We spoke to committed business mentor, 'Jason' ', about mentoring on Horsesmouth

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You may assume that mentoring is the preserve of those who have plenty of time on their hands. Not so, as business mentor, 'Jason' has proven with his commitment to mentoring via horsesmouth.co.uk. He regularly helps people who come looking for advice on setting up or growing a business - despite his own work commitments as a CEO of a successful internet business and non-executive director.

Jason is passionate about the role the Internet plays in society and thinks that horsesmouth sums up the best of the World Wide Web, saying “We are naturally social creatures who like to help each other and share our experiences. Horsesmouth allows interactions and sharing to take place – tapping into a desire to make bonds and help society at large. Particularly if you are busy the internet allows you to mentor people on your own terms.

“Mentoring through horsesmouth is a great way for executives to help would be entrepreneurs be successful, which will ultimately help the UK revive its economy. Business growth is essential to the UK’s prosperity so if we can help businesses expand in some small way that can only be a good thing.”

Two themes he commonly advises business owners on are putting business problems into context and the prioritisation of tasks. Jason says, “Context around problems to solve is something you have more easily when you have more experience, so I often bring it into my mentoring conversations. Sometimes I give out simple advice which can potentially have a big effect on the way a business is run. People often come to me because they are struggling to get everything done. If they have prioritised the business’ tasks and still have too much to do then something needs to change. Can they bring in extra resource or take some something off the list?”

There's also loads of great business advice on the Yell Business Pages 

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