Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs , including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? Obviously, I’m a big fan of business mentors based on my own experience, since I have been at different times on both the contributing and receiving end of the relationship.

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Mentor Coach Metrics Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2021

People who are anxious to improve, or reluctant to take an initiative, really need your direct guidance and coaching to learn what they need to do. Recent articles report that companies where everyone is focused on the big picture can increase their returns by up to 400 percent. The right people will recognize the big picture.

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Coach Activity Customer Custom 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2018

One of the lessons I have learned over the years as a business executive, and now as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is that if you really want employees who enthusiastically take ownership of their work, you have to start treating them like owners, not renters. Provide employee feedback and coaching in real time.

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Mentor Coach Startup Activity 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Are you often frustrated that people reporting to you, or key peers, seem to dodge accountability for their actions? Perhaps you need to do more to be a role model for accountability , and provide more coaching on exactly what it means. Take a positive and active role in the execution.

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Training Examples Startup Social Media 173

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. Report Card. One senior mentor to Launchpad LA recently said, “I got more out of Launchpad LA than I even put in.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

But you do need to find a way to do activities that are more scalable. These are important leveling-up activities but the CEO is often still up at 10pm f **g around with QuickBooks entries. Which other activities will get less attention than your negotiation over how the year-3 exit clause on your biz dev relationship will work?

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Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

No single person knows enough to solve every problem in a business, so the best business executives are always anxious to listen and learn from others, especially mentors and customers. For your own business, the right time to address expected norms is during coaching and before hiring. percent are "actively disengaged."

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