LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

Each mentor spoke for nearly an hour to the entire group, answered questions, and sat with each company for one-on-one mentoring. Troy’s appreciation extends to his early forays into venture capital, where he learned the ropes under the guidance of mentors like Ron Conway, Shervin Pershivar, and Bill Maris.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Pick your niche, and continually invest in improving your expertise and keeping up with trends. Use blogging, outside publication, and speaking or mentoring opportunities to establish credibility and stand out above peers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/12/2017.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Yet, in my experience as a mentor to entrepreneurs, the majority of failures I see are related to starting and growing the business, not developing the solution. Normally the goal is to make enough money to be sustainable and provide a return on the investment of constituents. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/17/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. I’ve paraphrased a few of their key points here that I support and often recommend: Invest team member time as carefully as you invest money. Only you can do that.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Not to mention there’s a chance at a possible investment from the Established Investment Community. At the 2017 Startup of the Year Competition, almost 50 percent of our founders were minority or female, and applications were submitted from almost every US state and 46 different countries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2017

He cites eight leadership actions, which I also recommend, from a non-scientific perspective, as a mentor to entrepreneurs. Always be prepared to mentor and assist, but empowering people to share their expertise and choose how to do projects engenders the culture you need to win. Invest in employees’ career and personal growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Minnesota food and agriculture brand Land O’Lakes — yes, the one you know from butter packages — launched an accelerator in July 2017. Or at least to encourage their clients to do so, via their three-month program complete with a shot at paid piloting and investment. The Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Based on my experience as an angel investor and a mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs, having no business plan is the quickest way to define yourself as just a dreamer, or at best a hobbyist. Project revenues, costs and investment needs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/22/2017.

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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. We build and invest in startups with impact. We have a Startup Studio and Early Stage Investment Fund. We provide a startup studio which incubates and accelerates businesses and a pre-seed / seed investment fund. In a big way!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Thus most investors I know claim to invest in the person, rather than the product. In the same way, you may think that people assessment is all about skills and experience, but as a mentor to business owners, I have learned to look more for the right attitude, persistence, and determination, as success factors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I was mentoring some graduate students at a local university recently, and I sensed again that profit seems to be a dirty word these days to many aspiring entrepreneurs. Advantages for your business include a stable revenue stream, customer retention, and increasing customer investment over time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

No single person knows enough to solve every problem in a business, so the best business executives are always anxious to listen and learn from others, especially mentors and customers. Investors read this as being trustworthy of their investment, and an appropriate role model for all business constituents. Never makes excuses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I often get asked for next sure-fire idea. That’s why investors talk about investing in the jockey, not the horse. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/20/2017. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but the inspiration to drive a great business is a lot harder to find.

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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. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Where are you along this spectrum?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

This is an incredibly rewarding milestone and an apt tribute to the vision of my late mentor, Norman Rostoker,” said TAE’s current chief executive officer, Michl Binderbauer, in a statement announcing the company’s achievement. The new machine was first fired up in the summer of 2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Sonnenfeldt presents a rich array of strategies in his forty lessons from the trenches, including the following paraphrased insights that I find often overlooked or even rejected, based on my years of experience mentoring entrepreneurs: Experience at a first-rate company is really valuable. You are never to smart or too old for a mentor.

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