= <span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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> =
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
<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;">Once 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 student arrives missing part of where to dump and express all that creativity. Taking into account all that, we saw the community opportunity and is assigned came with this prototype of a Community of advanced students (or even recently graduated ones) who can mentor, they get to agree on a work schedulethose 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 number of meetings (depending on council, the project) in which they will work together on community assigns the idea. After best mentor for that period is finished particular student, so, for example, if the student comes with an idea somewhat around the evaluation: feedback for developing of an app that helps you keep track of the student amount of paper you have being waisting and for help you reduce it, the council will select a mentor as that fits the idea and the student best. In this case, maybe a graduated student of computer engineering with a form to keep improving in both their roles. There is small app developing company on the possibility to arrange more meetings if it is neededmaking.</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 The council is finished, also responsible of teaching and providing the tools for the mentors to become better at their jobs. Build the competences needed to mentor is free , to guide, to lead, and most important, to accompany motivate the student in to keep working and developing their journey as an entrepreneur now working with NEXO (the entrepreneurial center in UCU)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;">How does This whole idea will not only benefit the student get to know but also the mentor. Getting some kind of incentive for their work, the creditable experience of being a mentor of this community?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;">We knew Once the communication student arrives to the community and is assigned a mentor, they get to agree on a work schedule: a number of new resources meetings (depending on the project) in our university has always being an issuewhich they will work together on the idea. Billboards, screens, mails… So making sure After that period is finished comes the evaluation: feedback for the student and for the teachers know about mentor as a form to keep improving in both their roles. There is the existence of this community possibility to arrange more meetings if it is crucialneeded. They will be </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 biggest link between mentor is free to accompany the students and student in their journey as an entrepreneur now working with NEXO (the mentors 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 first step student get to know of this process.community?</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;">We also thought of using knew the existing resource communication of WebAsignaturanew resources in our university has always being an issue. Billboards, an online platform where all screens, mails… So making sure the teachers know about the students existence of UCU take partthis community is crucial. Advertise They will be the community through that, biggest link between the students and through the appmentors in the first step of this process.</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;">Asuntos estudiantilesWe also thought of using the existing resource of WebAsignatura, a department focused on an online platform where all the students affairs, shall also of UCU take part.Advertise the community through that, and through the app.</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;">The interdisciplinary part of this project is the common work with NEXO. The community and the entrepreneurial center must work togetherAsuntos estudiantiles, referring a department focused on students and shearing progressaffairs, to make this whole adventure more enrichingshall also take part.</span></span></span>
<spanstyle="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The interdisciplinary part of this project is the common work with NEXO. The community and the entrepreneurial center must work together, referring students and shearing progress, to make this whole adventure more enriching.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactics/Milestones:</span></span></span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactics/Milestones:</span></span></span></span> #<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define in which institute, department of vice rectorate will be in charge of the community.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create the links between departments to make sure this idea works as it is supposed to do, as it is something that crosses all faculties.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define the incentives the mentors will be given (credits, awards/bonuses).</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design (or choose) the platform in which the community will be working with.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find possible mentors, train them and make them ready to work with students.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inform teachers about this new resource.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give a speech at Plaza de encuentros presenting the community, have some of the mentors show their enterprises.</span></span></span>#<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48364397-db5e-93b1-b889-8a59d5010b63"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encourage students to present ideas, even the craziest ones</span></span></span>
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