Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2023

Finding that balance has never been easy for me in my career, so I was pleased to see some good practical guidelines on how to communicate aggressively, but avoid the most common pitfalls, in a new book, “ Communicate With Courage , ” by Michelle Gladieux. Stay quiet when you’re too angry to see clearly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Examples of companies already coaching their teams on these mental strategies include Google, Starbucks, AOL, and more: Mentally be fully present and engaged in the current task.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Dave’s book and ebook on raising money available on Amazon.com. For you who fit that description, nice work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2021

In that context, I remember the classic book, “ Leadership Material ,” by Diana Jones, containing a wealth of insights, compelling stories, and examples taken directly from her coaching sessions with current business leaders. With texting and email, syntax and punctuation are critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the technology, the journey, or some relevant lessons learned. Your book need not be a best-seller, and it probably won’t make you any money directly, but it’s the best business card you could ever imagine.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. Nice sweep!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Thus I was pleased to see a much more complete and broader perspective of employee support recommendations in a new book, “ Employees First! ” It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. Spiritual connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

I was impressed by a recent book, “ The Leadership Star ,” by Brian Hartzer, an experienced business executive, offering a concise leadership framework that I believe embodies the key attributes that I recommend. As well, you must continuously communicate through multiple channels, such as walking-the-talk, email, and town hall meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

If you see signs of internal misalignment, such as too many meetings, overload of emails, or lack of engagement at any level, now is the time to take action before customers and employees both sense it and leave you. You must provide your team with constant training and support on what good execution looks like, and a follow-up process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

I found some new insight and direction on this subject in a classic book by Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ Put More Time On Your Side.” Dr. Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

I found some new insight and direction on this subject in a recent book by Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ Put More Time On Your Side.” Dr. Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. It has a life of its own, inspiring someone else to make an impact, and nothing can stop it once it starts rolling. From ambition to meaning.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 6, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur, CEO Coach and Author Lex Sisney shared a preview of his newly released book, Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Integration / Entropy. In specific terms: ? Integration / Entropy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2015

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. It has a life of its own, inspiring someone else to make an impact, and nothing can stop it once it starts rolling. From ambition to meaning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. It has a life of its own, inspiring someone else to make an impact, and nothing can stop it once it starts rolling. From ambition to meaning.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million in a new round of financing from Peter Thiel, FF Angel , Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups , Andrej Henkler (former Bertelsmann executive), and Alexsis de Raadt-St. For years now, companies have been forced to choose between cumbersome, expensive Virtual Data Rooms and decentralized, unsecure email to manage their complex transactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Examples of companies already coaching their teams on these mental strategies include Google, Starbucks, AOL, and more: Mentally be fully present and engaged in the current task.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2017

In some cases it may be fear of retribution by the boss, but more often they just hate to disappoint others, and end up instead with high stress and low credibility in the crisis to deliver. Green, a noted executive coach, speaker, and CEO of Brilliance, Inc. Be sure to follow-up as promised, to maintain your credibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2014

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. It has a life of its own, inspiring someone else to make an impact, and nothing can stop it once it starts rolling. From ambition to meaning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2014

Achim Nowak, noted business coach and author, in his recent book “ Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within ,” talks about how technology today allows entrepreneurs to communicate at a furious pace. They exchange more emails, texts, and tweets every day. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Achim Nowak, noted business coach and author, in his classic book “ Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within ,” talks about how technology today allows entrepreneurs to communicate at a furious pace. They exchange more emails, texts, and tweets every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2017

In that context, I just finished a new book, “ Leadership Material ,” by Diana Jones, containing a wealth of insights, compelling stories, and examples taken directly from her coaching sessions with current business leaders. With texting and email, syntax and punctuation are critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Achim Nowak, noted business coach and author, in his new book “ Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within ,” talks about how technology today allows entrepreneurs to communicate at a furious pace. They exchange more emails, texts, and tweets every day. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Raise the conversion rate with effective follow-up. Don’t forget seminars and events.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. Start by trying to narrowing the list of total prospective VCs. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Tell a friend!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But I strive to impact the lives of many more through hours of coaching entrepreneurs, challenging people to be better, making human connections for people or providing timely advice. I’m not a saint who wakes up every day trying to make the lives of other people better. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2016

These are people who now live in Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York City but grew up in Cincinnati, Central Florida, Utah, Michigan and similar places where their parents, families or friends may have different political views. 1/ I'm still in grieving and feel a sense of loss but I'm ready to start healing.

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