Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players. We immediately realized this was a great idea. I admire anybody who sees a problem and steps up to try and make a difference and take action.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES. I loved the quote so had to include it, “All medal winners have coaches. It’s a great read.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Online it may be time to take a formal position via blogs and interviews. That means public recognition of individual achievements, providing feedback, and coaching and mentoring along the way. Allocate time for active participation in relevant outside industry conferences, and public panels or TED talks that look ahead.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper. This is classic Fred.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback. The best leaders I know encourage coaches to come in and are willing to listen to feedback about themselves. In fact, I’d observe that most board meetings don’t on this important topic.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. Tell us about this new program? It's a comprehensive bucket.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Business financial aid alternatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. So I think it’s now fair to rate me at 9/10 on follow-on fundings. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Build your own personal brand image through blogging, industry forums, and networking. These days, even with the pervasive Internet and social media, it still takes time and money for your marketing and customer communication efforts to have an impact. Build a strong team around you and learn from them.

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CEO Flow

AUGUST 17, 2009

I have a great opportunity for both you and the person that refers them to me…keep reading… CEOFlow is my coaching program for CEOs. I’m offering a f^ree CEOFlow coaching session to five CEOs (each is a $375 value). Subscribe to the PebbleStorm Blog by Email F^ree CEOFlow Sessions For Five CEOs. How To Apply.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. Sometimes we draft business plans and coach the entrepreneurs on their pitch, and sometimes we even help develop a business model. What are some good posts that I should check out on your blog? But if I had to pick (ie.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s why I believe executive coaches are so important for startups who have the financial resources to afford them. Anybody who follows this blog knows that my mom was the most influential person on my entrepreneurial career. Meaning – politics starts with your co-founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. It’s why I believe startup coaches are so important and I wish I know more great ones. There is less ego.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Business financial aid alternatives.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. Consider Jeff Bezos at the top of Amazon, or Howard Schultz at the top of Starbucks. They were influencers before they were a brand.

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Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

The finalists in the Digital Trailblazer category of the Xconomy Awards San Diego highlight the wide variety of healthtech ideas emanating from local startups and big companies alike, ranging from virtual coaches for physical therapy patients, to experimental software designed to address Alzheimer’s symptoms.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Early next year, twenty students will have the opportunity to study machine learning for 10 weeks with Google engineers, college professors, and coaches—free of charge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Business financial aid alternatives.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 11, 2019

Mine is writing this blog post, indirectly. They are coaching our kids in their spare time, or full time, and IMHO, they are standing in the blue circle, maybe a slightly different one, but it’s still in the middle of what matters. What’s yours? It reminds of the Mark Zuckerberg Facebook story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

There are expert blogs and curation sites, like this one, covering every aspect of business and leadership. The startup world today doesn’t need consultants, but they do need specialists and professionals with experience and expertise who can do the job, and provide coaching while producing results, at a predictable cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. If you never read it, please do.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. If you never read it, please do.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And while John & I have been through these phases ourselves (and have even written several blog posts on the topic like this one and John keeps a great blog with many similar concepts) we simply haven’t been running large sales teams for the past 8+ years. How to build a great forecast.

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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. It’s always great to meet somebody in person that you’ve interacted with on blogs and on Twitter.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2011

That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. " The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). The first search turned up a MySpace page.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The telematic technology is intended to help fleet managers reduce risk by coaching operators to be safer drivers. SmartDrive, founded in 2004, specializes in dashboard video cameras and related analytic technology to identify dangerous driving behavior.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don''t know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning. Then you have to deal with the mistakes. By definition, if you see the rewards here as outweighing the risks, you are an entrepreneur.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

He blogs at startup-marketing.com. In addition, he currently consults extensively with startup companies on matters related to strategy, financing, operations, and executive coaching. He also helped accelerate growth at Eventbrite, Socialcast, Webs, World Golf Tour, WordPress.com and Songkick in hands-on marketing advisory roles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. These speakers help coach CEO’s on important executive decisions. They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works.

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Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. I don’t think they serve investors well. Do you have good quips? ” Meh.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# But as an angel you’re usually not only taking risks but also helping the company succeed (through introductions, social proof, coaching, recruiting). “Convertible notes have won.

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Equity Pricing Venture Capital Entrepreneur 319

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Took some time to crunch the numbers and evaluate our findings before re-circling back in 2009 and beginning what started as a blog. A blog with our reviews of the scene, locations, etc. We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. Not according to my sources. It led to hiring Eric Schmidt. There have been a lot of management shuffles at Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. I don’t think they serve investors well. Do you have good quips? ” Meh.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347