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The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups

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And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES. I loved the quote so had to include it, “All medal winners have coaches. It’s a great read.

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Understanding the Politics of Tech Startups

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It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches. Of course it sounds nicer to live in a utopian socialist society where everybody has the same amount and life is “fair.”

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . Of course I do! If you have a chance to be on court and shooting 3-pointers as the game clock is winding down OF COURSE you still want to be on the court. And so it goes again.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. With this fund we also wanted to broaden our partnership ranks and added the talented Jamie Kantrowitz.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. Venture Capital. You also need marketing muscle.

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