Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

On the other hand, don’t expect others to automatically recognize your talents, results, and contributions to the success of others around you. Take full advantage of every mentoring and coaching opportunity, and network with peers both inside and outside the company. Actively build trust and integrity into every relationship.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

What excited me was that they had an immensely talented team that understood how to produce & distribute low-cost videos, initially via YouTube. You need star power of entrepreneurs surrounded by star power angels & VCs who in turn get tons of press from adoring journalists who are insiders amongst this crowd of tech cognoscenti.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

That might be Google picking up a bunch of new employees from the University of California, Los Angeles --at least, according to a new analysis from the Business Insider. That giant sucking sound you hear? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

Fullscreen''s Strompolos has been hiring a significant number of industry insiders as part of its growth, most recently hiring CAA vet Larry Shapiro last month as head of its talent operations. READ MORE>>. fullscreen media entertainment youtube network content hollywood executive'

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When it comes to content, the group wants Netflix to increase its funding of trans and non-binary talent, bring employee resource groups into conversations about potentially harmful content, hire more trans and non-binary content executives, and revise internal procedures around commissioning and releasing sensitive works.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

In some groups, if you cannot find such a person, you cannot even find the way to apply for funding, as some groups make it imperative that any introductions come from the inside, from a member or partner. Depending upon others Raising money Surrounding yourself with talent' Seek out names from your trusted sources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Learn how to recognize, cultivate, and leverage the competencies of your current talent to develop your leadership team. He outlines a three-phase process to develop the necessary business culture of energy, resilience, and openness: Nurture your current leadership strengths. Marty Zwilling.

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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. Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. Leverage the broadest possible network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Are you there? Martin Zwilling

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2012

Zillow, which operates the online real estate site known for its "Zillow Zestimates", had said in April that it would be opening up a new location in the OC, looking to tap into what it says is a "highly talented local job market."

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

I see a new resurgence of outsourcing alternatives from outside the country as well as inside, driven by freelancers caught in the squeeze. Replace marginal performers with new top talent. Attracting the right talent and using the right incentives has been shown to dramatically increase productivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

These insights must come from tapping the right people inside and outside your organization, with real customer interaction. In addition, it will attract the best talent, the most customer loyalty, and provide greater personal satisfaction to you, the entrepreneur. Be known for your expertise by broadly sharing the message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Are you there? Martin Zwilling.

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Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

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. Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. Leverage the broadest possible network.

Demand 99

Demand Training Outsource Development Entrepreneur 99

Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2019

Even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience. They search for areas unexplored, or those covered by companies with less of a vision for quality, service or innovation. Outside the box? Think of the Titanic tragedy. The result could change your life.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Greg Cohn: Our release of Ghostbot, an amazing app that runs inside of Burner phone numbers and can auto-respond to jerks with witty texts. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year? What's the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, for example, Google reported its attrition rates of Black and Latinx talent — which indicate the rate at which employees leave on an annual basis — were higher than the national average. Meanwhile, we’re seeing ads for Yes on 22 inside on-demand apps. Image Credits: Screenshot of DoorDash app via TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We Talked About VC Reserve Strategies This is an “inside baseball” topic for VCs. Picking great talent. Understanding markets AND people (and earning the respect of the most talented people) is much harder. We need to have access to great executive talent and they need to trust us to join the companies we back.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Practice continuous bar-raising for your talent pool. Amazon extends this concept to continuously and proactively seek better talent as they learn more from results. While others level off with a certain level of automation, Amazon continuously raises the bar on data analysis, just like they do on talent, and measure the return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Remember to reward the learning from failures, and maintain a broad diversity of talent and thinking. Become the innovation champion inside your business. Many companies I know claim to do this, but few provide more than lip service to this approach. Reduce risk by doing small experiments in new environments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Last year at this time I spoke at VidCon and gave this presentation in which I said YouTube was “the Walmart of Online Video” but I also commented that I felt YouTube was vulnerable to competition because their rev share to MCNs wasn’t high enough to allow MCNs to build a profitable business inside of YouTube.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

