Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

Once you have learned, your top- priority task must be to educate others around you. Sir Richard Branson , who controls over 400 active companies, never appears to be even working. Sir Richard Branson , who controls over 400 active companies, never appears to be even working. Automate: do it once to never do it again.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. Each local participating VC will base themselves out of this facility at least 1 day / week and plan to spend time actively with any company that is admitted into Launchpad LA. So What is Different for Class Three?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Some people even believe that entrepreneurs must be born with the right genes, and no element of education is relevant. In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. I still plan to be as actively involved but realized I needed the help of some talented LA based entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

Here are a few facts from the National Council on Economic Education emphasizing the need for more business training, starting much earlier: More than 1 in 6 students in the USA do not have a baseline level of financial literacy. The entire family can be active in the business venture. Bring the family together.

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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). Training and coaching. But these still need coaching on the unknowns, and ongoing education to keep up with the industry and the technology. Idea management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2014

Also dont confuse a business advisor with a business coach. An advisors aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The advisor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

The company has a majority stake in Team Liquid, a top esports team in the US and Europe with 60 pro players, coaches, and analysts competing in nine games as well as a minority stake in Super League Gaming. Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. The classroom activities are recorded and the video is appended with comments from a remote coach. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others. Ambitious goals. Pretty cool.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2011

As background, I attended several educational institutions both in the US and abroad. This provided me with a good education and numerous important contacts around the world. Now that I had spare time I started to re-engage with educational institutions, professional organizations, neighbors and old friends.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2016

The following seven activities allow you to hone your entrepreneurial skillset, without going all in on a particular venture. Who you are – your interests, experiences, education, why you are so bloody interesting. Get A Coach. Like athletes, entrepreneurs benefit greatly from a coach, in the form of a caring mentor.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Like me, he was a dad, has three kids, and was a Lego Robotics coach for 7 years. First, there is the logical thinking that comes with the study of programming, which very useful for problem solving activities that people face in everyday life. We do this as a high level activity, which is very valuable outside of computer science.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

On the other side of that, although universities had not been very experienced with spinouts, where the researcher is also a person active as an entrepreneurial, active member of the team, although there is some back and forth, and universities have gotten hung up on price tags and terms--one by one, everyone has figured that out.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. If nothing else you will create board cohesion and board education by engaging your board. In Rob’s spare time he always seems to be going to a boxing class or some other competitive, physical activity. Assigns tasks.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. This person was educated at the best US schools and had worked for a top-tier strategy consulting firm – one of the big 3. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers? But I bring up this story for a reason.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

In my role as a new business advisor, I sometimes see people who are very intelligent and well-educated, but not adept at problem solving. If you want to improve your strength in this area, or need to coach your team along these lines, I recommend the following steps: Approach every problem as a positive business opportunity.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2010

This clearly represents a good education with numerous contacts around the world. This was often challenging since a significant amount of my time was spent on business trips around the world, getting ready to participate actively in the emerging global economy. I’d like to share my personal experience with you, to prove my point.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Snipfeed started as a content discovery platform with 44,000 weekly active users — but when Snipfeed added a creator monetization tool to its platform, it became its most popular feature. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. With its $5.5 With its $5.5

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Victory usually satisfies, but it seldom educates. Although it can be more difficult to extract money from customers’ wallets in an economic downturn, the overall decrease in market activity makes it easier for emerging companies to cut through the clutter and tell their story, as described more fully in PR Passion. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2023

We all need help in achieving our objectives, whether it be mentoring, education, or resources. Identify and complete skill upgrades and education. Always play to your strengths, but also actively schedule and measure progress in shoring up those areas holding you back from achieving your goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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