Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2023

I believe accountability is a personal decision that we all can make, largely driven by personal confidence and determination, and is certainly one that we can learn. It’s not baked into our DNA, and there are many resources available to direct improvement. Provide resources and training to enable accountability.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand said Tuesday afternoon that it has agreed to acquire Evolv , a machine learning and data science company based in San Francisco. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, it will use the buy to bolster its big data analytics and machine learning efforts. Cornerstone will pay approximately $42.5M

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

Recently, I found a new book, “ Navigate the Swirl ,” by Richard Hawkes, which details seven people strategies that, I have learned the hard way, are key to the continuous business changes required to meet today’s market. Another approach to establishing this mindset is to create a learning culture in your organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

I certainly agree that you won’t learn all you need in school to run an innovative and successful startup, but I don’t believe that universities and entrepreneurial efforts have to be mutually exclusive or serial paths. He learned quickly that several pivots were required for business, legal, and customer acceptance reasons.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2021

Please join Biocom Los Angeles and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) for a virtual webinar to learn how Life Science companies in the Greater LA area can enter the Japanese market. See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

APRIL 21, 2022

What resources do you already own? One of “my” companies learned and grew to spectacular size. But now there’s new media…. But this new era of Internet advertising has given rise to two more forms you should know and use in addition to the two traditional types above. Others make impressing livings from these opportunities.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2020

Esri said the Learn ArcGIS Student Program will provide one year of software and lessons to qualified students in any academic program--even if their institution offers no formal courses in GIS.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has launched a brand new, craft-focused channel on its how-to site, eHow , featuring resources and information on all kinds of arts and crafts. eHow has been in the midst of a big expansion into the crafts area, having also acquired online arts and crafts learning service Creativebug earlier this year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2021

Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. Waste in a startup is any activity that burns resources, but creates no value or competitive advantage in the eyes of customers. Hire real help and learn to delegate. Recovery efforts are wasted resource which rarely succeeds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

I believe accountability is a personal decision that we all can make, largely driven by personal confidence and determination, and is certainly one that we can learn. It’s not baked into our DNA, and there are many resources available to direct improvement. Provide resources and training to enable accountability.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2021

According to LegalZoom, it has partnered with the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business to amplify the learning opportunities offered through the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab (BSEL).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Now change is driving an opportunity society, where the next step is undefined, and entrepreneurs are in the forefront of the wave of people whose best skill is learning how to learn. Mix business learning with doing.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Then use what you’ve learned in this blog post to decide if the numbers validate your business model, or if you need to rethink your approach. If you know of more resources on this topic, or want to talk about anything startup or tech related, we’d love to hear from you. Focus on building an MVP to gather startup metrics.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the Million Girls Moonshot, it will work with afterschool programs nationwide to increase diversity and equity in science, technology, engineering and math, providing grant funding and in-kind resources in all 50 states to increase access to hands-on, immersive STEM learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2020

Bill Gates learned to appreciate the power of computers at a very young age, but was frustrated that available models were large and hard to program. Consider your access to resources for startup efforts. Your time is a critical limited resource. Check your interest in learning how to fill the gaps.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Cornerstone OnDemand provides workforce training and learning software, used for performance management, human resources, employee learning, and other efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

Each of them has seen and seized opportunities for change, sensed the way forward, garnered the necessary resources, and pursued their dreams, regardless of the odds. Offering irresistible investment propositions and attracting talented and loyal followers is key, as they garner the resources to pursue their goals. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

In fact, many angel investors or venture capitalists look for and respect the lessons learned by entrepreneurs that have survived a failed business. And then: What lessons were learned from that failure? It is up to management to scale development, marketing and production based upon resources available. Including cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources. Using contracts with partners for growth resources (“borrowing”) is best when you can both define the resources clearly and protect them with effective contractual terms. Partial acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Attract a co-founder and key team members.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

To learn more about the effort, we spoke with Deevee Kashi , CEO of Deed (www.joindeed.com), to learn more about how the project came up, and how it's actually an open source project based on Help With COVID, another effort to help connect volunteers to help address issues with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

DisasterReady.org , the online learning site created by Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand and its nonprofit arm, the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, is pitching in to help address what the Cornerstone calls "one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent time".

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Logically, I would expect these non native-born entrepreneurs to be at a big disadvantage, having to learn the culture here, local idiosyncrasies, and new relationships. That doesn’t mean that you should try to rollout your business globally with your limited initial resources. Go out of your way to meet and learn from others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

Their challenge to me is how to integrate innovation into the thinking and process of every team, and measure the “ risk versus reward ” of resources expended. Resources are allocated across multiple business units, but the bulk of the organization still prioritizes the “day job.” Sustained executive sponsorship with funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

There are no guarantees in business, but it pays to learn from the experiences of entrepreneurs and business experts who have gone before you. These are risks that can be mitigated with the right resources. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As I “grew up” in business in big companies, including IBM, I always wondered why the real innovations seemed to come from startups, while we had more resources and more experience. Celebrate change failures as learning opportunities. The need for market and technology changes is unpredictable in any timeframe today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Deliverables and the resources you have to achieve them are two sides of the same equation. Expanding a project without additional time or resources is called scope creep. What works is a documented change request and review process, as well as quantification of resources required as well as anticipated incremental results.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

In fact, many angel investors or venture capitalists look for and respect the lessons learned by entrepreneurs that have survived a failed business. And then: What lessons were learned from the failure? It is up to management to scale the development, marketing and production based upon resources available.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Santa Monica-based talent and human resource management provider Cornerstone OnDemand has scored a win with Hitachi, Ltd. , and will supply learning an development programs to Hitachi's 350,000 employees.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. “We tuned into a bunch of different digital demo days; one of our advantages was being able to learn from others,” he says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Driving these actions are some basic principles that entrepreneurial leaders, such as Airbnb CEO Brain Chesky and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, seem to have learned early. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints. Being able and willing to size and allocate the resources to win the small battles will ultimately win the war.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Efficiency focus strips away resources from innovation. The drive for resource-based advantage can be profitable for big companies, but it is always temporary, never permanent. Penalties for management learning experiences. As a result, undefined new opportunities are deemed too risky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Now change is driving an opportunity society, where the next step is undefined, and entrepreneurs are in the forefront of the wave of people whose best skill is learning how to learn. Mix business learning with doing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

To learn more about the effort, we spoke with Deevee Kashi , CEO of Deed (www.joindeed.com), to learn more about how the project came up, and how it's actually an open source project based on Help With COVID, another effort to help connect volunteers to help address issues with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

Eliminate penalties for risk-taking and learning experiences. Change experiments should be encouraged, and learning experiences celebrated rather than penalized. Limit resources to be applied to optimizing processes. How about in your industry? Don’t forget these.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Greater value is assigned to the resources that are, or are perceived to be, less available. Scarcity – less is more. First Moment of Truth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2022

When you have been on the startup firing line, you quickly learn that any insight from experts and entrepreneurs who have been there before you can make the difference between failure and success. Blindly following someone else’s strategy doesn’t help as an excuse for failure, and doesn’t help you learn along the way.

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