Online Mentorship - A New Paradigm
Happy Friday,
Now that we are all tied up online, I've been thinking a lot about resources to make remote teaching and startup validation easier online. If you come across any tools that may help us on that front, please shoot my way.
Yesterday we made history and took Mentorship Online. You can see a pic below of all our mentees and mentors sharing time through virtual conversations that included work/life balance, risk-taking, negotiation, networking, and making an impact. We keep growing...
Thought of the day:
“The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.”
― Benjamin Graham
If someone forwarded you this email, you can join our community here.
Online Mentorship
The Lineup:Top FiveEvents The Scoop
TOP FIVE
🚀Be Different / If ever in doubt about anything related to investment, just head to Patrick O'Shaughnessy's podcast. In one of the latest episodes, he invites Dan Rasmussen to discuss "Investing Through a Crisis".
🌵Trailblazing / I think one of the other topics that have been top of mind is what are the behaviors and opportunities that will remain after this situation ends. Tomasz Tunguz wrote a thoughtful post on the subject, "What will this crisis accelerate in your ecosystem?".
🦄 Venture Capital /"Investment Decisions In A Pandemic World" is Semil Shah's take on the investment ecosystem from the startup perspective. For founders to understand the challenges ahead, it is key to understand how VCs, LPs, and Angels will address the months to come.
👍Pitching / Shared by Tom C: here is a talk from the CEO of DocSend who collected investor deck statistics. It includes a mixture of pitching advice and statistics correlated to success or failure of raising a round. Read: "And The Data Says".
🔢Top 250 / I just thought you may want to access a list of the best beers out there before grocery shopping this weekend.
EVENTS
Accelerator
Applications for the Andrews Launch Accelerator close in two weeks! If you are launching a startup, or know someone who is, check out the Accelerator here.
THE SCOOP
Mann+Hummel
Between 15-30 hours/wk.
Skills: Some technical / software skills would be great (will likely be working with Confluence, Excel, and other systems to pull data together). Otherwise, interest in high-tech, venture-stage companies.
On the pay rate, M+H has a standard intern offer is $20/hr.
If interested, hit reply and shoot your resume or LinkedIn profile my way. No GPA restrictions or anything like that...
Open Spectrum
They have a sweet gig for a hustler interested in organizing events and leading communications in a growing industry.
Contact Aron - aron@openspectruminc.com for all the info.
Logistics for 2x Events per month1 Event is catered, coordinate with caterer1 Event is a reservation at a restaurant, coordinate with restaurantCoordinating with title sponsor for event (relationship management with corporate representative) Manage Contact Lists for both EventsEach event has ~100 invitesMonthly Newsletter Management1 per month500 person contact listLead Generation Email Campaign2x per monthTargeted emails to all contact listsTechnology UsedHubspot (CRM)Gmail & O365ExcelApprox 30-40hrs/month, hourly rate negotiable
Uncubed + IBM Fast-TrackIntroductionAt IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIBM is a global leader in technology innovation. We take responsibility in developing our people as our most valuable resource. We are looking for a technical writer co-op to join the WebSphere Application Server organization. In this dynamic opportunity, you will learn how to design and develop customer documentation for the WebSphere Application Server product portfolio. You will collaborate with a diverse group of developers, designers, and testers in planning and delivering. As a team collaborator, you will gain a song theoretical and practical understanding of the technical details and produce documentation that delights our customers. The deliverables that you will work with covers a broad spectrum, including traditional text, tutorials, samples, product embedded help, graphics and social channels such as videos and blog posts. The role is wide ranging and you will have the opportunity to develop or hone skills in the following areas:Content design, authoring principles and tools for crafting-high quality informationCrafting communications in making complex information meaningful, useful and attractive for usersProject facilitation in guiding squads to deliver content on timeIBM product knowledge as you work hands-on with the products that you documentThe build, test and delivery processes that turn our source into client-ready outputProgramming and scripting technology that drive flexibility and automation into our workGlobalization and accessibilityDetails here.
Medable
Medable is a high-growth startup focused on fast-tracking the process of Clinical Trials.
Currently hiring a Research Study Coordinator. If you know someone interested please connect me.
HQ Raleigh
HQ is looking to bring on another HQ Community Fellow! This is a paid fellowship position designed for someone who has recently graduated or is in undergrad/grad with a flexible schedule that allows 9-5 work. If you or someone you know is interested reach out to lauren@hq.community! Details here.
See you next week,
Gabe