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Meeting with a mentor tomorrow. What to ask?

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Re: Meeting with a mentor tomorrow. What to ask?

#13

I'm curious, did he tell you how he would be helping/mentoring you? What does he bring to the table that would make it valuable to you? Since he's the one offering a mentorship relationship, how is it going to work? What is he getting out of it?

No he didn't tell me. I spoke to him very shortly in person before he asked me to meet him later.

I have since gone to the meeting and will answer these questions from my current perspective now that I have gone.

Basically, he liked my idea and wants to help me with it. Considering, he is a pretty successful tech founder, I would say that I can get a lot out of it. He helped me with the business strategy and coding. Unfortunately, I don't know what to expect from these situations since I've never done it before. So I'm not much help and have no idea what he's getting out of it.

This isn't in Silicon Valley by the way. The guy is from Silicon Valley.

Re: Meeting with a mentor tomorrow. What to ask?

#14

How did you get acquainted with him and how did you approach for mentorship? please provide some comments so that others can benefit here as well.

I went to an event where you get advice from successful people in certain areas. The event wasn't that great, but it lead somewhere.

My advice for others would be to go to events that might scare you, or that you have never done before. It pays off. Getting out and about every so often is good.

Re: Meeting with a mentor tomorrow. What to ask?

#15
Normally I like to ask where their lowest point in life was. People who reach great heights often have great lows too.

Also ask if they do whatever the trend is - meditation, what time they wake up, habits like that. Most people don't realize what routine they follow and it's often best to work close with them and observe.

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