60-70 pages training material
2 levels - common part + specialities for the 2 target groups (entrepreneurs and MSc students)

The purpose of this module is to improve the ability of potential mentors to develop a close relation with SMEs owners to support them in facing daily issues and in developing a better vision of the future for their enterprises to prepare sustainable transmissions with relevant business opportunities.

• First, some general aspects of SMEs contraints are developed on:
  • finance,
  • business strategy and development,
  • organisation, management rules and recruitment issues,
  • and the status of the existing situations in Europe to develop a European vision of entrepreneurs.
• Then, trainees have to work on:
  • various cases in small teams,
  • and should prepare an action plan as it should be shared the SMEs owner for implementation.
  • Cross-sharing of teams results will be key for evaluating the ability of Mentors in managing interrelation and empathy.
• At the end of the session, the attendees are assessed on:
  • the global key knowledge
  • and the soft skills required to develop a trusty relation with the SMEs owner.