Opinion

February 15, 2022

Why mentoring startups is the 'secret sauce' of corporate innovation

Eight tips on how to do this well from Siemens Energy Ventures


Illai Gescheit

7 min read

Photo by Monica Melton on Unsplash

A big part of what shaped me as a founder, entrepreneur and venture capitalist is my mentoring experiences; both as a mentor and a mentee. After mentoring many amazing founders — both as a mentor-in-residence at Techstars, a mentor in the Google Climate Program and other programs — mentoring became a part of my identity.

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