Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. Many of us had experiences of asking entrepreneurs, “Why are none of our candidates women?”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs. What do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? He is a Professor Of Practice at UC Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Sales. Welcome to the 1990's!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2017

Of course, you shouldn’t give away ownership, but squeezing yourself to failure, benefits no one. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/14/2017. The best strategy is to hire people who are smarter than you (in their domain), and allow you to learn from them, rather than the other way around. Work hard, but work smart.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. After 20+ years of building my own businesses from scratch, I finally figured out that I love helping entrepreneurs build their businesses!

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked the above question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. Here is my list.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close. Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. Then, at that point, it's all about the entrepreneur and the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Of course, both are impressive and both already exceed VC investments annually.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2017

As an active business advisor and angel investor, I’m convinced that we are rapidly entering a new age of the entrepreneur, and those who are best prepared will be the first to reap some big rewards. I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, and I just met a really impressive one, Neva Lee Recla, at a recent Fast Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Of course, none of these sources should be approached casually, and none will give you the relationship and terms you are looking for without proper win-win planning. Many entrepreneurs see fund raising as a part-time task, behind high-priority solution development efforts. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/18/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

As an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, I see a lot of dreams, but not so many business results. I’ve always wished I had a magic metaphor to motivate the best dreamers to become the best entrepreneurs. That’s why I’m impressed with a new book, “ All Dreams on Deck: Charting the Course for Your Life and Work ,” by Jeremy Cage.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. After 20+ years of building my own businesses from scratch, I finally figured out that I love helping entrepreneurs build their businesses!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

I found this perspective validated in a new book, “ Plan Commit Win: 90 Days to Creating a Fundable Startup ,” by serial entrepreneur and strategic consultant Patrick Henry. The result is a win-win-win situation for investors, entrepreneurs, and customers alike. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/22/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. Everyone is predicting a rise in massive open online courses (MOOC), that will drive the need for new course content, architecture, and delivery approaches. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 06/12/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

As an advisor to startups, and a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m still surprised at the number who are determined to go it alone. Thus top entrepreneurs spend as much time getting the right team in place to run the business as building the product or service. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/09/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Data, however, removes guesswork, biases, and anecdotal reasoning that can throw decision efforts off course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

As an entrepreneur, even with no prior startups, you must highlight non-business examples. I always listen carefully to the explanation, when aspiring entrepreneurs are late or miss a meeting. Of course, investors would prefer that all new businesses be led by entrepreneurs with a track record, and all the attributes highlighted here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Of course, these are great, but they don’t happen without enlightened leadership coming first. Their experience as executive coaches and entrepreneurs gives real credibility to their assessment of some new leadership approaches that are required in business today. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/06/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2017

As a new business advisor, I am no longer surprised that every new entrepreneur believes the hard part is creating the first product and the business. Set a course for the destination, but also establish intermediate checkpoints to assess progress along the way. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 05/20/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

Entrepreneurs need to enjoy being a generalist, rather than a specialist. Rely on training courses and coaching for new roles. Entrepreneurs find it much harder to attract equity partners, compared to offering a premium salary to industry experts and people with highly relevant experience. You must be all of these and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2017

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts an angel investor pitch to me by touting his new technology. Of course, there are always a few early adopters who love change and need to have the latest technology, but early adopters don’t make the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

Of course, mentoring is not new – it’s been the favored way to learn arts and crafts since way back in the middle ages. Each time I mentor an entrepreneur, I learn new things about their technology, customers, and business domain. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/02/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2017

Of course, a company still needs to make a profit to survive, but supporting a worthy cause can be the most profitable brand building you can do. It takes a strong and adept business leader and entrepreneur to make the right tradeoffs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/02/2017. The opportunities are endless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. Some entrepreneurs approach hiring as a test of their selling ability, while others wait for the candidate to sell them. Get interactive in candidate interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

Of course, every successful business is about achieving the right balance between costs and returns, as well as keeping up with marketplace demands. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/26/2017. It will make your organization unstoppable, more profitable, and you will certainly find the business to be a lot more fun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Yet “Basic Office Politics” is one of those required college courses that, as far as I know, still doesn’t exist. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/23/2017. According to some sources , 47 percent of workers feel that office politics take away from their productivity, and is one of the top 10 stressors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Of course, it’s always appropriate to concurrently and openly reverse the process on your potential investor. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/05/2017. Based on the size of the investment, and the runway available, the due diligence process can take several weeks, or even a couple of months to complete.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

In addition to advising the companies on various core business practices and ways to improve their products, SMASHD LABS worked to create experiences that set them apart form other accelerators, in order to enrich its entrepreneurs with different ways to approach their businesses and their products. SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

Of course, nobody really knows all of what tomorrow will bring, in terms of globalization, digital technology, or demographic shifts, but most experts agree that certain elements are already obvious, and things must be done today to get your business ready in time. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/04/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Of course, there are no guarantees, but if can find an independent sizing of the market opportunity, your job of convincing customers, and investors, will be much easier. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/13/2017. Show evidence that your solution will create a viable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Of course, she assumes that you are confident and courageous, and willing to capitalize on all your strengths and opportunities to market yourself. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/24/2017. I saw this message highlighted well in a new book, “ Do It, Mean It, Be It ,” by Corrie Shanahan.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms. —Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) disclosed the name for its coming hemophilia-focused spinoff: Bioverativ.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision based system that recognizes cars as they enter and leave garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and chief executive Alex Israel first formed the business back in 2017. Israel, a serial entrepreneur, has spent decades thinking about parking.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 5, 2018

I recently enjoyed John Covach’s History Of Rock Coursera course. Entrepreneurs who study historical Hummingbird Effects are better positioned to anticipate the unintended, non-obvious consequences spawned by today’s technologies. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

Thus one of my key messages to entrepreneurs, as a business advisor and angel investor, is “focus.” For example, it’s all too common for a technology entrepreneur to highlight a new battery technology as the ultimate power for smartphones, medical heart pacemakers, and home lighting.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 23, 2018

My wife quickly adopted Alexa as a member of the family, relying on her for recipes, jokes, telling the time, predicting the weather and, of course, playing music. Entrepreneurs who utilize a user-centric, thoughtful approach will ultimately gain the greatest benefit from smart audio platforms. What’s Next? –

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