Categories Mentorship & Support

You can't start a business without some help along the way.

No matter what business challenge you're facing, someone out there's been in a similar situation before you. Mentors, personal advisors and even entrepreneurial friends can fill in some of the blanks -- and provide a needed support network when startup life gets overwhelming. (It happens, trust us.)

Learn from your fellow business owners how to find a mentor, what questions to ask, how to form a personal advisory board and where to go to mentor others in return. You never know where a few pieces of great advice might take you.

13 Tips for Connecting With Female Founders in Your Community

For young women in business, peer mentorship and support are especially valuable — but not always as easy to find. Thirteen YEC women share their best advice.

How to Protect Yourself and Your Startup From Partnership Woes

When two or more people begin a business for profit, the company instantly becomes a general partnership. So what happens to your partner — or you — when your startup plans go south?

12 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Give Back and Do Good

From making good part of their company mission to volunteering on days off, young entrepreneurs are invested in giving back to the community. Here are a dozen ideas to inspire you to do the same.

How to Ask for Advice: 4 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Advice is one of the most valuable assets an entrepreneur can get — yet most of us are terrible at asking for it, and even worse at returning the favor.

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