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MAY 12, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! That’s why I am reading this article. Get A Coach. Like athletes, entrepreneurs benefit greatly from a coach, in the form of a caring mentor. Latin proverb.

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MAY 4, 2013

I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. ” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

These days, with the many Internet articles and new courses available, most new professionals readily cross the gap from lack of business knowledge to knowing, but many never make it over the knowing versus doing gap. by Erica Peitler, a well-known leadership performance coach. Don’t let the memory of past actions limit thinking.

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MAY 4, 2013

I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. We are judging how well you are coached on stage.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

These days, with the many Internet articles and new courses available, most new entrepreneurs readily cross the gap from lack of business knowledge to knowing, but many never make it over the knowing versus doing gap. by Erica Peitler, a well-known leadership performance coach. Don’t let the memory of past actions limit thinking.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. So it is now publicly known that we have closed $150 million in our 4th fund. Center seat.

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JUNE 13, 2021

I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article , profiling 25 kids that made a million dollars before graduating from high school. 67% of Gen Y have less than 3 months-worth of emergency funds. Nearly 1/4 of millennials spend more than they earn.

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MARCH 30, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! For many years after Microsoft became highly successful, its executives (yes, including Mr. Gates) flew coach. Raising too much cash, too early, can kill your startup.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Bockerstette, Main Street Venture Fund Angel investing in most parts of the country remains a relatively informal and unstructured process. A trophy investor is a great coach and mentor, sometimes providing the only shoulder an entrepreneur can cry on during difficult times. I’ll be outlining these in a follow-on article.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. It is not uncommon for a board to learn about the CEOs fund-raising activities by having a friend forward a press article announcing a raise or the “leak” of a fund raising.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Imagine that you funded Larry & Sergey, Chad Hurley & Steve Chen, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Pincus or Evan Williams. The best angels or angel funds will do tremendously well. Or the CEO?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! When I was running FUEL, I really did not have advisors – I did have a coach the entire time, who was a sounding board, but we worked on more esoteric concepts like ‘creating space’ (much longer convo) and on interpersonal relations and how to inspire growth, etc… That worked.

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JULY 10, 2011

By Ernst Gemassmer You have successfully conceived a new business, obtained funding and are now planning to capitalize on the large market opportunities existing outside of the USA. In this article I would like to share with you recommendations for staffing, based on my personal long-term hands-on experience in this arena.

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AUGUST 21, 2010

These are key to transforming your vision into a solid written plan, soliciting the initial funding, and adapting to required changes during implementation. Now the vision has become understandable to potential funding partners. Find friends, Angels, or VCs to fund your plan. What is the difference between a dream and a vision?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

If investors funded your plan, include them in change discussions. Remember that they funded a specific plan, with specific financial projections, and specific milestones. Changes to these without consultation will jeopardize your relationship and future funding. Obtain Board approval before implementing changes.

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JUNE 14, 2010

But according to a couple of articles I’ve seen recently by Peri Pakroo, J.D., Plan for funding requirements. Beyond self-funding and banks, two resources that women should definitely look into are Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) and community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Women learn from women.

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JULY 17, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer You have successfully conceived a new business, obtained funding and are now planning to capitalize on the large markets opportunities existing outside of the USA. He resides on the West Coast, and has long helped entrepreneurs there, as well as providing turn-around assistance as interim CEO, and International coaching.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer Hiring the right people into the right positions of a new company is critical to getting funded, and the right people are as critical to success as the funding. Today’s article is presented by one of the founders of our Startup Professionals team, Ernst H.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Future funding should be discretionary to propel prospective growth, not a matter of survival. For many years after Microsoft became highly successful, its executives (yes, including Mr. Gates) flew coach. Mayday Mayday.

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APRIL 10, 2011

The international opportunity is large, as I related in an earlier article , but there are some major challenges as well. He could not be persuaded to commit the funds required for localization. Today’s article is presented by one of the founders of our Startup Professionals team, Ernst H.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. So I find that less “management” happens at these firms.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Also, you must remember that localization costs are up-front costs, which must be fully funded before any incremental sales revenues. He resides on the West Coast, and has long helped entrepreneurs there, as well as providing turn-around assistance as interim CEO, and International coaching.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Marginal ventures that might be funded in a vigorous economic environment will not attract sophisticated investors’ time, attention or money in a downturn. John Wooden, US basketball coach. We always say it and I believe it.”. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer Once you have succeeded in developing a solution and obtained initial funding, the next challenge is to penetrate the relevant domestic and international markets. He resides on the West Coast, and has long helped entrepreneurs there, as well as providing turn-around assistance as interim CEO, and International coaching.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Specifically what is often not in the DNA of founders are sales skills. My first startup was no different.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. Her father was reading an article about Pipeline Fellowship in Bloomberg Business Week and he realized his daughter was an adult and she may be interested in angel investing.

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MARCH 1, 2010

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