Behind many great leaders you'll usually find a great mentor.

The mentor-menty relationship is often one of the most important and most fulfilling relationships people have,

in both their careers and in their lives.

The mentor-menty relationship is often one of the most important and most fulfilling relationships people have,

in both their careers and in their lives.

So how do you find a mentor?

What are different kinds of mentorship?

And how can it help you break into an industry

or help others break in themselves.

In this episode from July 2018, A16Z co-founder Ben Horwitz

discusses mentorship with his mentor Silicon Valley pioneer Ken Coleman and Ben's mentee Michelle Feister,

founder of User Mind and now Chief Product Officer at Qualtrix.

They begin with their personal journeys and share advice and frameworks for mentorship, leadership, and growing as a founder and CEO.

Hi everyone, welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. Today's episode is all about mentors and

mentees. The discussion takes place between A6 and C co-founder Ben Horowitz and

his mentor Ken Coleman who started his career at HP and then Activision,

was later chairman of Acceleris and is on multiple other boards, and held several

executive positions at Silicon Graphics in between. It's based on a Q&A that took place at an event we hosted in May 2018,

and the discussion is moderated by Michelle Feister,

herself a mentee of Ben's, she was formerly at HP and then Apto,

and is now the CEO and co-founder of User Mind.

You can also hear her insights on creating a category from pricing to positioning in a previous episode,

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