Class Definition Email Entrepreneur 
Berkonomics
APRIL 1, 2021
Greatness finds one definition in management’s ability to “pivot,” or change the plan in reaction to its early response from the marketplace. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. How do investors usually react to a pivot? My story of a great pivot.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
I recently got an email from a friend who had been approached by a well known VC. He sent me an email asking whether the approach was real and whether he should take it seriously. Here is the email he received (reprinted without names with his permission). “Hi [entrepreneur], I hope all is well.
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Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Greatness finds one definition in management’s ability to “pivot,” or change the plan in reaction to its early response from the marketplace. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Plans don’t often work as devised.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 2, 2015
If you want to see world-class speakers and hear what they have to say in person – you will get that. This is how he gets world-class speakers to travel half way around the world. The speakers get what they want (small, private networking) and the audience gets what they want – world-class speakers.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 23, 2012
One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. We definitely do post proof-of-concept, and would prefer post-revenue companies. I tend to invest in seasoned entrepreneurs or those who have the right experience in the particular industry they are in.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 16, 2010
Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. More recently, he has invested in numerous local startups, while mentoring and advising hundreds of young entrepreneurs. Marty: When did you know that you were first destined to be an entrepreneur?
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2010
Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). Get some seasoned entrepreneurs to come.
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