This week, Insider reported on the struggles that Microsoft was enduring in its HoloLens division, sharing that the company was scrapping plans for a third-generation headsets amid a lack of clarity in its path towards becoming a player in the untapped consumer AR space. . But the war for tech talent has rarely been so brutal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2020

These insights must come from tapping the right people inside and outside your organization, with real customer interaction. In addition, it will attract the best talent, the most customer loyalty, and provide greater personal satisfaction to you, the entrepreneur. Be known for your expertise by broadly sharing the message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2022

These are about being true, honest, and teaming with others, inside and outside the company. That means engaging and inspiring the creative talents of others, respecting employees’ ideas, and bringing new insights into group decisions. Without trust, no one will ever follow even the best innovators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

From an insider perspective, 37 percent of CFOs now see the required target as a significant innovation every one-to-three years, according to a recent IMA innovation survey. Getting innovation to happen this regularly requires some real disciple and processes. Give customers what they want, even if they don’t know they want it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2021

Cast a wide net, including people inside and outside your fields of interest. In addition to muffling hubris, graceful exiters functions as talent spotters, so everyone wins. Accept change as a natural part of your transition, just as you always have for your company. Push your comfort zone. Keep good company. Stay connected.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Let me offer you an insider’s take. I have no incentive to do so other than to help those reading the WSJ piece better understand how I believe most insiders think. Does A16Z attract more than its fair share of amazingly talented entrepreneurs? VCs strangely never seem to weigh in on other VC funds. Absolutely. Not always.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2015

Learn how to recognize, cultivate, and leverage the competencies of your current talent to develop your leadership team. He outlines a three-phase process to develop the necessary business culture of energy, resilience, and openness: Nurture your current leadership strengths. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 117

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Berkonomics

MAY 24, 2012

But even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience. Creative entrepreneurs find niches for their business that are not full of competitors fighting over the last dollar of margin, or niches that are mature and shrinking in size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Finding talent and financing isn’t the only hurdle to overcome on the road to startup success. If you judge entrepreneurial success as surviving or selling (including raising follow-on funding, being bought, or successfully IPO’ing) as no doubt your investors do, then your odds of success are 10-15% higher inside the realm of the super-hubs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

They know these exceptional leaders seem to have a way of finding and enticing the best people into the organization, getting exceptional performance out of them, and fast-tracking their careers both inside and outside the organization. They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2015

NewCo is your passport inside 80+ of LA’s most successful companies. ” Their next stop is Los Angeles – your chance to get an inside look into one of the largest and most diversified economies on the planet – from aerospace, entertainment, and fashion to biomedical services, consumer products, and tourism. .”

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. Employers often tell us it's hard to find technical talent in Los Angeles�is that the case?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

One of the things I noticed was that when really talented people – The “A players&# – wanted to quit, the firm would quickly scramble to try and keep that person from resigning. Ryan was the most talented technologist we had hired at BuildOnline. Ryan was much more talented but less experienced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

From an insider perspective, 37 percent of CFOs now see the required target as a significant innovation every one-to-three years, according to the most recent IMA innovation survey. Getting innovation to happen this regularly requires some real disciple and processes. Give customers what they want, even if they don’t know they want it.

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Startup Organization Demand Customer 138

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And they were all run by talented people we respected. With this fund we also wanted to broaden our partnership ranks and added the talented Jamie Kantrowitz. Sam Teller – who is young and very talented – also began to think about what he wanted to do with his career. Management talent is usually transitional.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 11, 2019

They may never step inside that blue circle on NHL ice, but they won’t give up either. He was on his way to the Coachella Festival, after recording with a Disney talent. Only the absolute best make it. Added after posting… My son Jacob just called me while I was writing this post. I stopped to take the call.

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