SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The program provides training and mentoring programs for mission-based nonprofits seeking to create an earned income stream through a social venture. Where are the Social Capital Markets by Fran Seegull. Wednesday, September 22, 2010 -- Social Enterprise Venture Competition. The panelists then selected the four finalists.

Competition 100

Competition Coach Mentor Training 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2022

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. These are the ultimate hunters.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Marketing News Slides 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. They assure us that your fears and qualms are normal, but the next step in your journey is more than possible if you focus on this key set of practices with full intention, awareness, and agility-in-action: Capitalize on your best talents and strengths.

Entrepreneur 90

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Coach Mentor 90

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. What role do the mentors play? The mentors at the L.A. READ MORE>>.

Mentor 185

Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked what you can do to build the right culture. Mentoring and training programs need to be put in place early. They need opportunities to do new work and try out new roles, as well as have access to training updates in their current positions.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. That means a priority on coaching and mentoring, as well as training and tools, before focusing on results metrics.

Tips 97

Tips Mentor Coach Metrics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

Don’t try to do it all – capitalize on your strengths. Increase you focus on coaching, training, and mentoring. Every founder has a story about the pivot that made their business, such as Starbucks switching to selling coffee from expresso makers, and Flickr from an online game to photo sharing.

Metrics 140

Metrics Entrepreneur Coach Satisfaction 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Real leaders improve the readiness, training, and preparation for these events, so that circumstances are not a source of pain, but are expected and can be accomplished with personal satisfaction. Traditional change management techniques need to be replaced by business readiness training and focus.

Satisfaction 55

Satisfaction Coach Mentor Training 55

InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2016

There are a number of tasks you can perform that will allow you to train in the art of entrepreneurship while you are in school or working at a large organization. If you are a recent college graduate, mentor college students. Get A Coach. Like athletes, entrepreneurs benefit greatly from a coach, in the form of a caring mentor.

Company 80

Company Companies Startup Mentor 80

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. These are the ultimate hunters.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur News Slides Startup 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Here are some key points for benchmarking your own sense of self, and the self-awareness of those around you, with a bit of guidance on how to get to the next level and capitalize on it: At a peak or valley, you are not your greatest self. When things are going well, ego can get the best of you.

Competition 81

Competition Startup Examples Coach 81

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. We handed our offices over to our friends at General Assembly , who now use the space to train LA’s next generation of coders.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia not only wants to increase the number of women in investment, but bring more people in total to help startups and other businesses get the capital they need. We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. What is Pipeline Fellowship about?

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

Here is my short list: Provide personal growth assistance beyond training programs. Help your employees build their individual strengths with customized coaching and special assignments. This is another aspect of capitalizing on strengths and satisfaction. Actively seek new opportunities for good employees.

Mentor 52

Mentor IBM IBM Examples 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

This means revisiting your human relations (HR) practices and procedures – training, promotion, job assignments, and compensation, with difference makers in mind. It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent. Help make the difference makers even more effective.

Product 58

Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2015

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. These are the ultimate hunters.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur News Slides Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs. Take chances on unconventional talent.

Oracle 53

Oracle Organization Entrepreneur Examples 53

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

In a VC business when you raise additional capital you need to “level up” and act the round you are. Objection Handling training. You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. I have seen many companies raise their first $3 million and still act like a company that has no resources at all.

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2014

A recent book, “ Hunting in a Farmer''s World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. These are the ultimate hunters.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup News Slides 109

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. They'll take the risk of chocolate cake over the risk of diabetes in five years.

Coach 100

Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. These are the ultimate hunters.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur News Slides Startup 54

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. Pipeline Angels (National Network).

Startup 141

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean. We need each other.

Angel 49

Angel Pasadena Angels Venture Capital Pasadena 49

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

But Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich used his many years of experience to deliberate a plan that was well executed and surprised even the experts in the game, leading the underdog team to a Game 7 against the defending champions. There will be similar startups doing exactly the same thing and some may have more capital at hand.

Startup 94

Startup CTO Coach Coach Study 94