Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Relationships need to be two-way, and can’t be just all about you. That’s usually the important relationship part.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

In their new book Startup Life , serial entrepreneur and venture investor Brad Feld, along with his wife Amy Batchelor, describe what has, and has not, worked for them during their 22-year relationship. Startup Life is the follow-up to Startup Communities , which I reviewed HERE. You can watch our 10-minute discussion below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

For real influence, you need to elevate your customer and partner relationships, focus on high-potential ones that meet your point of maximum value, and say no to others. Be ruthlessly honest with yourself in building the right relationships and eliminating misaligned behaviors.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2023

Where in industry life cycle? A strategic relationship with one or more of the largest customers? Profit margins are higher for unique products or services early in the life of an industry niche, or for products protected by patents that prevent others from undercutting you simply by releasing a cheaper product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

First you have to learn to accept total responsibility for things that happen to your business, just like you are responsible for everything in your personal life. Maybe you are comfortable with having a spouse in control of your personal life, but couples running a business are high risk. You need a thick skin to be an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2022

I know some entrepreneurs with successful businesses, and others who seem to have a great relationship with their family, but I can’t think of many who have both. A successful business won’t lead to a great family relationship, and vice versa. Some men want a family relationship, but the business is what makes them happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As a consultant, I often get asked what can be done to improve team relationships and maximize the impact of the whole organization. Set aside time at the beginning of a collaboration relationship to make expectations explicit and to co-create an understanding of the norms that will govern the shared work. Be honest with yourself here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You need to really get to know your team mates and treat work relationships seriously. It takes effort to get out there, do your homework on the best traffic lanes, and follow-up on potentially valuable relationships to make them productive. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

In their new book Startup Life , serial entrepreneur and venture investor Brad Feld, along with his wife Amy Batchelor, describe what has, and has not, worked for them during their 22-year relationship. Startup Life is the follow-up to Startup Communities , which I reviewed HERE. You can watch our 10-minute discussion below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

These should come as no surprise to you, since they haven’t changed in many decades, and I expect will serve you well in the current turbulent times we all face: Spend time nurturing productive work relationships. In my experience, relationships are still the key to career opportunities, new clients, and collaborative results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2023

They have faith in themselves, and life as a whole. They accept random turns in their life as new opportunities, rather than unfair punishment. Religious beliefs can have a positive or negative affect on your life. Survivors continually relive their positives, and see themselves as miracle workers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2021

The business is a winner, but the family or other relationships are broken by the stress. Their conclusion is that you need a plan for your life, as well as your business, and they discuss in detail six steps to get there. Find the gaps between the life you’re living and the life you dream of living. Live your best life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2022

His perspective is from later in his career, so I’ve re-arranged these a bit for those of you at an earlier stage: Create a vision for your life early. A truly fulfilled life means meeting the four core needs: acceptance, connection, purpose, and service. Take a fearless inventory of your life now. Fulfillment is a choice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

Change is hard , in business as in your personal life. Trust is the foundation of strong relationships, and relationships make businesses work, just like private lives. Be resilient as change takes time and relationships. But you have to change to survive and thrive. Drive trust and inclusion by advocating for others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Build relationships with potential acquirers. The best sale or acquisition is a gradual one, where the acquirer gets to know you through formal and informal relationships. Don’t wait for a distress situation in the business or your personal life, and hope that the ideal acquirer magically appears. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Make personal life goals drive the business. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Strive for win-win relationships and agreements. Successful startups are more about stakeholder win-win relationships than win-lose with competitors and vendors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

I have a motto in business and life, “give before you get.” And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble is looking to bolster its customer base in the nonprofit sector, saying that it has started to offer a 30 percent discount on its service to nonprofits, for life. contact track sales management relationship customer nonprofit pricing nimble'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2015

Is work a part of life and life a part of work? You think of coupling, of family, of work/life balance and you begin to feel the weight of a responsibility in the world you never had. In my 40’s I think a lot about relationships. Don’t get me wrong – I open the door to new relationships all the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2020

For real influence, you need to elevate your customer and partner relationships, focus on high-potential ones that meet your point of maximum value, and say no to others. Be ruthlessly honest with yourself in building the right relationships and eliminating misaligned behaviors.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We have members from all walks of life – from nurses to lawyers, software developers, police officers, makeup artists, fashion designers, dog walkers, interior designers and more.”. We do the heavy lifting for you and become storytellers in curating your life for you.”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 5, 2019

This will be an opportunity to learn about the fundraising process from our expert panel and to learn about their real life experiences starting and funding their companies. You will also be able to expand your networking circle and forge new relationships during the speed networking session and the panel discussion Q and A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2022

Tracy defines the five key ingredients of happiness that every potential and existing entrepreneur, including Mark Zuckerberg (and every non-entrepreneur), should evaluate relative to their own situation: Happy relationships. Fully 85 percent of your happiness – or unhappiness – will come from your relationships with other people.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The cycle of life in business. There are few exceptions – few among us who have built businesses and kept that work-life balance in check in the process. Work-life balance: a new perspective. And that is the subject of this short insight. How empowering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. Positive workplace relationships can help balance some difficult issues you are facing outside of work. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2020

They have faith in themselves, and life as a whole. They accept random turns in their life as new opportunities, rather than unfair punishment. Religious beliefs can have a positive or negative affect on your life. Survivors continually relive their positives, and see themselves as miracle workers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2021

The more diverse your experiences, the better the prospects for forging a new chapter in your life. Live life incrementally. By carefully staging your departure, you’ll build confidence for your new life. A long, healthy, and productive life awaits those people who prepare for it. Stage your exit. Back into it.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As urban rental markets recover and people flock back to cities, people are once again finding themselves with plenty of new neighbors in communities which are trying to embrace a renewed vibrancy of post-lockdown life. OneRoof is building a social network for residential buildings.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2014

However, too often, entrepreneurs allow their non-work friendships to wither, as they struggle to maintain a healthy relationship with their family while nurturing their startups. Consider a recent study that noted that most people cite their happiest (and saddest) moments as those which involve a relationship. Friendtorship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

Build relationships with potential acquirers. The best sale or acquisition is a gradual one, where the acquirer gets to know you through formal and informal relationships. Don’t wait for a distress situation in the business or your personal life, and hope that the ideal acquirer magically appears. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2020

So if you aspire to be the next Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates in business, you might want to compare the following traits to your own, and focus on adopting the ones you don’t have, as much as you focus on your next idea to change the world: Figure out first what you most want to achieve in life. Build relationships to complement your strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. At the same time, he was always pushing the limits of our business relationship with new ideas. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

Life at Your Crossroads Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash Crossroads Cal Poly Pomona! A graduate is at his or her first major crossroad in life. His crossroads were literally life or death decisions, as they are for millions of people around the world today. My Commencement Speech?—?Life What’s up!?! My grandfather.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2020

If your goals in life revolve around social change or the environment, aim in that direction for your startup, rather than maximizing revenue and profit. Unless you have deep pockets, you probably need some strong connections and support from the people at Intel or AMD before committing your entrepreneurial life to this effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 31, 2014

My relationship with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, has matured over time. This transition from a unilateral, teacher/student paradigm is essential to sustaining a mentor relationship over the long term. Stages Of A Typical Mentor Relationship. Most mentoring relationships encompass the following stages. Keeping it fun.

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