Plan Elements
Goals
Short-term
- Identify the current mentoring organizations that exist and the needs of entrepreneurs.
- Invite those organizations who want to participate in mentoring relationships
- Implement initial plans to grow mentoring efforts in the area
Medium-Term: Create long-term coaching connections to provide continual and progressive hands on development for entrepreneurs linking them with a team of mentors who would walk them through travails in their businesses.
Long-term: International growth & access to capital, Establish consistent and challenging connections which foster the birth of new entrepreneurs in the targeted growth areas for the region, and foster relationships with global impacts.
Organizational Home/Plan Champions
- Home:Undetermined
- Champions: Chamber, Incubator and Accelerator programs, UF Alumni
Resource Requirements
Coaching Connections
Assessment Criteria
Metrics
- Number of companies and individuals currently being mentored and their growth
- Measure how companies and individuals being mentored are growing Measuring the success of those being mentored (e.g. number of employees, number of high-value jobs, amount of funding received — VC, grants, revenue)
Investment Requirement: Medium (significant time needed to organize effort)
Impacts: Medium
Readiness: High
Implementation Timeline: Immediate to Near-term
