Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

For new entrepreneurs and startups, I recommend an initial focus on these six steps from the very beginning to set the right culture and save the tremendous cost of a transformation and risky competitive catch-up later: Start with an overriding top-down focus on customer experience. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made. But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. Community means more than supply and demand. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2017

In my view, the gig economy is a key driver to the current boom in entrepreneurship – every professional and consultant is actually a solo entrepreneur. One question I often hear from solo entrepreneurs, and she addresses directly, is “How do I set the right price for my services?” Know your competitive value.

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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.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Shiraz Akmal: We were the team at Dreamworks Animation, building location-based attractions for many years, such as How To Train A Dragon VR, to Shrek and Friends, working on those for theme parks and mall installations. We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about. s, who came out of Stanford in 2001, as part of a class of really clever data scientists. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com) What is SRCH2?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. Community means more than supply and demand. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. They just can't reach into the class of freshmen, sophomores, or juniors to help companies get better candidates. com, and managing director at Tickets.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

For new entrepreneurs and startups, I recommend an initial focus on these six steps from the very beginning to set the right culture and save the tremendous cost of a transformation and risky competitive catch-up later: Start with an overriding top-down focus on customer experience. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made. But don’t worry.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made. But don’t worry.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? “In When assembling a team, I encourage entrepreneurs to seek out the MVPs, and look to build diversity into the teams they assemble.”. Performance marketing also demands accountability. Be prepared to iterate.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs. The training becomes “adaptive.&#.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Before you sign an Engagement Letter, obtain written assurance that your lawyer will directly attend to your matters and that you will not be shuffled off to become a training ground for the law firm’s junior associates. It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur - Steve Blank , June 10, 2010 Who is an entrepreneur really? had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership.

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