= <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mentors community</span></span></span> =
<br/><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even though we identified as a problem the lack of I&E culture or mindset, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that our students in general have that desire that motivates them to improve and to create. There was the missing part of where to dump and express all that creativity. Taking into account all that, we saw the opportunity and came with this prototype of a Community of advanced students (or even recently graduated ones) who can mentor those that don’t necessarily have their entrepreneurial ideas polished enough or need some kind of guidance.</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the help of a council, the community assigns the best mentor for that particular student, so, for example, if the student comes with an idea somewhat around the developing of an app that helps you keep track of the amount of paper you have being waisting and help you reduce it, the council will select a mentor that fits the idea and the student best. In this case, maybe a graduated student of computer engineering with a small app developing company on the making.</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The council is also responsible of teaching and providing the tools for the mentors to become better at their jobs. Build the competences needed to mentor, to guide, to lead, and most important, to motivate the student to keep working and developing their ideas.</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This whole idea will not only benefit the student but also the mentor. Getting some kind of incentive for their work, the creditable experience of being a mentor of a project, the knowledge acquired through the mentor training…</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working mechanics</span></span></span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the student arrives to the community and is assigned a mentor, they get to agree on a work schedule: a number of meetings (depending on the project) in which they will work together on the idea. After that period is finished comes the evaluation: feedback for the student and for the mentor as a form to keep improving in both their roles. There is the possibility to arrange more meetings if it is needed.</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When that process is finished, the mentor is free to accompany the student in their journey as an entrepreneur now working with NEXO (the entrepreneurial center in UCU).</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How does the student get to know of this community?</span></span></span>