Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. With entrepreneurial thinking, this can be a win-win, with you getting more control, and good for companies, who want the more flexible staffing. Build your reputation and visibility beyond your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In a larger public company, it’s all about making your quarterly numbers, versus investing in strategic growth alternatives that may not pay off until several quarters later. Get outside the company regularly to get feedback on future customer needs, emerging technologies, and the views of influencers and experts in the field.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

Bird is in a battle with a large number of "last-mile" scooter companies, including Lime, and which now also includes Uber, Lyft, and even scooter manufacturer Razor, which launched its own scooter rental service in December in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

Driven by the recent recession, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. I see it most in the newest generation of entrepreneurs (Gen-Y), who were shocked out of entitlement into action by the recession. Respond rapidly to market shifts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. Obviously I agree. Always have been.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. Entrepreneurs want to matter. “It is difficult to see the picture when you are inside the frame.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. Too many entrepreneurs naively believe that candidates with lofty titles from a larger company can easily do the same job for their startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so this is not the place for shortcuts and sloppy practices. No matter how small your company is today, there are more moving financial parts than you can manage dynamically in your head. Sales volumes are still ramping up while marketing expenses are at max.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

In the new business world, many entrepreneurs are so excited with large initial orders that they don’t anticipate the cash flow challenges that can quickly kill their startup. Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so diligence is required. Unanticipated expenses and emergencies drain cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2010

I would take all of the one-on-one conversations that I have with entrepreneurs from the things I’ve learned and just write them up for anybody to read. This is advice that I end up giving ALL THE TIME and every CEO of a company I’m involved with will have heard this from me. When I started blogging I had an idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Driven by the recent recession, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. I see it most in the newest generation of entrepreneurs (Gen-Y), who were shocked out of entitlement into action by the recession. Respond rapidly to market shifts.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2010

Should you be loyal to a company that treats you poorly? One of the things that commenters on my original post were so passionate about was how screwed they felt by so many of the companies that had hired them. They felt that management didn’t share information such as how much cash was left in the company.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

Our San Diego editor Bruce Bigelow penned a personal goodbye to entrepreneur Larry Bock, who died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. There were other goodbyes: Peter DiLaura said so long to Second Genome, the microbiome company he led for six years. He is replacing Peter DiLaura, the company’s CEO since 2010.

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