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Definition: Business Mentoring

A succinct definition of what business mentoring is can be boiled down into a mere sentence: professional development activities supported by an experienced peer or colleague. But what a business mentor actually does for you and your company far exceeds such a simple explanation.

Most mentors, whether for a one-shot question or decades-long resource, offer new ideas and ways of thinking about problems that perhaps you or your company hadn't thought of. The best mentors work, or have worked, in similar fields' to your entrepreneurial venture, but some can be specialists in a particular field or problem not related to your business goals. For these and many other reasons, it is best to find mentors that you feel comfortable with, trust implicity, and are able to access on a timeline that suits everyone's needs.

Online mentoring has taken on in recent years because of these inherent needs. A list of online sources are compiled below, along with further reading if more in-depth information is required.