The mentor must have been involved in a new venture start up within that last 10 years and still be active in the business community. Mentors will be provided with an information kit that outlines roles and responsibilities, provides suggestions on approaches to successful mentoring, and outlines sample in which the mentor and student can get involved. Mentor relationship will be established for a period of twelve months, renewable for a second twelve months or until six months after the student graduates. Students will be assigned a mentor on a rolling basis, typically within one month of declaring their minor or thematic sequence. The mentor relationship will be reviewed after six months by obtaining feedback from both the entrepreneur and the student.
Care is taken to properly match mentors with students.
Once a mentor is assigned to a student, the Page Center will provide the mentor with a copy of the student's resume and the entrepreneurial inventory filled out by the student when applying to the entrepreneurship program. The student will be provide with a copy of the mentor's resume, and be asked to do background research on the entrepreneur's company. The student will make the initial contact with the mentor, and an initial get-together will be scheduled. The mentor and student will then identify a set of possible activities in which they can jointly engage over the coming semester. The mentor is expected to meet monthly with the student.