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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

.” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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6 Ways To Learn From Failure, And Beat Success Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you probably never knew that both Facebook and YouTube started out as dating-site experiments, but pivoted to something more unique when that experiment failed due to an apparently over-crowded market. Establish mentoring and coaching relationships. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/01/2017.

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7 Business Lessons You Can Learn From A 7-Year-Old

Startup Professionals Musings

You may think you need more entrepreneurial courses in school, or more advanced degrees, but in my experience it’s more of a mindset, some good coaching, and learning by doing that separates the winners from the losers. You learn as much as a coach as the student. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/13/2017.

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After “Retiring” at the Age of 40, My Wife, My ADHD & an Itch to Have an Impact on the World Sent Me Back to Work

Frank Addante

That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. A good friend, and college athletics coach, very wisely said to me “you can’t fill a big hole with a bunch of little things.” “You need to go back to work, you need to get back to doing what you love – building businesses!”

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Smart Entrepreneurs Favor People-Centric Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

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6 Strategies To Optimize Self-Leadership For Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 11/10/2017.

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8 Ways to Unleash A Team’s Maximum Productive Power

Startup Professionals Musings

Most often, these roles revolve around a company’s major assets, including intellectual property, leading brands, key production assets, and unique routes to market. It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent. Build a culture guided by principles, not rules.

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