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How Google's Bhadresh Patel Climbed the Ladder Without a Mentor
In this debut episode of The Career Mentor Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the power of mentorship through the lens of a single case: Bhadresh Patel, a former Google product manager who went from entry-level to director in eight years without ever having a formal mentor. Instead, he used what he called 'purpose-driven networking' — approaching senior leaders with a specific problem, not a generic coffee chat request. Lucas breaks down Patel's method step by step, including how he researched each person's actual decision-making authority and always brought a two-page memo…
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