Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2014

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. If you find yourself being surprised by new competitor offerings and customer demands, then perhaps you are not paying attention. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? As United Airlines found out a few years ago, delays in addressing customer or vendor problems can cost you more in a single day than many companies make in a year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

In other circumstances the five-day workshop, scheduled this fall at George Washington University in the nation’s capital, might go unnoticed among the sea of executive training programs offered every day. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. companies, just 9.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. Only people can look ahead and prepare for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Of course, you should always be available and willing to coach members when requested, or share your experience and skill. Make sure they have the tools and training to do the job requested and expected. Too many teams I know live in constant fear of unjustified reprisals and repeated demands. The former is acceptable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Companies that have focused on sustainability and social responsibility, in addition to ethical business practices, such as Patagonia and Zappos , claim more than three times the return of average companies over the last 10 years. Manage your company based on long-term priorities. Be a coach, rather than a dictator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. Be prepared to create and train a dedicated support group that can keep up with your now larger and growing install base of demanding customers. You need the courage and introspection to lead your team to this new level of expectation, despite the challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2015

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around.

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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, Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. The most-used workplace training programs are really about matters of the heart. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

He and I both believe that the key to high growth in any company is a learning culture, led from the highest executive levels. Everyone agrees that establishing and maintaining a company-wide learning culture is not so easy. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes. It’s up to you to make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

Here are a few facts from the National Council on Economic Education emphasizing the need for more business training, starting much earlier: More than 1 in 6 students in the USA do not have a baseline level of financial literacy. They need to understand that having money is not an entitlement, and not related to the volume of their demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Leaders in new companies who have had to do much of the work themselves sometimes find it hard to now find time for the people who are now critical to their future. Building new relationships, inside and outside the company, and nurturing old ones, is a key to long-term leadership. Work on being a facilitator rather than a driver.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Formal training for the team is just the beginning, not the end. Today, with instant low price search, ordering via smart phones and unfiltered online reviews everywhere, the advantage has shifted to companies who can make the whole customer experience positive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Know your customers intimately.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you're an employee in a big company, sometimes it can feel like you're not sure when your career is going. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. How did you start the company? Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) What were you doing before Fuel50?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Weinfurter, who has made the leap a couple of times himself, and spent many years consulting with other companies who have done the same.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

We looked around for literally eight to ten months, by having a couple of young people bring us companies, research papers on potential industries, and other information every day. There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. But, what about the supply side, and where do companies go? Describe that further?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2017

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2017 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. We had a training session from somebody who put up the four-quadrant graph you see above. EXPRESSIVES.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 3, 2016

Watch: Millennials in the Workplace Training Video ). Working for someone that demands excellence and pushes your limits every day will build the most solid foundation for your ongoing professional success. Don’t take those complaints and trash-talk the company or co-workers on lunch breaks and anonymous chat boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. Why buy now?

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