Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2018

Millennials have come a long way in business since I started writing about them almost ten years ago. Today they are in every business, and will likely comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020. Business leaders and mentors must highlight their own focus on positive leadership actions, instead of defensive reactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Write a business plan and pitch deck for learning. Learning by doing is the only way to go.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Millennials have come a long way in business since I started writing about them nearly ten years ago. Today they are in every business, and will likely comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020. Business leaders and mentors must highlight their own focus on positive leadership actions, instead of defensive reactions.

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Tips Mentor Coach Guide 127

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

There are large sums of money to be invested and if investors can get comfortable with “downside protections” they’ll still write checks. I spoke about that more in this deck that I wrote for the SaaStr conference in early March 2020. A Recent Company I Invested In : Solve. Raise when you can. A “true crime” video game.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

Personally I believe that to fund more people of color you need to put check-writing authority in their hands the same way that if you want to see more women funded you need more women GPs. You can hear more about the importance of mentoring from Kobie Fuller, Valence advisor James Lowry, and John Legend? yes, THE John Legend?—?in

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