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TechStars-David Cohen-Long Post #168

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Raw Footage: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oInJQtviIz1HD7h4r-8G9lj-cx1Kr6_M?usp=sharing

jaahmuhl commented 1 year ago

Transcription: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/m40DngYQuX4ii1EAYKP3Y9p33YD3aPHCmH8mCVjr-5oyYBWfggdrtSZU0VcqWueyBW2nvO7XokagoZY1s4goGzoYv2Y?loadFrom=SharedLink

George-Liu3 commented 1 year ago

Intro: 9:18-9:58 - small asks and building relationship from giving first

Intro: Hello hello everyone (EXCITED AND WITH ENERGY) welcome back to Office Hours. A show about how to make a successful jump from college to young professional life. We know that landing your first job can often be an intimidating, complicated and stressful process, but its not impossible! (UP ENERGRY) And we’re here to help by giving you acccess to some of the brightest minds in business to get their advice for how to build a successful career. Take what you can (short pause), pick what you like and listen for that stroke of brilliance that you can use to help you get hired.

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I’m Brett Hummel and along with my co-host George Liu on the show today we have David Cohen, the Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, one of the largest startup accelerators in the world, here to talk about what makes a great mentor and just as importantly what makes a great mentee.

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Story: Some of the most important relationships in your career journey are those you have with your mentors. Not only do mentors provide a wealth of knowledge and hard earned career advice, but they can also help expand your network and open up new critical points of views. But, a recent survey has found that only 37% of people currently have a mentor, even though 76% of people think that mentors are important. So with only a little more than a third of professionals having a mentor-mentee relationship, how can you build a positive relationship with a mentor and what makes a great mentee? Often students hear about what makes a great mentor, but what about how proactive mentees should be and how they can give back to their mentors? Not only can being proactively prepared and respectful of your mentor's time be an incredible way to give back to them, but it also allows you to stand out as a mentee. And the key as a mentee is not just to be about getting what you want out of the relationship. According to David it is more important to focus on giving. Giving to the relationship builds trust and connection because you are no longer just taking, encouraging the person who is mentoring you to go the extra mile. and its not just some platitude that David exposes, it is a philosophy that he and his co-founder have imbued into TechStars as a founding principle of their tech accelerator... I would say it has worked out pretty well for them so far.

Bio: David Cohen has built his career in entrepreneurship but is best known as the co-founder and chairman of the board of techstars, one of the largest investing and accelerator programs in the world. As a serial entrepreneur, having founded more than 4 companies, with both failures and successes, he realized his few failures highlighted the importance of a mentor. Armed with a passion to help other entrepreneurs succeed, David co-founded Techstars to provide mentorship and resources for the entrepreneurial community so that future founders would be equipped with the right tools and relationships to accelerate their success and avoid pitfalls.

Company: Headquartered in Boulder Colorado, Techstars is a global investment business that provides access to capital, world-class mentorship, and a worldwide network for entrepreneurs. With over 50 accelerator programs in 18 countries around the world Techstars is poised to support the entrepreneurial innovation throughout the global. And armed with the mantra of #givefirst Techstars' diverse worldwide network of mentors offer invaluable insight and advice for their mentees, fostering relationships of giving.

Analyst: Today David Cohen comes to us with valuable insights and advice for students, in understanding what makes a great mentee, knowing when to take risks in pivoting your career path, and how to get truly valuable feedback. He is a large proponent of giving first, and creating relationships that are beyond just being transactional, by giving without expecting something in return immediate, even if it seems to be only a small amount of help.

Blurb: We hear a lot about what makes a great mentor, but what makes a great mentee? Join us with David Cohen, the Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, as he speaks about the importance of giving first, even if its only a small amount of help, and how passion can attract the right people to be your own personal life advisory board, one of your greatest sources of real feedback.

Interviewer: (Brett Hummel & George Liu) Videographer: (Bryan Acevedo)

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jaahmuhl commented 1 year ago

@George-Liu3 Since you took this angle of mentorship before can you make it slightly different in the Story. I like how in the blurb you talk about what makes a good mentee and maybe you can flip this into often it can be a struggle for students to understand how to be a good one. and maybe provide some advice on that in the Story. I think that would be better.