socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2022

Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. The Art and Science of Good Decisions ,” summarizes good decision making as: Identifying all reasonable actions. It's difficult to create a high-demand product by guessing. The team is the same.

Ideas 155

Ideas Entrepreneur Research Demand 155

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

His focus is on sales, but I see the same skills needed for entrepreneurs. His top eight required skill set elements for sales don’t even mention product skills, and match my view of the right skill set for successful entrepreneurs, with only a few priority changes: Creating and sharing a vision. Negotiating and creating win-win deals.

Startup 154

Startup Sales Entrepreneur Customer 154

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. Results show that when users are engaged throughout the development process, a number of key system requirements are identified that would otherwise be entirely missed. In today’s fast paced market, trends and user needs evolve.

Design 105

Design Customer Custom Product 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

Serious entrepreneurs know that, but too many “wannabes” still fall for that elusive get-rich-quick scheme with no risk. As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. When entrepreneurs become prisoners of hope, they look for others to solve their problem.

Entrepreneur 153

Entrepreneur Marketing Customer Custom 153

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Key partners.

Funding 133

Funding Activity Customer Custom 133

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. The Art and Science of Good Decisions ,” summarizes good decision making as: Identifying all reasonable actions. It''s difficult to create a high-demand product by guessing. The team is the same.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Ideas Research Demand 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

His focus is on sales, but I see the same skills needed for entrepreneurs. His top eight required skill set elements for sales don’t even mention product skills, and match my view of the right skill set for successful entrepreneurs, with only a few priority changes: Creating and sharing a vision. Negotiating and creating win-win deals.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Sales Startup Customer 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2019

For example, one of the first decisions that most of you entrepreneurs face is how much equity to give to early investors, co-founders, and key new hires. The most common mistakes their research has identified include the following: Focusing totally on your own interests (self-centered).

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Pricing Startup Demand 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business. Again, you get what you demand and reward.

Startup 134

Startup Training Sales Entrepreneur 134

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2015

Serious entrepreneurs know that, but too many “wannabes” still fall for that elusive get-rich-quick scheme with no risk. As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. When entrepreneurs become prisoners of hope, they look for others to solve their problem.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Startup Marketing Customer 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2017

What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business. Again, you get what you demand and reward.

Entrepreneur 69

Entrepreneur Startup Training Sales 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2015

Many entrepreneurs still don’t understand that building a business culture today of doing good, like helping people (society) and planet (sustainability), is also a key to maximizing profit. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Pricing 117

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. Results show that when users are engaged throughout the development process, a number of key system requirements are identified that would otherwise be entirely missed. In today’s fast paced market, trends and user needs evolve.

Customer 150

Customer Custom Design Product 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. Welcome now to the on-demand workplace. Leverage the broadest possible network.

Demand 92

Demand Startup Training Outsource Development 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

My plea to entrepreneurs is to recognize these concerns as an opportunity, to make people’s life better, rather than stoke the fires. business entrepreneur identify theft opportunity privacy startup' Why is everyone so paranoid these days? Security and privacy are an opportunity crying for more solutions. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

Many entrepreneurs still don’t understand that building a business culture today of doing good, like helping people (society) and planet (sustainability), is also a key to maximizing profit. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Organization 143

Organization Startup Pricing Customer 143

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. So, it is important for the entrepreneur to identify, address and mitigate each of these in order to increase valuation and decrease the risk of ultimate loss of the business.

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

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. Even if multiple cycles are required to reach the goal, you will spend less time, and they will learn infinitely more.

Mentor 154

Mentor Technical Review Coach Slides 154

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business. Again, you get what you demand and reward.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Training Sales Technical Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. The Art and Science of Good Decisions ,” summarizes good decision making as: Identifying all reasonable actions. It's difficult to create a high-demand product by guessing. The team is the same.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Ideas Research Demand 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. They specialize in the depth of their selections that a true connoisseur demands.

Startup 112

Startup Ideas Examples Entrepreneur 112

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2023

As a business consultant and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, I often get questions about leadership challenges , and what you can do to solidify your leadership position and impact. It seems that today’s worker generation is more demanding, and less willing to accept guidance and direction from anyone with a leadership title.

Demand 112

Demand Guide Startup Mentor 112

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2023

Most of the entrepreneurs and aggressive business owners I meet in my consulting practice are focused on finding new disruptive solutions and killing competitors as the key to success. Reframing means re-conceptualizing a problem by look at it from a different perspective and identifying alternative solutions.

Capital 142

Capital Netflix Resource Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I find that more and more entrepreneurs avoid using the term “profit” in pitching their new venture. Thus I was pleased and a bit surprised to see a new book, “ The Purpose Is Profit ,” by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, an entrepreneur who has both succeeded and failed in starting multiple businesses.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Ideas Pricing Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Every engineer who has invented some new technology, or is adept at creating solutions, believes that is the hard part, and it should be a short step to take that solution to market as an entrepreneur. Clearly, engineers should think twice before assuming they have an advantage over the rest of us toward being an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Oracle Customer Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. Here are ten of the key questions that apply equally well to the world of startups and entrepreneurs, as they do to large organizations.

Startup 155

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 155

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2023

All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. These authors speak from a wealth of experience as investors, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists. Don’t demand risk elimination by perfectionism.

Demand 84

Demand Course .Net Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Key partners.

Activity 100

Activity Customer Custom Resource 100

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Facing the mounting challenges of raising kids, she identified the problem and set out to solve it. Some of them are Lyft investors as well as the Stanford Angels and entrepreneurs. Narayan was working for eBay when she caught the entrepreneurial bug. million seed round. ZUM ZUM ZUM: it’s a winner.

Demand 70

Demand Orange County Mobile Training 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business. This commitment to hire people who think like entrepreneurs, or instill an “owner’s mindset” in every employee, should be a high priority in every business. Again, you get what you demand and reward.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Training Sales 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2010

Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. The Art and Science of Good Decisions ,” summarizes good decision making as: Identifying all reasonable actions. It's difficult to create a high-demand product by guessing. The team is the same.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Ideas Research Demand 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur can learn from a mentor, no matter how confident or successful they have been to date. Identify strengths and weaknesses early. The most common challenges involve time and accessibility demands on either side, or the level of help expected. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

Mentor 105

Mentor Satisfaction Entrepreneur Startup 105

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For this reason, I encourage my young entrepreneurs to fully understand what they will "make" at their venture, beyond monetary riches. Teachers, like entrepreneurs, work in a heightened emotional state. I am often asked, "John, how do I identify a great startup opportunity?" Passionate Problems. Higher Purpose.

Startup 200

Startup Santa Barbara Journal Entrepreneur 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

The hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Here is just a sampling of the latest terminology and lingo that I gleaned from Dave, and from some additional research on the Internet, that I think every entrepreneur should know, who may be looking for funding now, or down the road: Micro-VCs. Lean startup.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Seed Funding Incubator 101

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The good news: We received over 700 nominations for the awards , where we''ll be identifying the top new entrepreneurs, innovators, and others in the technology industry. socaltech50 socaltech100 awards entrepreneur event dfr2013' The bad news? READ MORE>>.

SoCalTech 124

SoCalTech Southern California News Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

Every entrepreneur can learn from a mentor, no matter how confident or successful they have been to date. Yet most entrepreneurs simply don’t know how to work with a mentor. Identify strengths and weaknesses early. The most common challenges involve time and accessibility demands on either side, or the level of help expected.

Mentor 101

Mentor Develop Development Startup 101