Getting into business: Mentoring
Can having a mentor make you more successful?
Business Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
A mentor can take many different forms but ultimately they’re there to give you advice, put you in touch with contacts they have and support you, whether you’re setting up a new business or looking to make the next step in your career.
We head to Sweden to speak to Caxton Njuki, a professional sports and health coach who is a mentor to Jessika Sillanpää. He supported her for a year as she set up her business Jessikastory. They give us an insight into their mentoring relationship and how the process allowed Jessika to work on her business full time.
Abhishek Nagaraj, an expert in business mentoring at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley. He discusses the different forms of mentoring and the economic benefits if you have a really good mentor.
Producer/presenter: Hannah Mullane
(Image: Caxton Njuki and Jessika Sillanpää Credit: Caxton Njuki)