...Eugene Crehan; Aidan Duane; Felicity Kelliher Purpose This research explores the provision of monitoring, mentoring and nurturing in a government venture capital (GVC) entrepreneur development programme and how these activities might create value for high potential startups (HPSUs). Design...

...Andreas Walmsley; Ghulam Nabi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify entrepreneur mentor benefits and challenges as a result of entrepreneurship mentoring in higher education (HE). Design/methodology/approach An entrepreneurship mentoring scheme was developed at a UK university...

... as learning tasks in the entrepreneurial context do not automatically transform into effective learning for a novice entrepreneur. In this paper, we develop a comprehensive and situational role taxonomy for entrepreneurial mentoring meant to address this challenge. Entrepreneurial mentoring builds...

...Lida P. Kyrgidou; Eugenia Petridou Purpose The present paper aims at discussing the transformative potential of an e‐mentoring support with regard to mentors' and mentees' learning and behavioral aspects, through an empirical study based on rural women entrepreneurs in Greece. Design...

... highlight the value of non‐formal support structures, such as mentoring and networking, and question the value of traditional formal business education and training strategies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Entrepreneurialism Training agencies Business support services Mentoring...

.... There are theoretical arguments that suggest support for new start entrepreneurs should be provided on a mentoring basis. If this is provided selectively, then this should have an impact on the management ability and confidence of such new firm starts. This paper reports the results of interviews with new firm...