News :: Revenue Bootcamp 2009. Tech News | Innovation News | Money News. 6 tips on finding the right mentor. (Editor’s note: Duke Chung is co-founder of Parature. Ching-Ho Fung, his mentor, is chairman of the company. They submitted this story to VentureBeat.) Finding the right mentor to help you steer your business towards success is a challenging, but, often necessary task for entrepreneurs. The insight, experience (and possibly seed money) that the right mentor can provide is often invaluable.Abot 10 years ago, I was lucky enough to join forces with DC-based entrepreneur Ching-Ho Fung, after meeting him at a venture conference.
I was a recent graduate of Cornell, and was, along with some friends, running a fledgling software company from my off-campus apartment. With Ching-Ho’s mentoring aid, we’ve grown that little software company into a leader with over 900 customers. I credit a lot of Parature’s success to Ching-Ho and the mentoring aid provided over the years, but how did we forge such a mutually beneficial relationship? Duke’s Tips: Ching-Ho’s Tips: Information Arbitrage. CIO. Steve Blank.