Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

We know that if you start with ho-hum founders you’re less likely to assemble a world-class team. Find people to “punch above their weight class”. I wrote an entire blog post about this in the past highlighting my belief that you should hire people who “punch above their weight class.” Don’t sacrifice. It’s a mistake.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We need more people who are willing to follow the mantra of business leader David McCourt in his new book, “ Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries.” Which category do you want to be a part of? Whenever you have a great idea, ask yourself why it couldn’t be made 10 times bigger, or even 100 times.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

million in cash for SeatMe and up to approximately 263,000 shares of its Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.7 The deal will see Yelp connect more restaurants and bars to customers through online bookings. businesses listed under its restaurant and nightlife categories. million by July 24th.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2019

Most trend watchers agree that it is time for a revolutionary new category of medicine treatment devices and customized healthcare solutions. Customers don’t want to read instruction manuals these days, or attend a class to learn about features. Solves a real problem for customers in intelligent new ways.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2016

In reality, the picture is a bit larger than this, as outlined in a recent book “ Leading with GRIT ,” by Laurie Sudbrink, a well-known business leadership coach and speaker. To explain accountability, she and I are strong proponents of the Accountability Ladder , which has been included in every Management 101 class for many years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand. I wish I were good in the email category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2015

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their recent book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. I don’t see anything genetic here, as these have come from some very diverse backgrounds, with the normal mix of middle-class, upper, and lower economic environments.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2014

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their new book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. I don’t see anything genetic here, as these have come from some very diverse backgrounds, with the normal mix of middle-class, upper, and lower economic environments.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. When companies get ready to add scale it’s important to bring in industry experts who bring real-world experiences from world-class companies that you aren’t inventing things for the first time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their classic book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. I don’t see anything genetic here, as these have come from some very diverse backgrounds, with the normal mix of middle-class, upper, and lower economic environments.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. I wrote separately about that here – regarding “hiring people who punch above their weight class.” When you are ready to hire sales staff I don’t recommend bringing in people who are too experienced.

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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.” Keep you office running lean and mean. Is your service being replaced?

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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. If you surveyed your customers today, what percent of your customers would put you in the winning category? Set the expectation for continuous improvement. Marty Zwilling.

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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.” Keep you office running lean and mean. Is your service being replaced?

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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.” Keep you office running lean and mean. Is your service being replaced?

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Tips Startup Services Outsource Development 92

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues. The leadership group is currently looking at options to tie in relevant coursework in entrepreneurship, business, and engineering, while also contemplating an alumni-only, mid-year class of startups. Categories Deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I was WAY off between my book research about what the engineering & construction market would want (my first company) and what they actually wanted. That means you’re more often than not trying to get customers to realize they actually have a problem versus their already having budget assigned for a system in your category.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Kind of like a disarrayed choose your own adventure book about your life. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This is one book-end of the cycle. There has already been at least one high profile funding from this class, which is Thread – a product that raised $1.2 I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals. Seems an obvious fit.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For every layer if I mention companies please don’t assume that I’m suggesting there aren’t other players in that category. Especially to a company that sells books! Physically printed books or CDs with editors, reviewers and a centralized system are inherently slower and in many cases not even more accurate.

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