A while back, I interviewed Kelly, our Business Channel Editor here at b5media and one of the questions that I asked her in the interview was, “Who was/is your business mentor?” Surprisingly, Kelly said she didn’t have one, had never had one and probably wouldn’t be getting one soon. I don’t think she hates mentors, I just think she simply does not have a need for one. A lot of business women are like that.
I, for one, do not, did not and have not ever had a mentor. And believe me, there were times when I did want one, …read more

As a female in the business world, I have learned through a lot of trial-and-error what works and what doesn’t work. I have never had the opportunity to have a mentor and have really never had anyone local to me that I could look to for advice and mimicking as a business owner. Although there are numerous successful businesses run by women, I wonder just how many of them have had the experience of having someone in their corner who had “been there…done that” and offered their advice to the budding entrepreneur?
Role models and mentors usually satisfy the need to …read more