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. Do entrepreneurs need to have a particular idea in mind to participate?

Mentor 185

Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Find her @annawbarber. READ MORE>>.

Startup 124

Startup Press Commerce Southern California 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. Entrepreneurs with the mantra “if we build it, they will come,” and executives who don’t communicate their expectations, fall into this category.

Startup 116

Startup Entrepreneur Class Coach 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2010

I hear many executives and professionals in large corporations talking about their dream of jumping ship, and becoming an entrepreneur. The result is a startup with an exorbitant burn rate, and a very unhappy entrepreneur. That’s a whole different mindset and skill set from your experience and training in an enterprise.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Company Companies Training 92

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. Thus I find that the best entrepreneurs and business leaders today are people-centric, but they never forget that efficient repeatable processes are required as the business scales up.

Coach 94

Coach Organization Mentor Startup 94

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, What we found, if people wanted help finding a job right away, and didn't want to be trained in how to look for a job. Your finance has to be world class.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

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.

Startup 93

Startup Company Companies Training 93

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.

Company 58

Company Companies Startup Training 58

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.

Startup 103

Startup Training Course Entrepreneur 103

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.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

Every business executive and entrepreneur I know believes they are good or even great leaders, but as an advisor I often hear a different story from their team. Here is my short list: Provide personal growth assistance beyond training programs. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and most of us as managers focus only on weaknesses.

Mentor 52

Mentor IBM IBM Examples 52

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. They just can't reach into the class of freshmen, sophomores, or juniors to help companies get better candidates. Those include how-to on resumes, aptitude tests, videos, coaching seminars, and more of that nature. READ MORE>>.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

New employees are offered $2,000 to quit after the first week of training if they decide the job isn’t for them. Employees of Twitter can also expect free meals at the San Francisco headquarters, along with yoga classes and unlimited vacations for some. It offers other health-oriented programs such as massages and personal training.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

New employees are offered $2,000 to quit after the first week of training if they decide the job isn’t for them. Employees of Twitter can also expect free meals at the San Francisco headquarters, along with yoga classes and unlimited vacations for some. It offers other health-oriented programs such as massages and personal training.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

More recently, we licensed our platform to leadership guru Marshall Goldsmith, so that he could transform his $200,000 coaching engagements into a virtual program, so that a much wider audience could benefit from Marshall's process and work. For an educator, it helps to bring classroom training to life.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I always tell people, “hire somebody who wants to punch above their weight class &# (i.e. As they become more senior they take on management responsibilities such as planning, forecasting, pipeline reviews, coaching staff, etc. the person who wants to next level up rather than the person who has already done it).

Sales 346

Sales Startup Technical Review Customer 346

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here is a class of investor we’ve covered before, one usually focused upon you and less upon your business case. There are other classes of equity investors for small or early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. Friends and family investors.

Equity 156

Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,&# which means to hire people who want to be one league above where they are today. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. I had always been a scrappy entrepreneur.

Startup 327

Startup Sales Class CIO 327

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. Here is their inaugural class. I was prepared way more for business success in my political science classes than in my economics ones (I was a double major). This is where training programs come into play. At least not as an entrepreneur.

Education 322

Education Startup Incubator Class 322