No mentors! I want to learn with my peers ... or maybe not
Learning about this San Francisco networking group reminded me about what I hate so much about most of the associations and networking groups. Invariably (almost always, etc.) someone comes up to me and tries to mentor me or tell how I should be doing something differently. Or maybe they're just trying to sell me on doing something that would benefit them.
One of my central problems (central to my entire life) is that I want to innovate a better way to do things. By the definition of me, I don't want to do things the way other people have done them. So I am not open to being tutored.
Most successful people see that I am unsuccessful and rush to help. Sometimes it's hard to clamp my jaw shut and not snap at them.
So can I be assisted? Probably not. Doomed to my own destruction.
Startup2Startup — 2007 November.
Given how brave (and stupid) those of us are who attempt to launch a new startup, i thought it would be helpful to have a regular conversation where we learn about a new topic of interest, get to know the next generation of entrepreneurs, and share the success & mistakes of the past generation. With luck, perhaps the new folks will at least avoid a few of the same piles we’ve stepped in previously.