Startup Cities: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It

© Peter S. Cohan 2018

Peter S. CohanStartup Citieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3393-1_6

6. Building Mentor Networks

What Are Mentor Networks?

Peter S. Cohan¹ 

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Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA

 

Most entrepreneurs lack the know-how to turn their idea into a billion dollar company. A well-running Startup Common fills that know-how gap through corporate and individual mentoring.

As illustrated in Figure 6-1, mentors help companies with strategy, finance, people, and product. Individual mentoring helps people with basic needs, such as housing, network building, coaching, skill building, and career growth.

Figure 6-1.

Corporate and individual mentoring ...