Christina Friederichs

Christina Friederichs

The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) was founded in 1995 by Barnett Helzberg, Jr., former owner and President of Helzberg Diamonds. Inspired by his twenty-three year mentoring relationship with Ewing Kauffman, HEMP matches seasoned, successful entrepreneur mentors with less-experienced entrepreneur mentees. Components of the program include a one-on-one mentoring relationship, networking opportunities with peers and veteran business owners, exposure to mentoring skills that can be applied to any professional or personal situation, business educations discussing greatest successes and lessons learned from peers and top CEOs in the community, and field trips to locations of entrepreneurial interest within the Kansas City area. As Managing Director, Christina oversees HEMP staff and office operations while managing over 130 entrepreneurs throughout Kansas City.

Mentoring: Why Mentoring?

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Jan 252012
 
Mentoring: Why Mentoring?

forward by Mary Lou Jacoby For the last 7 weeks we’ve talked about what mentoring is, why you need it, how it works and how to get into a mentoring relationship. There have been stories of relationships gone good, personal lives improved and businesses rescued from tragedy. Christina Friederichs, the executive director of the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program, is responsible for bringing together the MOST [click here to read more...]