Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a new book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a classic book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike Diamond and Christopher Harding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

I remember the classic book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. Michelli, with inspiring stories on how one well-known company, Mercedes-Benz, made the transition and is profiting as a result. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Richard Wolpert is the author of A Soul Of A Deal, a book on deal making, and is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” entrepreneur Patricia Sigmon plateau profits startup' But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

This sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. That means that starting soon, our doctors, hospitals, eldercare, hospice and even death care systems are going to face unprecedented demand. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Education: More students and different classes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

And make sure to pick up a copy of his book. 3:35 The real entrepreneurs come out during a down economy. 19:30 A teachable moment for entrepreneurs: HAVE A HYPOTHESIS! 22:53 Eric’s book: The Lean Startup. 44:45 Telling an entrepreneur to focus is like telling a fat person to lose weight. 00:45 Intro to Eric.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2013

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn, helped me crystallize these similarities with his book “ The Start-up of You.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. If you publish a book, how do you get on the NY Times best seller list? What about mobile?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Is it book smarts? Amy Chua, a Yale professor, wrote a book about raising children the “Chinese Mother&# way. I learned that I wasn’t the strongest kid in class but wasn’t a wimp either. The toughest or coolest kids in class often like somebody who is willing to stand up to them – but not cross them.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. I thought through the steps: Get a class of interesting companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. That means that starting soon, our doctors, hospitals, eldercare, hospice and even death care systems are going to face unprecedented demand. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Education: More students and different classes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a classic book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2017

In my view, the gig economy is a key driver to the current boom in entrepreneurship – every professional and consultant is actually a solo entrepreneur. If you are thinking of joining the rush in this direction, I found some practical insights for success in a new book, “ Thriving in the Gig Economy ,” by Marion McGovern.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. Number two (was) to create end-user demand and drive it into our sales channel. The videos are watched outside of class, while class time is focused on discussing each student group's progress from the prior week.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We have highly engaging courses, taught by professional players, and where you track your progress, driven by data, and which also features an on-demand marketplace to help you find any coach you want to help you improve your play on any game. If they just want to book a coaching lesson, it costs only $5 to get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

This new sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game.

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Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. In her book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” Sheryl Sandberg stated, “When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Smart is simply not a differentiator.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Kelly Tompkins: AdventureLink is a reservation network, which allows consumers and agents to book adventure travel around the world. What we're doing, is replicating what cruise agencies did in the 80's and 90's with their reservation infrastructure--allowing traditional and online buyers to shop, compare, and book trips for the first time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

I just finished a new book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. Michelli, with inspiring stories on how one well-known company, Mercedes-Benz, made the transition and is profiting as a result. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her new book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Just this week I met @MarshaCollier, the author of over 25 books on eBay. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He is a media and digital media entrepreneur, senior executive, negotiator and dealmaker with an unbroken track record of success in start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as major and independent media companies. On Demand).

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

At the time, they had just come out with their new book " Rework " had downloaded a copy to my Kindle, but hadn't had a chance to read it yet. Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. Now I have. Let's see why.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. This is one book-end of the cycle. There is a lot of pent-up demand. There has already been at least one high profile funding from this class, which is Thread – a product that raised $1.2

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. If you haven’t read Ken Auletta’s brilliant book Googled , you should. This narrative has been confirmed to me by several senior studio executives.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. So being an entrepreneur is a lot like being a student. Skip classes.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Blue-chip customers such as Intuit, Williams-Sonoma, Fox Sports/MSN, Ticketmaster, Glaxo Smith Kline, Clear Channel, WebEx and Netflix turn to StrongMail infrastructure to bring enterprise-class reliability to their email systems. Whatever the biggest, most challenging, most demanding, most important job we had at L90, I always turned to Tim.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.

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