Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I assure you there is no shame to being humble about understanding the complexities of team job assignments, and team members are typically pleased to convey their special skills, work techniques, and challenges today. Develop metrics to monitor work intensity. Let that be part of their job satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2021

I will paraphrase her key recommendations here: Humbly share your knowledge and your expertise. As the leader, you must take responsibility for the development and visibility of others in group meetings. She is a trusted and experienced leadership advisor, executive coach, and author.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

That means showing that they value each person for who they are, take interest in their development and growth, and care about excellence and results. Great leaders strive to treat each person in their organization as a valued individual, rather than as a “human resource.” Keep listening and adjusting based on feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. That will coincide with her developing her unique pipeline and starting to get a sense of her focus areas. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

What Cham rarely tells people – he’s both private and humble – is that he started making some small co-investments with me in tech firms starting with Maker Studios where he was one of the earliest investors. And I can’t wait to see you guys further develop your tech insights. Welcome to the family.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A humble and unassuming character, it’s almost hard to imagine he’s also responsible for arguably one of the most successful technology companies of our time. ” Yet another reminder that even some of the most successful tech titans started with humble beginnings. Chet Pipkin is very much the guy-next-door.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

Kerri Pollard Discloses Commission Junction’s Secret Weapon: Humble Confidence And A Healthy Dose Of Passionate Conviction. YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund. > Startup Lessons From Olympic Innovators. > Top-10 Forbes article on date published. > 17,300 views on Forbes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

I'm very humbled and surprised about how far we have gone within a couple of months of starting developing our product. I was just blogging about this, but overall, I think to be an entrepreneur, it's a matter of trying and persevering through all the obstacles and roadblocks that come your way.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

Once the tour concluded, the group returned to Ron’s office where he notified them that he would initially sign them to a development deal. Five Cool What might have been comfortable saying “Yes” to the development deal, if they had discussed the offer with a trusted, experienced advisor. Ron Kills It While The Band Is Killed.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Prepare them in advance by providing a list of the things you’re working on developing and tell them you’d love feedback on how to improve at those things. But nothing gets noticed more than which employees constantly turn up late. Even if bosses say they don’t care – they do. The one always slipping in late.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

I do not expect everyone I speak with to be a fan of my humble blog. Lesson: Assess the affinity you have (or have not) developed during your conversation and tailor your "ask" to fit the tenor of the discussion. It is acceptable to politely ask for something when you are networking. Research? –

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2018

Steve Jobs was a master of having team members own their work, with small things like developer names molded in the plastic cover of the Macintosh. Stay humble, but don’t be afraid to take a risk and own it. Make them owners with stock options and actions. Ownership can be financial or psychological.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This year's fest has expanded to included panels on how to grow your startup internationally, maintain your company culture, manage developers in multiple countries, and reach mainstream audiences using TV advertising combined with digital. When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

We've developed technology, originally developed at YLighting, which enables us to understand that if a customer comes to a website via marketing, and a cookie was deleted, then subsequently comes back and converts, we know what marketing happened before that cookie deletion. That was actually a humbling moment.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

It didn't take more than a few weeks and suddenly there were three other projects developing alternative technologies for MySQL. In my humble opinion, this is advice young entrepreneurs cannot hear often enough. That was such a powerful message; it went all over the world. We realized that this was a decision we should have made.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Watching him develop over the past 4.5 How do you find somebody that is exceptionally bright, driven and accomplished and yet still be humble enough to understand that the founders we back are the ones who have invented technologies and have to live with the day-to-day decision-making and hard choices. I mean this seriously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We all have a human tendency, developed in our childhood, to make up stories which paint us as a victim rather than the problem. Humbly make the call to greatness as you gently spur self-reflection and confidence. Develop accountability through coaching and mentoring. Actions speak louder than words.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

They also partner with business development experts to help participants transition from idea to intellectual property into partnerships and startups. A common question Monti receives is who would own the intellectual property rights if an employee develops a new product or service at the accelerator. We should embrace that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

The Dave I know is very humble. The Dave I know is very insightful about marketing, channel management and building developer ecosystems. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. Tourette’s Dave who loves a good fight is the Dave you know. Not the Dave I know. And thoughtful.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

What we're trying to positions ourselves as, and it might sound touchy-feely, is a friend to app developers and app owners who have mobile applications. We sat down and did the math, and figured out that it is much more cost effective to buy an app, than to go out and spend money to develop and acquire users from scratch.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 29, 2011

The company was struggling and it would be a challenge for them to bring in a new developer who could readily build upon his partially completed codebase. Once the engineer viewed his options through the lens of my humble advice, his values came into focus and his decision became obvious.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

That experience, a more extravagant investment than Survios’ humble multi-bay storefront, was one of the first in the U.S. A producer with MTV Networks, the founder of the collaborative game development platform Squarepushers Inc. And one that VRWorld brought (with much fanfare) to virtual reality in the U.S.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2019

com), which is developing analytics software which leverages mobile phones for data on customers. I think that's the case both with Thinknear, and also Sense360, and it's probably made me more humble. For this morning's interview, we had a chat with Eli Portnoy , the CEO and founder of Culver City-based Sense360 (www.sense360.com),

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

I have never sat in a room with an individual where I felt more inspired and humbled. It really doesn’t matter if you are playing the role of a VC, entrepreneur, inventor, CEO, executive, developer or any other position at any company at which you work. Energy independence (so he founded Tesla and Solar City).

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

If you look on our site, the Humble Twin is the first inventory we had. We also knew we had to develop newer inventory to keep pace with Gilette and Shick, so we also launched with a new four blade and six blade razor. It was all a happy accident on how the company came to be, meeting at a friend's holiday party.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Analytical and intuitive, aggressive and patient, confident and humble, deliberate and decisive. While many resumes portray people as leaders, resumes are heavily weighted toward “initiators”, those who start things and develop new ways of doing things. They use the culture to change the culture, and use channels effectively.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

Sometimes the companies with the biggest social good impact, move in a humble motion, creating waves of excellence. As a start-up mobile app development company, ROAR focuses on the non-profit and church verticals. ROAR.pro is a small but mighty mobile development shop with a heart of gold. What inspired you to start ROAR?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Creating an effective alliance requires a delicate balance between humbleness and hubris, as described more fully in Humble Pride. Validation – The reflected glory of our high-profile associations gave us significant visibility in the medical device community, which enhanced our sales, business development and fundraising efforts.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

I have written about people who live by strong social contracts in Humble Pride. I am looking for Java developers and database experts. Over time, solutions like ours rank higher and will lead to more meaningful, quick answers to questions.”. I am a completist and I can’t stand unfinished business.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

I recruit humble, well-rounded speakers who have not only been prosperous in business, but who have also enjoyed fruitful and full personal lives and have demonstrated a willingness to give their time and money back to their communities. I remind my students that, “time wounds all heels.”

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

Effective leaders are humble enough to be able to learn, but also confident enough to step up to challenges when they can add value. It takes some courage to engage ambiguity and to develop hypotheses that might be proved wrong. Fear of failure often limits or prevents many people from leading and developing maturity for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Be humble and offer to clean all the offices, if you can use one for free. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Do it yourself and barter for services.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” Most senior execs in startups feel this way until they become CEO and then they feel more humble. We have 12 developers and they have 3. Sales people will often sell future development work. . “It doesn’t look that tough to be a CEO. I’m doing all the hard work anyways.”

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