Why Getting a Mentor is Key and How to Find One
OTTAWA (January 3, 2013) – Exploriem announces today, a new membership program for startup entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artpreneurs for the Greater Ottawa Area. For a small annual fee, entrepreneurs gain access to essential resources and services. Exploriem will be offering different levels of membership that have a different set of benefits.
Starting at $95.00+HST/year, a startup company will have access to Exploriem’s meeting room, equipped with a Samsung SmartTV and also our large boardroom, equipped with a SMARTboard and lounge area. This gives the startups a professional location with the essential tools to host important meetings.
The program also offers startup companies free and discounted tickets to Exploriem events throughout the year. Members will receive two (2) free tickets to our summer event, EVENT-AID. Members will also receive discounts on tickets to both the Bootstrap Awards and Adawe Trade-Show as well as TechLinks. Members also receive a preferred rate when purchasing exhibitor space at the Adawe Trade-Show and EVENT-AID.
Having a mentor is extremely important when you are starting a new enterprise and so we have added a mentoring aspect to the membership. Startups receive all the above benefits of membership plus they are strategically assigned a mentor for just $195.00 per year.
“A 2011 Silicon Valley study showed that startups that set goals and track their metrics are growing 7x faster than those who don’t. Mentors that help startups set the right goals and then hold them accountable, play a crucial role in their successful development. That is why Exploriem.org has recruited some of the best mentors anywhere to help member startups get on the right track,” Bruce M Firestone, Executive Director, Exploriem.org; Founder, Ottawa Senators; Author, Quantum Entity Trilogy, Entrepreneurs Handbook II; Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Telfer School of Management; Real Estate Broker, Century 21 Explorer Realty, Ottawa, Canada, Janaury 2013 (Startup Genome Report 01, Max Marmer, Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, Ron Berman, May 2011).
Other features include: an Exploriem Member badge for your corporate, personal websites and mobile apps, VIP invitations to Thirsty Thursday Networking events, Corporate Profile in Member Directory, opportunity to submit content and news updates for the Exploriem Newsletter and access to our Partner Services Discounts. More benefits will be added in the future.
Notes to Editors
About Exploriem
Exploriem is a registered Canadian not-for-profit organization. It provides mentorship, conducts events, creates networking opportunities and provides advice, early stage funding, market channel management and office incubator space to assist young entrepreneurs in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec.
Today, Exploriem is led by its Executive Director, Professor Bruce M. Firestone who is best known as the Founder of the Ottawa Senators. He is also Entrepreneurship Ambassador at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Author of Quantum Entity Trilogy and Real Estate Broker with Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc. Assistant Director, Ms. Erika Godwin runs the programming for Exploriem and manages the new business incubator as well. Erika holds a B.Sc Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Management from Upstate New York private university, Elmira College.
A list of Exploriem.org mentors is available at, http://www.exploriem.org/entrepreneurial-services/mentoring.
Program Options
Membership $95.00+HST/year
• Use of Exploriem Meeting Rooms and Lounge
• Main Boardroom – 2 hours per year (valued at $150.00+HST)
• Small Boardroom – 3 hours per year (valued at $90.00+HST)
• Use of Exploriem Member Logo on corporate and personal website(s).
• Two free ticket to Exploriem’s EVENT-AID (Valued at $40.00+HST)
• Member Ticket prices to Bootstrap Awards and TechLinks Events. (Bootstrap Awards value: $80.00 for $50.00 – TechLinks value $35.00 for $20.00)
• Corporate Name, Logo and up to 100 word write-up in on-line directory
• Invitation as VIP to monthly Thirsty Thursday’s Networking Event
• Access to Partner Service Discounts
Total Value: $325.00+HST
Membership with Mentorship $195.00+HST/year
• Assigned a mentor – under the Exploriem mentor-mentee agreement. (value:priceless)
• Use of Exploriem Meeting Rooms and Lounge
• Main Boardroom – 2 hours per year (valued at $150.00+HST)
• Small Boardroom – 3 hours per year (valued at $90.00+HST)
• Use of Exploriem Member Logo on corporate and personal website(s).
• Two free ticket to Exploriem’s EVENT-AID (Valued at $40.00+HST)
• Member Ticket prices to Bootstrap Awards and TechLinks Events. (Bootstrap Awards value: $80.00 for $50.00 – TechLinks value $35.00 for $20.00)
• Corporate Name, Logo and up to 100 word write-up in on-line directory
• Invitation as VIP to monthly Thirsty Thursday’s Networking Event
• Access to Partner Service Discounts
Total Value: PRICELESS
Corporate Membership $295.00+HST/year
• Use of Exploriem Meeting Rooms and Lounge
• Main Boardroom | 3 hours per year per organization (valued at $225.00+HST)
• Small Boardroom | 5 hours per year per organization (valued at $150.00+HST)
• Use of Exploriem Member Logo on corporate and personal website(s).
• Four (4) free ticket to Exploriem’s EVENT-AID (Valued at $80.00+HST)
• Member Ticket prices to Bootstrap Awards and TechLinks Events for up to four (4) individuals in the organization. (Bootstrap Awards value: $320.00 for $200.00 – TechLinks value $140.00 for $80.00)
• Corporate Name, Logo and up to 100 word write-up in on-line directory
• Invitation as VIP to monthly Thirsty Thursday’s Networking Event
Total Value: $635.00+HST
For more information contact:
Erika Godwin, Assistant Director +1.613.566.3436 x 214
@Exploriem
egodwin @ exploriem.org
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