Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The events are held to provide coaching, mentoring and networking for early stage companies. 2011 has seen an excellent resurgence in interesting early stage companies which is a good sign for our economy! Join us for the final 2011 meeting of the popular monthly Monday Club entrepreneurial growth luncheons.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The events are held to provide coaching, mentoring and networking for early stage companies. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. Join us for the 2011 season of the popular monthly Monday Club entrepreneurial growth luncheons. See [link] (more)

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Coach Mentor Networking Company 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.

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Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. For you, this means providing a positive team culture, being a role model for good communication, and creating a support network of colleagues.

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Technical Review Mentor Social Media Customer 141

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What is the idea behind the Tech CEO Network? We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company. The Tech CEO Network is there to fill the gap. Universities have a bunch of companies on either side that have done that. Thanks for the time today.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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LAVA Incubator Coach Startup 113

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Susan is a startup coach and the founder of Givelocity, a social network for giving that offers a new spin on crowdfunding for good. A serial entrepreneur, Susan has a record of building value and community across several genre-defining companies. She’s also an advisor, mentor and investor in several startups.

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Santa Barbara Startup Mentor Social Network 70

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The traditional model for hiring permanent employees who can grow their career with your company just doesn’t work, and can jeopardize your business before it even gets traction. By hiring contract experts, less oversight and coaching is needed. In addition, you need the flexibility to pivot quickly as required.

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Competition Startup Demand Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and business owners, I find that many of you have a real fear of uncomfortable interaction situations with individuals on your team, and often delay these discussions endlessly until a crisis occurs. If you listen carefully, you will also learn from them, diffusing your fear of confrontations.

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Summary Coach Mentor Training 116

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. Mike Napoli: We've revised the way we review companies at the prescreening stage. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Encourage networking. It doesn’t take a huge marketing budget to provide public recognition in team meetings for individual initiatives that can benefit the company. A single marketing coordinator can accelerate your efforts by being the coach and mentoring key members of the team on soft marketing. Reward success.

Marketing 89

Marketing Coach Mentor Social Media 89

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

They de-risk hardware companies by focusing on the team, the technology, the market, and the manufacturing with their in-house experts as well as their global network. Perks include office space, prototype lab, production facilities, mentoring, and investments up to $150,000 in the first 4 months.

Startup 40

Startup Invest Chatsworth Mentor 40

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Violation of abstract clauses may be used as a way to push you out, take over the company or pull the investment. Academic coach investors. Coaching should be expected and appreciated, but you don’t have time for constant tutorials on how to run a business. Start with some legal advice from a source you trust.

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Entrepreneur Coach Invest Sample 108

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

There is a mentor program that accompanies the class. You will learn the importance of a “Minimum Viable Product” and how it applies to your company. Each entrepreneur will be paired with Coaches and Mentors to receive critical feedback designed to test and probe their assumptions every step of the way.

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Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, You have to deal with CEOs who resign.

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Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

One of the interesting things about being a VC is that you often see companies in transition. I also see companies as they move from having taken $1-5 million from me to their next round where they raise $8-15 million from Series B investors and sometimes I lead at this round (we’re stage agnostic but 80% of our deals are seed & A).

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Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

As an advisor and mentor for many startups and small business founders, following my initial career in big business, I realize that the key strategies to achieve success in small businesses are often different from those that make larger businesses successful. Find a coach who has a holistic view of all elements.

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Sales Organization Entrepreneur Examples 69

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Apart from the app directory, SGL has also created a Press Release publishing tool for developers to upload their docs during the submission process easily, making it even better for SGL to send it to its network of industry connection. Over 100 Applications. Partnership to give firms bigger business opportunities.

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Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. We get a lot more emails from women entrepreneurs who say they are a high net worth in their community and we should come and help boost the number of angel investors in their companies.

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. Between the group of us we were probably helping launch 75-100 companies / year.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

In his words, [in some instances] “because lots of capital is available, the company takes on the capital and that ends up resulting in no constraints on decision making and so the company decides to do five things in stead of just one.” You are defined by how you serve the companies that are struggling.

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Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Facilitate participation in industry conferences and networking. Team members need your support in keeping up with peers outside the company, and related industry developments. Provide cross-functional mentoring and coaching. In this days of pervasive communication, this is powerful marketing.

Marketing 71

Marketing Tips Technical Review Social Media 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Ultimately, it’s this intangible capability that can add the most value to the company. A trophy investor is a great coach and mentor, sometimes providing the only shoulder an entrepreneur can cry on during difficult times. Emotional maturity. Entrepreneurship is inherently full of mood swings.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Invest Angel 83

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Thankfully, I just saw some great insights on this subject, in a new book, “ Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power ,” by Michael Mankins and Eric Garton, partners at Bain & Company and frequent Harvard Business Review contributors. Help make the difference makers even more effective.

Product 58

Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”.

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San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

Jason Nazar

MAY 3, 2016

A New Job a Year Isn’t a Good Thing ­­– 1-year stints don’t tell me that you’re so talented that you keep outgrowing your company. People Matter More Than Perks – It’s so trendy to pick the company that offers the most flex time, unlimited meals, company massages, game rooms and team outings.

Social Media 44

Social Media Tips Startup Mentor 44

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

“While most angel groups don’t post a list of members, they do publicize the companies they’ve funded on their websites,” says Richard Sudek, a member of Tech Coast Angels , a group in southern California whose members invested about $6.2 “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.”

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Soon I moved towards TV and worked at large networks like, VH1, CMT, and E! We began doing singles events, matchmaking, and date coaching. Is the Three Day Rule your first company? Since this is your first company, are you having fun and excited about where things are going? Entertainment. While at E!, What’s next?

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Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. KickStarter?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. Actually, they’ll get even more attention because this selection will put them in an even more exclusive peer group and will introduce them to even more connected mentors. You built a company at 22. You don’t need a network. My 2 cents: 1.

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Education Startup Incubator Class 322