Mentor Meet-Up

On this episode of Mentor Meet-Up we connect with Bud Lavery, social entrepreneur and solutions-driven leader with a passion for developing better products, better teams and a better world. Topics of today's conversation include start-up bathrooms, outdated mentorship models, Snakes in the Axles, and tips for creating safe spaces to encourage vulnerability and failure. Bud Lavery LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bud-lavery Inspired Classroom https://www.inspiredclassroom.com/

In this episode, we welcome Dave Danford, a marketing and product strategy advisor, as well as the Managing Director for Innovation Incubator. Our conversation takes us through Dave's early years navigating start-ups in the Silicon Valley, setting up mentorship systems, and how we can revolutionize mentorship and make it more readily available. Dave Danford LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveda Inspired Classroom https://www.inspiredclassroom.com/

On this episode of Mentor Meet-Up, we catch up with Paul La Morte, a Global Education Solutions Lead at Zoom Video Communications. During our conversation, we discuss how mentorship programs are using tech such as zoom to be successful across vast distances, how people learn on video communication platforms, we run Pat through Snakes in the Axles, and techniques to inspire motivation and success amongst students. Pat La Morte LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/photolamorte Inspired Classroom https://www.inspiredclassroom.com/

On this episode of Mentor Meet-Up, we converse with Colleen Rudio, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of Cascadia Management Group. Talking points include the many different forms of modern mentorship in business, overcoming the initial fear of success, maintaining consistency, as well as a new bit aptly named 'Snakes in the Axle.' Colleen Rudio LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenrudio Cascadia Management Group https://cascadiamg.com/ Inspired Classroom https://www.inspiredclassroom.com/

We begin the first episode of Mentor Meet-Up by welcoming Paul Gladen, Executive Director of Accelerate Montana & the Blackstone Launchpad at the University of Montana. Topics include Paul's story of how he arrived in Montana, founding the Hellgate Venture Network and the Blackstone Launch Program, as well as the equity of access to mentorship in Montana and problem solving in the new modern world. Paul Gladen LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgladen Accelerate Montana http://acceleratemontana.umt.edu/ Hellgate Venture Network https://hellgateventurenetwork.com/ Inspired Classroom https://www.inspiredclassroom.com/