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When it comes to college entrepreneurship, Alvin Rohrs,president and CEO of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), aSpringfield, Missouri-based nonprofit, says mentors can share themistakes they have made and show you how to avoid making thosemistakes yourself. Mentors can be anyone--from professors andadvisors to local businesspeople. Plenty of universities withentrepreneurial programs put emphasis on mentoring; examplesinclude the Center for Entrepreneurship Program at Loyola MarymountUniversity in Los Angeles and the W.P. Carey School of Business atArizona State University in Tempe.
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