Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

The final clip is Fred & I talking about whether “the best product wins” and my assertion that the bias in today’s Silicon Valley dominated tech world there is probably too much emphasis on tech at the expense of how to sell, implement and service customers. Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper. This is classic Fred.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

Ask me something very narrow that I can answer without typing a whole blog post length response. If I AM an investor, mentor, friend or advisor I accept the email being longer. Yes, I love DropBox, Box.net, DocStoc, SlideShare and similar services. Save cloud services for every other kind of email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We have some great mentors now. SocialEngine is four years old, and that's the startup we applied to TechStars with.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

With Vistage, you'll benefit from: Advisory Board Peer Group Meetings; Private 1-to-1 Mentoring Sessions; Expert Speaker Workshops; Content and Connectivity Online. your business on the map with national news coverage and blog buzz for only $999 a. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

We caught up with co-founder Michael Wong , who told us about how the company is looking to change the model for local check-ins, and also help businesses with getting the word out about their services. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Every startup mentor has his favorite list of basic strategies to avoid pitfalls, and I’m no exception. Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Do not delegate this task! Manage your time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Use blogging, outside publication, and speaking or mentoring opportunities to establish credibility and stand out above peers. I have found that the delivery of my special expertise in professional services is one of the most satisfying and fulfilling roles I have ever experienced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services. I’m not an elitist a **e.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The most active person responding negatively said, “so an ENITRE industry is undervaluing their services? See there are tons of people who play the role of mentor in their own capacity. When I wrote about Lines, Not Dots (probably my most often quote blog post) I made it clear that “lines” go both ways.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2015

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

504: The 504 is a fixed rate loan program serviced by local banks and guaranteed at 90% by the federal government to purchase (or construct) a new property, including its related soft costs, equipment and fixtures for your business. Understand how to value you company (more to come in a future blog!) SBA Programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Every startup mentor has his favorite list of basic strategies to avoid pitfalls, and I’m no exception. Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Do not delegate this task! Manage your time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Yet if your service is consulting, for example, real travel is required to deliver the product. As an entrepreneur, you are the brand, so your visibility is as important as your product or service. Mentoring and shared advisory board opportunities. Small businesses today may be highly specialized, but not highly localized.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

Along with the startup directory and in-depth data reports BILA offers a job board and event calendar and will have a blog area for members to make announcements to the community and share news. These reports will be published quarterly and annually. Katris said, “We encourage the community to come to the site and to post their announcements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Your own learning should be the biggest inspiration of all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Site marketing is easily extended through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Your own learning should be the biggest inspiration of all.

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Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

The most important takeaway of the evening, Suster said, is that it’s only by using the Internet to dramatically increase their market reach and size (getting to scale) that Web startups can significantly cut the price of the goods or services they provide. To Suster, founding a tech startup is a lot like mounting an expedition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cashflow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

Based on my current role as a mentor to entrepreneurs, I will paraphrase and recommend Whiddon’s top techniques in business terms: Build an image of likability and rapport. Actively participating in social media is the place to start, including blogging and positively responding to customer feedback, to build a growing crowd of followers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Seth’s interest in helping others grew out of his lack of having a mentor. He was drawn to Stanford by the people ecosystem- access to professors and mentors. How did the idea for Meebo version 3, the web-based IM service, come about? Initial traffic was driven by word-of-mouth, specifically blogs and a bit of luck.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Every startup mentor has his favorite list of basic strategies to avoid pitfalls, and I’m no exception. Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Do not delegate this task! Manage your time.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

I'd see these wedding blogs, but I thought, there has got to be more. Why do people come to PartySlate, and explain more on why they use your service? We were doing recurring parties, client events, and I was also on three charity boards, where we were always running galas and fundraisers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2011

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Your own learning should be the biggest inspiration of all.

Startup 88

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.). million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. And the fact that we’ve all worked for a decade with Dana Kibler who is our long-time CFO and now helping run Investment Operations & Platform Services we have a truly senior & killer internal team. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2010

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Also, in most geographies, there are organizations springing up, and university workshops, to mentor people out of work and contemplating a startup.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Who are your mentors, role models? We don’t have mentors at the moment. LAGbook and Facebook offer totally different social services. LAGbook is the top social networking service born out of Africa. This includes contents like Videos, Photos, Blog Posts and Forum Threads.

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