Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. You need their full support in today’s rapidly changing market. Dysfunctional teams will cause even the best processes to fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

I believe these same mindsets are equally applicable to the entrepreneurs I mentor, and all of you small business leaders, so I offer you my summary of the authors’ conclusions, paraphrased here, with my own insights: Be bold in vision, strategy, and resource allocation. Get organization alignment through culture and talent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. There are many advantages to this focus today, including the following: It takes people to see the need and adapt to change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. You need their commitment, feedback, and continued support as the market changes. It’s not about a title, raw intelligence, or domination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

For example, you probably never knew that both Facebook and YouTube started out as dating-site experiments, but pivoted to something more unique when that experiment failed due to an apparently over-crowded market. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes. Establish mentoring and coaching relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. There are many advantages to this focus today, including the following: It takes people to see the need and adapt to change.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And we wanted a head of global marketing. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. I wanted them to have a market lead before others could try and build what Ethan was working on. We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course. Be a coach, rather than a dictator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In this context, I was impressed with the new book, “ The Intelligent Leader ,” by John Mattone, widely regarded as the world’s number one executive coach and authority. Yet I haven’t found many that offer practical recommendations and examples. Hone in on alternative ideas that are actionable, no matter how revolutionary.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. The education around new products and bringing them to the market is the same in both markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. As things got bigger we hired a head of European sales and a head of European marketing. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Seek out and follow the council of advisors in and outside of the business ( watch : court mentors ). Balance “Coaching and Cheerleading” vs. “Doing and Directing” (via Bob Walters ). Great at generating PR and buzz for the company (ppt: Marketing and Publicity for Startups ). Know when to set unrealistic goals. Intangibles.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 3, 2016

Social media is simply a function of marketing; it helps support branding, ROI or both. Working for someone that demands excellence and pushes your limits every day will build the most solid foundation for your ongoing professional success. Great leaders will mentor you and will be a loyal source of employment long after you’ve left.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? You can’t find the time for coaching and mentoring. Maybe now is the time to bring in outside coaching and motivational speakers, as well as more training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2022

You need leaders who focus on delivering value to the market and dealing with competitors, addressing customer and competitive needs now and in the long-term. It’s no secret today that customers are more demanding than ever. Mentoring and coaching are also important.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching. However sometimes what we ignore is there’s a lot that goes into testing your product, the demand, etc. A blog with our reviews of the scene, locations, etc.

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