Where/how to find a business mentor
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Hi everyone
After many months of overthinking, deliberation and finally action and a lot of work, i will be handing my notice in at work at the end of Feb and working on a small business full time. Im both excited an nervous, but have got myself into a financial position now where i wont "need" and income for up to a year, and have enough to cover the basics until i start generating some income. Im 25 now, have no dependants/partner or mortgage so its now or never.
What im keen to do is spend some time while im working on this with some very successful people and really just learn as much as i can from speaking to them, bouncing ideas off them, watching them work and how they live their life, and by what principles. So a mentor really. They dont really exist in the silly, restrictive, narrow-sighted corporate environment i'm currently in. Im talking about business owners and self made individuals.
How and where would i go about finding such people to talk to, with the aim of spending some time with them. Ive looked extensively online but it all seems to be very complicated and layer upon layer of "sign up to this" "join this forum" etc. Perhaps i should knock on a few doors instead.
Cheers
After many months of overthinking, deliberation and finally action and a lot of work, i will be handing my notice in at work at the end of Feb and working on a small business full time. Im both excited an nervous, but have got myself into a financial position now where i wont "need" and income for up to a year, and have enough to cover the basics until i start generating some income. Im 25 now, have no dependants/partner or mortgage so its now or never.
What im keen to do is spend some time while im working on this with some very successful people and really just learn as much as i can from speaking to them, bouncing ideas off them, watching them work and how they live their life, and by what principles. So a mentor really. They dont really exist in the silly, restrictive, narrow-sighted corporate environment i'm currently in. Im talking about business owners and self made individuals.
How and where would i go about finding such people to talk to, with the aim of spending some time with them. Ive looked extensively online but it all seems to be very complicated and layer upon layer of "sign up to this" "join this forum" etc. Perhaps i should knock on a few doors instead.
Cheers
thanks a lot guys. a major reason I've ensured my financial position is so that I don't have to worry about generating significant income straight away, because id like the flexibility, in terms of time, to explore all this options of business events etc whilst working on the business, which is pretty much impossible now as a 9-5er. going to get myself out there and soak up as much as possible.
I think, whilst I definitely need and want to get advice regarding the basics from the many funded schemes etc offered, want i'm more interested in is spending time with business owners and seeing it all put in to practise; people who have done it and done it well and are prepared to take someone under their wing
I think, whilst I definitely need and want to get advice regarding the basics from the many funded schemes etc offered, want i'm more interested in is spending time with business owners and seeing it all put in to practise; people who have done it and done it well and are prepared to take someone under their wing
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