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The Quality Living Network seeks mentor
Mirjam Spronk, founder of the Quality Living Network
Whenever we can, thenextwomen tries to bring together entrepreneurs so they can meet, match or work together.
A while ago, Mirjam Spronk got in touch with us, an aspiring entrepreneur who had the original idea to create her own yellow pages for professionals and tradesmen in New Zealand. Her business the Quality Living Network launched a year ago but now Mirjam is looking to grow and expand it. To help her do that, she is looking for mentors, which is why we interviewed her to find out a bit more about her business and why she is looking for mentorship.
Can you offer her useful advice, do you want tot tell her about your experiences with a similar business? Are you her mentor? let us know and we will put you in touch!
How did you come up with the idea of your start-up?
Freshideasevents: Submit for the Mentor competition!
jackie brennan of the mentor competition
What do Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and Batman and Robin have in common? They have all benefited from a successful mentor-mentee relationship, says Jackie Brennan. In a bid to encourage female entrepreneurs, her company FRESHIDEAS EVENTS has launched The Mentor Competition. It will give women the opportunity to have some of the UK’s most high profile and successful businesswomen work with them to help them achieve their goals, offering invaluable insights from their own business experiences. Mentors include female internet heroes Karen Darby and Karen Hanton. Closing date is Friday 17 October 2008. Read more
Social web browser for women: gloss
A customized edition of the Flock social web browser, Gloss has launched, report thenextweb and Center Networks.
Gloss targets women interested in fashion, celebrities and gossip. It is not suprising therefore that the customized edition comes in pink, decorated by a lipsticked mouth and filled with custom news on these topics.
Stitsh seeks mentor
Stitsh has launched and is looking for a mentor.
After our first experiment with the mentor program, which run at thenextweb, we came across much more start-up founders that were looking for a mentor. One of them is a company that enables you to find out what the fashionably conscious Londoners wearing and where you can buy their clothes.
Who needs a mentor?
Chloe Holding is the founder of the very early stage startup Habinki. We talked to her about her start-up and why she was looking for a mentor. Here you can find out what happened after we last talked to her.
How did you find the response for the request for a mentor?
“I found the mentoring trial interesting, but also incredibly time consuming and I have found it hard juggling a lot of priorities at the moment.”
What did you get from the mentorship till now?
“I think that one gaines a lot of experience and information from every conversation that one has. Certainly just hearing about people out there who have done something similar and lived to tell the tale is incredibly valuable. I certainly enjoyed hearing about other entrepreneurs and the businesses they have managed to establish.”
Idea + Mentor = Start Business
Over the past weeks we have heard many entrepreneurs tell us that it is easy to set up a company. We talked to software developer and entrepreneur Christine Karman who said: “If you want to start a company, you put a sign up with the name of the company and you are in business.” Similarly, Glenys Berd, founder of lovethoseshoes.com commented: “I would say: Do it! I find many women are scared of running their own business. If you really want to achieve something. Just do it. Go for it.”
One or our aims in setting up this magazine is to motivate women to set up internet businesses. We can find a mentor to help you do it. If you have a great idea which you want to take beyond the idea-phase or if you are in the early phases of a start-up but do not know how to proceed, leave a comment or drop us an email and we will find an expert in your field to give you advice, warn you, help you put up a sign, whatever it is your business needs!
Here’s is one story of a mentee we matched to a mentor. Read more
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