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Mentor Manifesto 18/18 – Have Empathy. Remember that startups are hard

This is the final post (18) of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto. As with item 17, Brad Feld let me complete the list with my own submission for this final item. During one of the Techstars Boston cohorts where I’ve been Mentor-in-Residence, I worked with a 20-something CEO founder (code named Mary) who, shortly after raising aContinue reading “Mentor Manifesto 18/18 – Have Empathy. Remember that startups are hard”

Mentor Manifesto 17/18 – Be Challenging/Robust but Never Destructive

Brad Feld wrote 16 posts detailing each item of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto. However, there are 18 items in the manifesto and he never got around to writing the final two. I prodded him several times; but after a year without the posts appearing from him, I volunteered to write them; and he has graciously accepted themContinue reading “Mentor Manifesto 17/18 – Be Challenging/Robust but Never Destructive”