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Mentoring

The aim of the mentoring scheme is to assist an echallenge team with building a robust, realistic business model with a view to possible commercialisation. Mentors are professionals who are donating their time to the echallenge. These volunteers have experience writing business plans and/or building great companies. While their free time is in short supply, these mentors have pledged to help advise echallenge teams to develop a stronger business plan.

The mentor guidelines have been developed to provide an overview of the mentoring process and to assist mentors and teams to manage their relationship effectively.

Guidelines

0. Mentors have agreed to provide approximately two hours per week of their time, over a six week period to assist an echallenge team in the preparation of their business plan. Specific timeframes will vary according to mentors' availability and team requirements.
0. Confidentiality of team information essential to the success of the competition and mentors have agreed to keep team information confidential.
0. The mentoring scheme will begin in the week beginning Monday 7 September 2009 and proceed until the time that business plans are due for judging on Thursday 15th October 2009.
0. Any difficulties arising from a mentor/team relationship will be resolved by the Organising Committee of the echallenge.

If you have queries about the mentoring scheme email echallenge@adelaide.edu.au