Wouldn’t it be great to have a chance for a 1:1 mentoring from former Apple evangelist and current VC Guy Kawasaki? Or time with the former CEO of GE, Jack Welch? Or a chance to ask Wired magazine’s Chris Anderson about all the things he sees that might be germane to your startup? Or talk about your social media startup with Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell?
Here’s your chance.
Patrick Tedjamulia, one of the founders of a non-profit in Utah called the International Mentoring Network Organization (IMNO.org) reached out to me about a “Mentorship Auction” they’re holding and their Get in Their Shoes Campaign to promote it (thanks to Doug Pollei for the connection). Thinking a post about it might be a bit of a stretch for Minnov8’s mission focused on internet and web innovation in our state, I reached out to Patrick by email and tossed the ball in his court to give me a call so we could kick it around.
Tedjamulia is a brand manager at General Mills and he grabbed a few minutes to launch a call to me this morning. As we talked I quickly realized that yes, this sort of thing would definitely be of interest to the Minnov8 readership!
The first auction is currently running and is a 1-on-1 mentoring opportunity with one of my favorite authors Daniel Pink, the NY Times Best Selling author of “A Whole New Mind”, and “Drive”. Daniel’s auction ends Feb. 11th so there is still time for you to bid. The winning bidder will get a thirty-minute phone conversation (mentorship) with Daniel Pink.
Today, Feb. 8th, the next auction is opening and will be a mentoring opportunity with Caterina Fake, the co-founder of Flickr and now Hunch. Coming up are auctions posted for mentoring opportunities with the following individuals:
- Fernando Aguirre, CEO and Chairman of Chiquita brands: Feb 15- 24
- Lawler Kang, author of Passion at Work: Feb 22-Mar.3
- Dave Logan, author of Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance: Mar. 1 – 10
- Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of Free!: Mar. 8-17
- Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group and co-author of Groundswell: Mar. 15-24
- Stephan Roche, CEO of Kapitall: Mar. 22 – 31
- Dr. Clotaire Rapaille, author of The Culture Code: Mar. 29 – Apr. 7
- Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor, FORTUNE and author of Talent is Overrated: Apr. 5 – 14
- Robbie Vitrano, CEO of Trumpet Group: Apr. 12 – 21
- Jeff Hayzlett, CMO of Kodak: Apr. 19 – 28
- Jeffrey Veen, web design and development guru and co-founder of Adaptive Path: Apr. 26 – May. 5
- Aaron Magness, Director of Brand Marketing, Zappos: May 3 – 12
- Rafe Furst, entrepreneur, investor and business leader: May 10 – 19
- Guy Kawasaki, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures: May 17 – 26
- …and more.
Proceeds from the campaign will go directly to the International Mentoring Network Organization (www.imno.org), a 501c3 non-profit organization aimed at making professional mentoring available to everyone and truly founders of what they term the “Open Source Mentoring Movement”. Also, stop by their site to listen to some recorded calls to get a sense of what these sorts of mentorship opportunities are like.
Don’t miss the chance to be mentored by Daniel Pink, Guy Kawasaki, and many others and bid today at Get in Their Shoes.