Entrepreneurship 101: Great mentors – where can I find one?

MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Series

At last evening’s Entrepreneurship 101 lecture, Bonnie Kuehl from Scientific Insights talked about the importance of networking and mentoring — not only from the perspective of a consultant, but for career development in general.

Question of the Week
Are there ready sources of mentors within our community? Has anyone out there found a reliable way of finding good mentors that they could share with others?

Downloads*

• Session video presentation – Dial-up connection (mp4)
• Session video presentation – Broadband connection (mp4)
• Slide presentation: “Making Sense Out of Science“

*Please note that you will need a player such as Quicktime (free) to view the mp4 filesand Acrobat (free) to view the PDF slides.

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