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The scope of the TiE-Arizona mentoring program is to assist TiE-Arizona members gain access to entrepreneurial, leadership, managerial, industry, functional and technical expertise. Functional expertise means general knowledge within legal, finance, human resources, marketing, operations, and information technology areas. Technical expertise relates to specific subject areas, techniques and methodologies.
More specifically, the objectives of the program are to enable:
- Principals in emerging and growth businesses to gain access to seasoned experience in business and information technology strategy formulation and planning, packaging deals for funding by angel investors, venture capitalists and institutional investors, and in downstream execution of administrative and operational initiatives.
- Owners, executives and line managers in mature or declining businesses to gain access to seasoned experience and knowledge of emerging trends and technologies so as to provide a "fresh look" at these businesses and to provide guidance in turnaround and reengineering situations.
- Newly appointed line managers and project managers to understand proven entrepreneurial, leadership and managerial techniques.
The program uses the "The Technology Entrepreneur's Guidebook" available from the TiE-Washington, D.C. chapter as background material. This guidebook is downloadable from www.c2mm.com/indianceo/documents/Entrepreneur%27s%20Guidebook.pdf. Before commencing any mentoring session, TiE-Arizona strongly recommends that mentees review the relevant sections of this material as a background frame of reference.
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