In this group mentoring session we cover the importance of conveying your vision for your company to people such as employees, customers, and investors.

1. Femgineer Friends
Group Mentoring
Session #1 - Conveying Your Vision Clearly
June 7, 2013
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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6. Thank you for participating!
Session #2 - Demands of Delegation
9am PST June 21, 2013
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