Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

In my experience as a business advisor, most organizations, large and small, struggle to keep up with the pace of change and competitive forces today. A question I often get is how to transform that overall team into a smooth-running machine that will keep up with the pace of market change, and competition in today’s world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

In my role of business advisor to startups, I often recommend these to increase initial brand identity and market penetration. With the rate of market change today, and the advent of worldwide competitors, you need every strategy you can muster to keep up, and respond quickly to new threats. Show potential customers that you care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Confirmation bias is our likelihood to interpret events as confirmation of existing beliefs. Start by giving yourself a dose of self-compassion for what you also are going through before you turn your attention to a colleague. Start by coming up with two or three ideas you want to test out on a difficult colleague.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For example, as an entrepreneur, you need investors, so you need to start networking early, because they won’t find you. In my own experience networking as a startup investor and business executive, I always gave extra consideration to someone who didn’t immediately pitch me about their great idea or background.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

Especially when distractions and emotions are high , it will help your focus to break down large challenges and crises into smaller elements to get things started and give you a sense of progress along the way. Prepare now to make your next crisis a leadership event, rather than a loss of trust event, for all to see.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

Thus, I challenge each of you to measure yourself against the following practices which I believe will expand your thinking and ability to keep up with the pace of change, and win in the global marketplace today: Don’t let your passion alone drive the business. Analyze market events in the context of emerging trends.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about ways their non-profit organizations All Raise and Time’s Up could collaborate, she never realized they’d eventually be partners on a sports franchise. “We’re venture capitalists. ” Nortman said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2022

You need to build it every day by networking to add connections, using social media to build followers, industry event participation, and gathering customer anecdotes to show your presence and understanding of the relevant domain. Effective storytelling requires practice and time, so start today. Start today. Do your homework.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I am often asked for ways to reduce the stress of these impending confrontations, and build up your courage in tackling the inevitable negative conversations. Actively follow up on uncomfortable discussions. Experience has shown me that follow-up is required to make any discussions effective, whether it be coaching or networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2023

Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. Business feedback indicates that smaller frequent positive feedback and rewards will keep people happy longer than a single large infrequent happy event.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2022

Everyone discounts defensive explanations of events, needs to know the next step forward, and what their role in that step might be. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/25/2022. I recommend you listen to several perspectives before you share your own. Focus on the future rather than rationalizing the past.

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