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2. A trusted friend or family member who already have vast experience in the entrepreneurial
pursuit advising and guiding the entrepreneurs.
Characteristics of mentoring.
The following are the characteristics of mentoring.

a. Absolutely focuses on professional development or career growth. At times this might be
outside the mentee’s area of work.
b. Builds the relationships beyond job boundaries.
c. Carried out outside and beyond the manager-subordinate relationship. Also it happens by the
mutual consent of the mentor and the mentee.
d. Develops personal relationship. As the relationship is personal the mentor will be willing to
support both professionally and personally.
e. Employer or the organization initiates this initiative. But the relation may be initiated by a
mentor through this initiative.
f. Formally it should last for nine months to one year. However, the mentor and mentee may
continue the mentoring relationship informally.

Types of Mentoring:
(a) On the basis of construction mode:
(i) Formal Mentoring
(ii) Informal mentoring
(b) On the basis of delivering mode:
(i) One to One mentoring (iii) Online Mentoring
(ii) Group Mentoring (iv) Peer Mentoring
Information normally comes from:
• Government Agencies
• The Private Sector