Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps you need to do more to be a role model for accountability , and provide more coaching on exactly what it means. Johnson , was quick to accept accountability via a company apology on Twitter for a racial profiling incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, even though he could have claimed that a fired employee was at fault.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

For example, we all know people who really believe that everyone in the world is their supporter, when in fact many are actively working against them. But, like most other skills, you can learn from these priorities: Everyone benefits from active mentoring. It works at all levels inside an organization, as well as outside the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Be sure to tie changes back to the “why” – customer value, business objectives, and competition. Practice active listening and frequent feedback, but be sure to hold people accountable for follow-through. Through mentoring and coaching, you can build a culture of sharing and collaboration throughout the team.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round, and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. Taking this kind of money has a number of pitfalls you should be aware of. months from introduction to investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). In my experience, finding real innovation in existing company environments is even tougher. Training and coaching. Accountability. Idea management. Observe and measure.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. Mike Napoli: We've revised the way we review companies at the prescreening stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). In my experience, finding real innovation in existing company environments is even tougher. Training and coaching. Accountability. Idea management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

First, you as the leader must be a role model for the actions you desire – including positive communication, active coaching, rewards for results, as well as providing required tools and training. A popular set of metrics for customer views is the New Promoter System ( NPS ), available from Bain & Company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2016

More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time. Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. Workship - Advocate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Business leaders must convince the team that the decision makers today are customers, the marketplace, competition, feedback, innovation, and breakthroughs. The personal preferences and ego of anyone in the company has little to do long-term business success and satisfaction. Develop accountability through coaching and mentoring.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. Let me not bury the lede.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2013

More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time: Acquaintanceship. Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. Workship - Advocate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Most business leaders today realize that smart management of scarce resources is the key to competitive success. It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent. That’s why they manage money so carefully. Build a culture guided by principles, not rules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

In fact, I just saw a new book supporting this position, “ Decisive Intuition ,” by Rick Snyder, an international business coach who has launched and grown several businesses of his own, as well as helped big companies, including Intel and Anytime Fitness. New modes of trusting yourself won’t happen by thinking alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. And there is often competition over marketing activities, fund raising ownership and the like.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. But issues do arise as your company grows. I see two common mistakes in companies (not just in startups, in fact).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company. Universities have a bunch of companies on either side that have done that. If an existing company is not interested in licensing, and a researcher is not an entrepreneurial spirit, those projects go no where.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2016

Some coaches and leaders seem to have the magic for bringing out the best in everyone. In her classic book “ Conversations for Creating Star Performers ,” she offers ten strategies I believe will leverage work activities into game-changing moments for team members and your company: Build awareness of expectations.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D., In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

That’s why it’s important to revisit your company’s mission from time-to-time. If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. The reality of most startups is about survival. It’s important to get buy in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2023

Active listening is more important than active talking. Promote team inclusive activities and diversity. Facilitate coaching and mentoring, inside and outside. Every team member needs stimulation to broaden their horizons, correct weaknesses, and understand competitive strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Growth like this, this early in a company’s lifecycle rarely happens. VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies. When a company gives you a discrete action to carry out – it’s gold dust – I promise you. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. Please meet her while she’s there.”

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2023

You need to make sure that everyone on the team, from the clerical assistant to the chief financial officer, knows your vision and product, and doesn’t hesitate to actively engage and be an effective proponent with anyone who might be of value to the business. In fact, having one marketing guru on the team alone won’t get you very far.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California. From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. domain for the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

Success in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment requires a total alignment between the needs of each business function and the priorities of all team members. You must have a clearly defined and communicated company purpose, with buy-in from everyone. Failed strategies erode your competitive position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

You need to make sure that everyone on the team, from the clerical assistant to the chief financial officer, knows your vision and product, and doesn’t hesitate to actively engage and be an effective proponent with anyone who might be of value to the business. In fact, having one marketing guru on the team alone won’t get you very far.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd try something different, and put together a virtual panel of venture capitalists to give us a few tips on pitching your company. If I've seen companies that are similar to them--or half a dozen companies--even if the area might be big and exciting, it will be hard to make an investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2016

You need to make sure that everyone on the team, from the clerical assistant to the chief financial officer, knows your vision and product, and doesn’t hesitate to actively engage and be an effective proponent with anyone who might be of value to the business. In fact, having one marketing guru on the team alone won’t get you very far.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. In a bull market many players see drift in their activities. This led to an explosion in startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. Why buy now?

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