Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring. I fully understand that the best entrepreneurs are problem solvers by nature, so this approach requires a mindset change from solving to a specific answer, to coaching on the process, which will pay big dividends for both of you as the company grows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Be a coach, rather than a dictator. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015. It’s impossible to train the team on every possible contingency, but it is possible to set the right tone and define ethical guidelines. Personally collect and accept customer and employee feedback.

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MAY 22, 2016

I went through a really hard time; my divorce finalized last March 2015. She is a well respected, globally renowned intuitive counselor and coach to high-level Politicians and CEOs, who has been helping her clients all around the world since 2001 with a 99.99% success rate. It spawned from my personal story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2015

It also means coaching and challenging peers on the team on behavior leading to dysfunction, even when it means risking a friendship. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/17/2015. Willing to take team accountability as personal. Support the team view in external discussions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

The startup world today doesn’t need consultants, but they do need specialists and professionals with experience and expertise who can do the job, and provide coaching while producing results, at a predictable cost. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/10/2015.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. The company has a majority stake in Team Liquid, a top esports team in the US and Europe with 60 pro players, coaches, and analysts competing in nine games as well as a minority stake in Super League Gaming.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. It's really Match.com meets LinkedIn for your business. It's very much matching pieces into a puzzle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Successful leaders are good coaches and mentors, as well as being on the lookout for personal learning opportunities. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/14/2015. A winning culture is filled with people who love to learn. Sponsor internal events to build team synergy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Yet most founders are overworked, so they have no time and budget for coaching and training. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/21/2015. Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Is initiative and accountability driven by fear or reward?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Achim Nowak, noted business coach and author, in his classic book “ Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within ,” talks about how technology today allows entrepreneurs to communicate at a furious pace. Marty Zwilling Published on IvyExec.com on 11/05/2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors. As I was thinking about how I feel about the movie I Tweeted out that immediate success brings out a loneliness that few have empathy for. jordandhudson Very heavy. But needed to be seen. Entrepreneurs could learn about loneliness of success: nobody talks about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Other indications of an entrepreneur with a growth mindset include a priority on coaching and employee growth, a willingness to accept negative feedback as an opportunity to learn and greater use of outside relationships to stay tuned into market and technology changes. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/11/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. 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. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. At Upfront we have huge conviction around topics that aren’t exactly 2015 sexy and I think that will set us up nicely for 2018-2020 if we’ve played our cards right. I remember writing about online video nearly 5 years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. We have some announcements set for 2015. We plan to continue working with our good friends Jim & Peter on this. What have I learned?

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. This is something I try to coach against. Team Building.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability. Adding Brett has meant that I could pull up on operational issues because I had somebody far more skilled and fresh grilling the team on these issues and coaching the CEO on planning and structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Academic coach investors. Coaching should be expected and appreciated, but you don’t have time for constant tutorials on how to run a business. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/2/2015. Be wary if the term sheet is a document longer than your business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Helpers may be cheaper and quicker to find, but they cost you dearly in managing, coaching and error recovery. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/06/2015. Helpers do what you tell them, but you need help from people smarter than you and can do what you need in areas outside your expertise.

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