2019 Capital Coach Entrepreneur 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2019
During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. AIs continued growth is something I will be keeping my eye on in 2019. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 22, 2020
In fact, I see more and more evidence that new entrepreneurs are coming from the older age groups (age 45-64), and success rates move up with age. We summarize the advantages of older entrepreneurs along the following lines: Think life-changing, not lifestyle entrepreneurship. Find and see the opportunities hidden in plain sight.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 24, 2019
Yet, in my daily role as an advisor to entrepreneurs and small business owners, struggling to boost revenues, profits, and earnings, I still see too many managers falling back on command-and-control, a focus on weaknesses, and not enough time for people. Your people will expect more coaches than bosses. Change is hard.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. For the second year in a row 8 of the 10 companies selected for Techstars LA were local and we anticipate that trend continuing in 2019.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 19, 2019
The reality is that the business world is becoming more a global space, so all of us have to learn to understand and capitalize on people of different generations, cultures, points of view, and priorities. Never try to change people – capitalize on their strengths. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/06/2019.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2019
Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. That means a priority on coaching and mentoring, as well as training and tools, before focusing on results metrics. Work on being a facilitator rather than a driver.
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