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Femgineer Friends
Group Mentoring
Session #1 - Conveying Your Vision Clearly
June 7, 2013
1
‣ Provide ongoing mentorship
‣ Meet bi-monthly to address topics that relate to professional development
‣ Group of people with common career backgrounds
‣ Invite-only
‣ Similar next steps
‣ Entrepreneurs and Founders looking to grow their startup
‣ Benefits
‣ Help & support from your peers
‣ Share stories of successes and setbacks
‣ Intimate networking
Femgineer Friends
2
‣ Mentor leads a session
‣ Mentor may propose a topic or mentees may suggest one
‣ e-mail questions to be addressed day before
‣ During the session Mentor will provide suggestions, answer questions, and
lead an open discussion
‣ Decorum of participants
‣ Fine to broadcast the topics on social media, but please be respectful
when it comes to identifying participants and their identity confidential
‣ If you are going to actively participate we suggest you find a quiet and
interruption-free zone
‣ Slides will be available online:
‣ http://www.slideshare.net/poornimav
‣ Recordings will sent out to attendees
How It Works
3
Conveying Your Vision Clearly
I. Why do I need to have a vision?
II. How do I fine tune my vision to fit a specific audience?
(employees, customers, investors)
III. How do I reconcile a big vision with next steps?
IV. What if my vision changes?
4
Questions from the Group
Q. How I can communicate a vision versus what we can or want to build as an
MVP?
Q. How do you get your early adopters to commit to a paying pilot?
5
Thank you for participating!
Session #2 - Demands of Delegation
9am PST June 21, 2013
6

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Femgineer Friends - Group Mentoring: Conveying Your Vision Clearly (Session #1 - Entrepreneurs)

  • 1. Femgineer Friends Group Mentoring Session #1 - Conveying Your Vision Clearly June 7, 2013 1
  • 2. ‣ Provide ongoing mentorship ‣ Meet bi-monthly to address topics that relate to professional development ‣ Group of people with common career backgrounds ‣ Invite-only ‣ Similar next steps ‣ Entrepreneurs and Founders looking to grow their startup ‣ Benefits ‣ Help & support from your peers ‣ Share stories of successes and setbacks ‣ Intimate networking Femgineer Friends 2
  • 3. ‣ Mentor leads a session ‣ Mentor may propose a topic or mentees may suggest one ‣ e-mail questions to be addressed day before ‣ During the session Mentor will provide suggestions, answer questions, and lead an open discussion ‣ Decorum of participants ‣ Fine to broadcast the topics on social media, but please be respectful when it comes to identifying participants and their identity confidential ‣ If you are going to actively participate we suggest you find a quiet and interruption-free zone ‣ Slides will be available online: ‣ http://www.slideshare.net/poornimav ‣ Recordings will sent out to attendees How It Works 3
  • 4. Conveying Your Vision Clearly I. Why do I need to have a vision? II. How do I fine tune my vision to fit a specific audience? (employees, customers, investors) III. How do I reconcile a big vision with next steps? IV. What if my vision changes? 4
  • 5. Questions from the Group Q. How I can communicate a vision versus what we can or want to build as an MVP? Q. How do you get your early adopters to commit to a paying pilot? 5
  • 6. Thank you for participating! Session #2 - Demands of Delegation 9am PST June 21, 2013 6