Mentoring functions and entrepreneur development in the early years of university

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Table 1. Sample demographics.

Mentees	Age	Study year	Gender	Course	Parental business	Experience working for small business	Intended mentees sector and mentors sector/interest/expertise	Mentor gender	Mentor years since graduation	Mentor years as entrepreneur
Adam	18	1	M	BM	No	Yes	Automobile	M	13	8
Afifah	20	1	F	BM	Yes	No	Language	M	5	5
Andreas	29	1	M	BM	No	Yes	Music/Events	M	9	8
Edgar	18	1	M	BM	No	Yes	App	M	5	5
Hale	19	1	M	BM	Yes	Yes	Music/Events	M	9	8
Hameed	19	2	M	B&M	Yes	Yes	Bar/Food/Drink	F	1	1
Hammond	18	1	M	BM	Yes	No	Technology	M	7	9
Harrison	18	1	M	BM	No	No	App/Education	M	13	2
Jack	19	1	M	BM	Yes	Yes	Social media/Food	M	10	7
James	20	1	M	BM	Yes	Yes	Property	M	18	6
Larry	22	2	M	BM	Yes	Yes	App/Food	M	16	16
Mary	21	2	F	B&M	Yes	Yes	Beauty	F	2	2
Nicola	18	1	F	BM	No	No	Online retail	M	13	2
Richard	20	2	M	BM	Yes	Yes	Online retail	F	1	1
Sara	20	2	F	BM&Law	Yes	Yes	Beauty	F	2	2
Stephen	21	1	M	BM	No	No	Music/Events	M	7	9
Sue	20	2	F	M-Bus	Yes	Yes	Property	M	18	6
Vinny	20	2	M	BM	Yes	Yes	Music/Food	M	9	8

BM = Business Management. B&M = Business & Marketing. M-Bus = 3 years undergraduate business degree and fourth year postgraduate.

Figure 1. Coding hierarchy.