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Ask the Career Expert: “Why Do I Need a Mentor?”

InfoChachkie

The following is a guest post from Laurel House, an author, lifestyle mentor, and contributing blogger for Campus Explorer. To this end, CampusExplorer has compiled everything needed to perform an efficient and effective online college search. I an investor in GraphEffect via Rincon Venture Partners. Finding Your Mentor.

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6 Ways To Reinforce Team Behavior For Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

In my consulting work, when I ask team members in startups and small businesses how they know whether they are doing a good job, the typical response I get is “Nobody has yelled at me today,” or “No news is good news.” Tell them why it is important and how good you feel. Time is of the essence here.

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8 Negative Reactions To New Ideas And How To Prevail

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the complaints I often hear from engaged business professionals is that their new ideas, innovations, and change recommendations are unfairly criticized or dismissed without analysis. Your challenge is to show examples of forward-thinking companies that are ahead by doing things differently.

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6 Keys To Transforming Yourself Into A Startup Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Most people I know in business begin by capitalizing on technical strength or passion for change , such as engineering, or focus on saving the environment. Luckily, you can learn needed leadership skills. Luckily, you can learn needed leadership skills. Own your mistakes and don’t make excuses.

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Understanding the Power of Your Human Networks

Both Sides of the Table

It reminds me of a line my wife and I often jokingly say to each other after seeing the awesome film “ Notorious ” about the life of Biggie Smalls. “I know mothafuckas who know mothafuckas.” After my first Tweet with the Notorious mothafucka quote , I thought about my role as a VC and I Tweeted the following.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory.

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