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by muzani 1042 days ago
Yup, helped a lot. Had a ton of ideas. The mentors helped refine them. When you're in creative mode, you're not always in rational mode. I'd bounce ideas off the mentor(s) every day, which also forced me to build something to show them.

Avoid mentors who are regular cynical corporate job types though. They do more harm than help, and I think they subconsciously just wanted us to see us fail. Find the ones who are cheering for you.
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vince_liu 1042 days ago
glad it worked out for you! Did you find a mentor who is in a similar domain/industry you're interested in? e.g. finding a mentor with b2c experience when you know you want to do b2c
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muzani 1041 days ago
Not really. Data and B2B mentors when doing B2C. It's still fairly similar, they know enough to comment on things like UI/UX, how to raise funding, and tech business models.

Normally you're the domain expert anyway. You don't always want to take advice from someone who might be more inexperienced. Part of the mentor experience is blindly following advice to get through a plateau, so be careful who you allow to blindfold you.

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