Virtual TiE NY Mentor Session

May 19, 2020
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (America/New_York)

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Overview

Our May workshop focus is on "Finding the Product-Market Fit."  This is a very important issue for every startup founder. Many get it wrong. 75% of all startups fail. The #1 reason for a startup's failure is that founders build something that no one needs. Finding the fit with an existing need in the market is therefore the most important goal for every startup's product.  Without the product-market fit, a startup cannot scale.  Founders need a methodical approach to efficiently find the product-market fit and therefore not waste their time, effort and investment dollars on product features not required by the market. 

During this interactive session, we will cover the following topics: 1) Defining "product-market fit" (PMF) 2) Intro to the "Lean Startup" methodology 3) Customer Development process   4) Defining the "minimum-viable product" (MVP) 5) Avoiding pre-mature spending on marketing 6) When to scale?  

Our session will be run by Sab Kanaujia. A globally recognized entrepreneur, executive, advisor and investor in the digital technology industry, Sab is the Founder and CEO of Dia Ventures, an early-stage startup advisory and investment firm based in NYC. He also ran global digital product strategy & development for NBC Universal, where his team incubated, launched and scaled digital products for over thirty global brands across entertainment, news and sports programming for the $16 billion global media and entertainment company.  Why put your heart into something where you could be setting yourself up to fail when some extra thoughtful hours spent could set you up for success?  Come join us to make sure you are on the right track!

This workshop is part of our Mentorship Program and is a benefit for our active members. Non-members can buy tickets for our workshop for $20, but, to be matched with a mentor you must join TiE New York first by signing up at ny.tie.org

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Our mentoring program provides one-on-one guidance to budding entrepreneurs by assessing their needs and matching them with TiE Charter Members who are seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and functional experts across different industries. Whether you are looking to jump into entrepreneurship as a recent college graduate or a mid-level corporate professional, or are in the middle of your startup journey and need help to take your startup to the next level, our highly committed Charter Members are available to provide you the necessary guidance. Mentees can benefit from "Flash Mentoring," where they meet an assigned mentor for some one-time advise mentees need in a particular area, or from "Ongoing Mentoring," where mentees meet on a regular basis to get guidance on a wide range of topics from their assigned mentors.  

The Mentoring Program is absolutely free, and is available to all TiE NY Active Members. 

Come join us to make sure you are on the right track!

Members: Free

Non-Members: $20

Mentoring is a benefit for our active members.  Non-members can buy tickets for our workshops but to be matched with a mentor you must join TiE New York first (membership is $100/year and you can join by signing up at ny.tie.org).  

Many thanks and see you on Tuesday.

Craig and Sab.

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About the Mentor Program

Our mentoring program provides one-on-one guidance to budding entrepreneurs by assessing their needs and matching them with TiE Charter Members who are seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and functional experts across different industries. Whether you are looking to jump into entrepreneurship as a recent college graduate or a mid-level corporate professional, or are in the middle of your startup journey and need help to take your startup to the next level, our highly committed Charter Members are available to provide you the necessary guidance. Mentees can benefit from "Flash Mentoring," where they meet an assigned mentor for some one-time advise mentees need in a particular area, or from "Ongoing Mentoring," where mentees meet on a regular basis to get guidance on a wide range of topics from their assigned mentors.  

The Mentoring Program is absolutely free, and is available to all TiE NY Members. 

How Does The TiE NY Mentoring Program Works?

Our Mentoring Program is driven by Mentees. They work with the TiE Mentoring Committee to explain their requirements, identify their Mentors, coordinate with their assigned Mentors to schedule their one-time or ongoing meetings, and keep the Committee up-to-date on their evolving needs and any required changes they wish to make on their mentoring arrangement. 

In order to get started, we suggest the following steps to new Mentees:

1) Attend our monthly mentoring event that is typically held every third Tuesday of the month.

2) Use the event to learn more about our Mentoring program and network/socialize with various TiE NY Charter & Board Members, other Mentees and the broader TiE NY community. 

3) At the event, explain our Mentoring Committee members about your needs, and identify and meet, if possible, a potential Mentor available in attendance during the event.  

3) If you did not meet any potential Mentor who is a fit for your needs during the event, our Mentoring Committee will identify someone from our broader Charter Member community and introduce you to that Mentor.

4) Coordinate directly with the Mentor to schedule your mentoring meetings. 

5) Keep the Mentoring Committee updated about your ongoing mentoring with your assigned Mentor. 

6) If and when you need to change your mentor for whatever reason, please inform the Mentoring Committee and you will be assigned a new Mentor. 

7) Attend our monthly Mentoring events, which provide you valuable learning opportunities from expert speakers on various topics and other fellow entrepreneurs and mentees. Topics covered in past events include: How to Best Benefit from Mentoring, Finding the Product-Market Fit, Legal Issues Facing Entrepreneurs, etc.  

If you are interested in becoming a mentee or mentor please register to attend the next event so we can get to know you and fill out the appropriate mentor or mentee intake form for us here

About our Mentors

Our mentors are committed volunteers whose primary goal is giving back to the community. They also realize that the mentoring process can help them maybe as much as it helps the mentees they are advising. These volunteers are seasoned entrepreneurs, executives and functional experts across different industries. They have agreed to volunteer up-to four hours per month of their time in order to help budding entrepreneurs within the TiE NY community.

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