Slides dedicated for a mentoring workshop during Startup Pirates in Tirana, Albania in 2016. The workshop intended to engage new mentors, how want to contribute and do more for the community.

1. Mentor
Training@celiknimani

2. Introduction

3. Why mentorship is important
and what brought you here?

4. What do you want to bring in?

5. Mentoring
is a gift
Do you have it?
Do you give it?

6. Skills

7. Do you know how to
ask for help?

8. Start by building
a relationship

9. Do you think the answer is a or b?
How should I think about
this problem?

10. Where to start!

11. Make the person say!
I don’t know

12. Why are questions more
important than answers!

13. I’m trying to raise money,
should I do Seed Round pr
Series A?

14. WRONG

15. The founder has to research
and know what his business
needs!

16. Not making decisions for the
person. Guiding them!

17. Try to cover your speciality.
Don’t cover everything

18. Close your eyes and imagine
you have nobody to ask an
important question in your life
What are you going to do?

19. We cannot solve our problems with the same
thinking we used when we created them
Albert Einstein

20. We have to be our own
innovative thinkers!

21. Good mentors guide you to
explore and encourage
creative thinking!

22. Don’t use the historical
approach. Think differently.

23. Breakthrough thinking!

24. What if you’re really stuck!
How and where can I get help?
Sometimes mentors are pointers as well. A big part
of mentoring is networking.
One of help or enduring?
Constantly needing help? Hire someone or hire a
person that helps you hire?
Answer: Get mentors that guide you, not just
give you a fish.

25. Ask questions for example:
How did a mentor build his
network? What about you?

26. Mentorship is only a part of
the solution.

27. What if you’re really stuck!
As a mentor:
Tease out where the entrepreneur is stuck
How you got stuck
How to avoid getting stuck?
Develop problem solving skills

28. Relationship
Being Humble + Competence
Give the mentor what you wan’t to
achieve and what’s your purpose.

29. Brake 15 min

30. 2

31. Communication!

32. Communication - Listening
Ask questions

33. Ask the right questions, and repeat
if you don’t understand!
Confirm right away!

34. 3

35. What advice to use?
Decide

36. If they don’t take in the feedback
it’s not the end of the world.

37. Don’t take advice blindly, take it
mindfully!
Secret Tip!

38. Recommend to talk to customers

39. Come to goals with the mentor

40. What makes a
great mentor?

41. What you are looking for in a
mentor?

42. A person who
makes an impact!

43. You teach the mentored people
curiosity, joy of learning, confidence

44. For startups failure means learning

45. Create good relationships and don’t
discourage other mentors

46. Improve constantly

47. Do you have it?

48. Thank you
Keep questions coming
@celiknimani