It's becoming almost a MUST in the startup world now: Mentorship!

It's taking on many forms and changing in many ways across regions and ecosystems which is exactly what Emily Koolen from Horizon37 has a view into.

In this episode, everything you need to know about startup and scaleup mentorship in 2023!

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In Today’s Discussion:

1. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO COACH A STARTUP

Emily takes us through the various models she uses including mentorship, coaching and non-executive directorship.

2. WHY STARTUPS NEED THIS

We learn about the most often seen skillset gaps and blind spots that mentorship NEEDS to fill and why accelerators everywhere are gathering mentors to them like moths to a flame

3. MENTORSHIP LOOKS DIFFERENT ACROSS REGIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS

Emily prefers to look at regions and verticals rather than nations when describing how mentorship and coaching is developing around the startup world. And she has good reason why!

4. WIN LOSE OR DRAW

1 - German startup mentors beginning to mentor outside of Germany within the next 5 years

2 - One of the startups you mentor becoming a unicorn or even a decacorn

3 - Universities or business colleges offering courses in how to be a Non-Executive Director

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro

0:42 - Mentor, Coach, Non-Executive-Director, how do you choose which to use with each startup?

2:37 - How can startups recognise that they need coaching?

4:08 - Top 3 skillset holes that Emily sees in startups

7:03 - How to know when to drop deligate tasks that you must do as an early startup?

9:11 - What are some of the new demands on startup executives that weren't there before?

11:54 - Do you see differences in expectations in different cultures?

14:31 - How do you help someone when you see they're getting burnt out?

16:13 - What is a Non Executive Director ?

19:21 - Example of how Emily as an NED helped a startup

20:30 - Difference between mentoring, consulting and coaching

21:07 - Is there a prescribed science for mentoring startups?

23:19 - Most Accelerators now boast providing access to mentorship

24:07 - 2nd most common startup killer is conflicts within founder's team

25:03 - How are different countries trying to help startups succeed

30:59 - WLD German Startup mentors mentoring outside of Germany in the next 5 year

31:55 - WLD A startup Emily mentors becoming a unicorn or decacorn

32:24 - WLD Universities or colleges offering courses in startup mentoring or NED

24:47 - Outro

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