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. Of course, some balance is required. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. None have exited.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I think of VCs as coaches. Neither class of people should give up easily. Connections? Commitment.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The integration of massively open online courses (MOOCs) makes strategic sense, which is likely why LinkedIn acquired Lynda for $1.5 Indeed, whether you’re a producer, screenwriter, director, actor, cinematographer, editor, art director or composer (or some combination of these) Stage 32 offers classes to meet your specific needs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) So we went for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2012

By the time many big-company executives are ready to go out on their own as an entrepreneur, they have forgotten what it’s like to fly in coach class, buy their own health insurance, or having to deal with running out of money. The result is a startup with an exorbitant burn rate, and a very unhappy entrepreneur.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. I of course agreed to get involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2011

By the time many big-company executives are ready to go out on their own as an entrepreneur, they have forgotten what it’s like to fly in coach class, buy their own health insurance, or having to deal with running out of money. The result is a startup with an exorbitant burn rate, and a very unhappy entrepreneur.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. I of course agreed to get involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

They assume that every business role comes with health insurance, a subsidized retirement plan, and maybe a company car or first-class travel. Entrepreneurs need to enjoy being a generalist, rather than a specialist. Rely on training courses and coaching for new roles. Professionals get dependent on big company perks.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

My reply, without hesitation, “Why of course.”. Entrepreneurs are likewise well served to seek out and cultivate transitory relationships with service employees whom self-important professionals generally overlook, such as: waitresses, car rental agents, flight attendants and call-center agents.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. Naturally the countries reacted negatively to reporting to a centralized figure in the UK (and of course to no longer reporting to the CEO). So you internalize much as a CEO, which is why groups like YPO are so important for super successful entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. Do you have any advice for emerging entrepreneurs regarding how they can be frugal without compromising their company’s value prop? Bootstrapping requires that the entrepreneur go out and talk to their users or clients.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Of course labels are all too easy to throw out and simplify or stereotype the beliefs of other people. he is rust belt middle class. he coached me and my 3 siblings in basketball and soccer and more. he is rust belt middle class. he coached me and my 3 siblings in basketball and soccer and more. We all know that.

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