurship
- Knowledgeable about organizations and business cultures
- Aware and can help connect the dots between cultural trends, career-related networks and resources
- Committed to the advantages of a diverse perspective
- In a position of achievement, but accessible and able to give mentoring some priority within their primary responsibilities
- Skillful in coaching without ordering, while providing constructive feedback, positive reinforcement, and can help to build self-esteem
- Able to help students protect their ideas and intellectual property
- A patient listener, thoughtful, articulate and an objective problem-solver
- Freely offers relevant life experiences and perspectives as relevant learning opportunities
- Someone who sets a strong, role model example
To sign up as a mentor and for more information, click here