What is it about?
Entrepreneurial success hinges on effective mentoring. However, few researchers have explored and documented approaches to mentoring artists with entrepreneurial ambitions. In this study, I asked experts in the field of arts entrepreneurship to participate in a multiphase Delphi procedure to generate consensus on the best practices for mentoring entrepreneurial artists. I organized the findings into four categories: (a) attributes of effective mentors, (b) suggested learning outcomes, (c) questions to ask mentees, and (d) recommended learning activities that lead to the aforementioned outcomes.
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Why is it important?
To my knowledge, this was the first attempt to systematically codify different aspects of arts entrepreneurship mentoring. The findings suggested a primary focus on value creation and customer/audience discovery; perhaps surprisingly, deep knowledge of the arts/cultural sector did not emerge as an essential attribute of an effective mentor.
Perspectives
It is my hope that the findings of this study might serve as a "handbook" for those mentoring artists seeking to become more entrepreneurial. Hopefully this work will serve as a springboard for further discussion of mentoring as an essential aspect of teaching and learning entrepreneurial skills.
Josef Hanson
University of Memphis
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This page is a summary of: Best Practices for Mentoring in Arts Entrepreneurship Education: Findings From a Delphi Study, Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, October 2020, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2515127420964120.
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