Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. With the five-minute mentoring approach, the mentee asks for your support in their decision, or asks for your insight on the considerations for them making a future decision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The definition of a critic sounds similar, “a person who offers reasoned judgment or analysis.” We can all learn from both of these approaches, but in my view the mentor is far more valuable than a critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

I find that the most successful entrepreneurs have mastered the art and skill of building and managing relationships. In my role as a mentor to business professionals and entrepreneurs over the years, I have found that it’s important to take a hard look at the relationships around you on a regular basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2010

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. With the mentoring approach, the mentee asks for your support in their decision, or asks for your insight on the considerations for them making a future decision.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

It was difficult to make the transition to a “top down&# thinker but as a senior executive – and as an entrepreneur – you’re far less effective without this skill in your arsenal. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2018

One of the lessons I have learned over the years as a business executive, and now as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is that if you really want employees who enthusiastically take ownership of their work, you have to start treating them like owners, not renters. By definition, the freedom box is different for every owner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

Everyone recognizes a great entrepreneur when they work with one, but most entrepreneurs don’t know what to look for in themselves that will drive that perception by others. The points are great, but can be made even simpler and more actionable by adapting then to the world of the entrepreneur: Demonstrate character.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2021

In addition to saying yes too often, professionals under pressure often say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response. Green, a noted executive coach, speaker, and CEO of Brilliance, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2018

One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. The best entrepreneurs relish this role, while others struggle mightily and ultimately lose their health and their company. Expand your definition of the problem. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Women entrepreneurs are starting small businesses at approximately twice the national average for all startups. As a result, there have also been many new resources and mentors popping up specifically aimed at women. But a key problem the authors found even among the best women entrepreneurs was trying to do too much at once.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2016

One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. The best entrepreneurs relish this role, while others struggle mightily and ultimately lose their health and their company. Expand your definition of the problem. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2013

True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places the leader at the front, and not the rear. True entrepreneur leaders see the big picture and recognize that their startup is only a small piece of a much bigger community. Yet many, many executives try to lead through fear and intimidation. It’s pushing.

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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: Actually, we are seeing entrepreneurs. Mike Napoli: I think it was the entrepreneur. Mike Napoli: The main thing is to do you homework.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2011

True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places one at the front and not the rear. Yet many, many executives try to lead through fear and intimidation. This isn’t really leading at all. It’s pushing. Those of you with time in the military probably understand this concept well.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

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!, But it’s very easy to be flattered into “here’s why we want YOU as an investor” by entrepreneurs and earlier-stage investors alike.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2011

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. With the five-minute mentoring approach, the mentee asks for your support in their decision, or asks for your insight on the considerations for them making a future decision.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

It wasn''t until I turned 50 that I fully adopted basketball legend John Wooden''s definition of victory: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.". Self-awareness is a vital trait which successful serial entrepreneurs must embrace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places the leader at the front, and not the rear. True entrepreneur leaders see the big picture and recognize that their business is only a small piece of a much bigger community. entrepreneur front leadership startup visible' This isn’t really leading at all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

Everyone recognizes a great entrepreneur when they work with one, but most entrepreneurs don’t know what to look for in themselves that will drive that perception by others. The points are great, but can be made even simpler and more actionable by adapting then to the world of the entrepreneur: Demonstrate character.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

The points are great, but can be made even simpler and more actionable by adapting then to the world of the entrepreneur: Demonstrate character. In the dictionary definition, character is said to be “the stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual’s life which determine his or her response regardless of circumstances.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2017

Today I find that some entrepreneurs, are putting all their focus on a social or environmental cause, and perhaps naively expect that purpose alone will lead to a sustainable business. Hire, coach, and train everyone on the team to focus on communication. Design a structure flexible enough for change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2017

In addition to saying yes too often, professionals under pressure often say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response. Green, a noted executive coach, speaker, and CEO of Brilliance, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Almost by definition to be a great leader you need to be an effective psychologist. Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. So you internalize much as a CEO, which is why groups like YPO are so important for super successful entrepreneurs. They are control freaks and have to own all of the decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2010

True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places one at the front and not the rear. Tags: entrepreneur startup leadership business. Yet many, many executives try to lead through fear and intimidation. This isn’t really leading at all. It’s pushing. This is a quality that cannot be bought or bullied. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

We began doing singles events, matchmaking, and date coaching. We started definitely for women only. Definitely making people’s lives easier. As a first time entrepreneur what have you found to the toughest hurdle you’ve had to arise over? Soon after launching it started really taking off. What’s next?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I hear too often from business owners and entrepreneurs that they are bombarded by so many requests and problems, that they have trouble sorting out the daily crises from opportunities with a major payback for the business. You can’t find the time for coaching and mentoring. You see evidence of ethical compromises in the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

*. What is the role of a VC for entrepreneurs? I was recently contacted by an entrepreneur who was consider a few different business models for his company. My job isn’t to predict markets but rather to find entrepreneurs who want to create markets through insight and conviction.” ” I responded. And special.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

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. CincyTech today has $28.5 Venture Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Every entrepreneur should do the same due diligence on a potential investor that smart investors do on their startups. I’m not talking about the Shark Tank TV show, but some might say the panel fits the definition. Academic coach investors. A good advisor and mentor will tackle questions and then offer key insights.

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