Co-operator looking for mentoring

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Hey folks,

I think the time has come for me to reach out for some mentoring from other folks in the tech co-op milieu. I have lots of ideas I’m puzzling and trying to learn some new skills and am need of advice and a friendly ear beyond the folks in Autonomic.

Would love to have some calls with some folks in our sector to have someone to talk to about all this as I’m working remote. I don’t really have any co-op comrades in my vicinity with the knowledge of the tech sector that’s required to have these conversations.

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Not that I’m qualified to mentor you given that we’re in the same cohort but what skills are you looking to gain/ what does your ideal mentor do or have experience in?

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I’d be happy to talk about our experiences so far at limeleaf.coop, as well as the tech industry in general.

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One thing I’m doing right now with Mission West is a “community of practice” where we meet monthly for few months and discuss challenges we’re facing in each of our co-ops.

We kicked off with a code of conduct and expectations, then we each offered a question or challenge we had.

Each meeting since has tried to take on one of these challenges as a group. Mission West has some exceptional facilitators (Charlie Michel has been amazing) who provide some deeper dives and resources but it’s been valuable to hear from other folks too.

I’d love to start a small cohort of folks for a tech co-op community of practice.

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Good question

I think in the areas of co-op world stuff, career development, business strategy, gaining new skills, welfare, goal setting, where do you see yourself in x years etc.

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Wow that’s so cool. We do that informally in CoTech but it would be great to do that more formally.

I thought am looking for one to one for myself but would up for anything to be honest. I do need privacy though.

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If you have a local non-profit entrepreneurship group, those are usually good places to find business coaches. I paid $30 Canadian to join my local group and my coach and I meet at least once a month. Ever since our first session I cannot imagine ever trying to go solo on this - you’ll end up re-inventing wheels that have been perfected many times over.

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