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The other issue is, great mentors aren't usually plainly available on a website; the very act of finding their contact info\u002Fintroduction and making a convincing pitch…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"5611953","shanelja","I couldn't agree more, and to expand: what I've found so far on the path to finding a mentor is that initial contact is simply awkward and too much pressure is put on you in the…",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"People seeking mentors and experienced people willing to mentor.","inferred",[65,67],{"id":66},"post",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"5611946","buro9","I've been a mentee, and I now mentor. What I want when I see web sites like this is to see an understanding that mentoring isn't Q&A, and it's not \"a chat over coffee\". The most…",[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":76,"objections":99,"requests":147,"questions":167,"alternatives":180},[77,92],{"value":78,"source":51,"evidence":79},"Good idea that helps people become better and build connections.",[80,84,88],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"5611547","aswath87","Fantastic. I really like startups like these that help people become better and build meaningful connections.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"5611650","whynotbalu","Awesome work! This could be huge in terms of overcoming the gender\u002Frace barriers to finding great mentors within traditional corporate structures (and even within the super…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"5611870","amalakar","It is an excellent idea. Congratulations Nitin\u002FSumit and all the best!",{"value":93,"source":51,"evidence":94},"Mentorship is a strong way to learn a skill.",[95],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"5611087","Total_Meltdown","1) How it looks on my monitor: http:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002FiSjP8ae.png - might not want to repeat that title image like that. 2) I would really like to see if there are any mentors…",[100,111,115,122,136],{"value":101,"source":51,"evidence":102},"Recruiters and spam are already messaging new users.",[103,107],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"5611791","jaysonelliot","Within a couple hours of creating my profile, I've received three emails from recruiters, all for positions unrelated to my actual field. I love the idea behind mentii, but this…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"5611885","colinhowe","I'd love to sign up... but recruiters should be hellbanned from this.",{"value":112,"source":51,"evidence":113},"Initial contact is awkward and high pressure.",[114],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"value":116,"source":51,"evidence":117},"Advice requests are repetitive and no edit option exists before publishing.",[118],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"5611813","GreyZephyr","I love the idea. Yours is the first social network style site that I have joined. I do however, have a couple of comments and thoughts about the site. Firstly, when I sign up and…",{"value":123,"source":51,"evidence":124},"Account deletion is not available in the product.",[125,129,133],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"5612864","andrewthornton","Is there no way to delete your account?",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"5611948","lowglow","Why can't I delete my account?",{"id":134,"by":131,"text":135},"5616354","You should let your users delete their accounts through the service. I'd also like you to delete all of my data.",{"value":137,"source":51,"evidence":138},"The name means lying in French and Portuguese.",[139,143],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"5612212","pavlov","On seeing the name Mentii, my first association was with lying rather than mentoring because \"menti\" in French means \"lied\" (as in \"j'ai menti\" -- \"I lied\"). That aside, great…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"5612254","rjtavares","Same for Portuguese.",[148,152,156,160],{"value":149,"source":51,"evidence":150},"Add mentor training and structured mentorship agreements.",[151],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},{"value":153,"source":51,"evidence":154},"Fix the screenshot layout on large monitors.",[155],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},{"value":157,"source":51,"evidence":158},"Allow filtering mentors by interests.",[159],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},{"value":161,"source":51,"evidence":162},"Allow public questions answered by many people.",[163],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"5611306","d0m","Congrats for sticking with your startup idea even though lots of people probably told you \"Another social network?!\" : ) Here's a feature I'd love to see.. A way to ask a…",[168,173],{"value":169,"source":51,"evidence":170},"Is there a way to delete an account?",[171,172],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},{"value":174,"source":51,"evidence":175},"What is the difference between messages and Request Meeting?",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"5612161","pyvek","Great platform. I already got someone to guide me. :) Is there any difference between the normal messages and the \"Request Meeting\" feature?",[181],{"value":182,"source":51,"evidence":183},"Quora has ask-to-answer and karma features.",[184],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"5611440","argonaut","That sounds an awful lot like Quora. Especially considering that Quora has an ask-to-answer feature where you can expend points (karma) to ask people questions. There are also a…",{"comments":18,"answered":42,"key":189},[190,193,196],{"id":191,"text":192},"5611143","Thanks for the screenshot .. we'll fix it. And Thanks for your good wishes :). We'll soon try to create something that will help you get a better sense interest areas of the…",{"id":194,"text":195},"5611760","And to add to this .. We have some karma already in place and its called \"Respect\". Users can go to profile of others and give them Respect (by clicking on the Respect button)…",{"id":197,"text":198},"5616712","Oh wow .. never knew that. 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