Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2020

Beat the competition and discover yourself. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some challenges that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. Many love working from their home or garage, in casual clothes, serenaded their by favorite music.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

People-centric leaders realize that the right motivated and accountable people are their real competitive advantage. Your team, properly selected, trained, and engaged, can focus on tomorrow’s requirements, learn from mistakes, and implement the constant improvements required to stay competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

With some coaching and mentoring from other leaders, I was able to do it myself, so I know you can do it too, by committing to the following strategies: Train yourself to always look for positives, not negatives. Of course, most professionals are optimistic, so they tend to over-commit and underestimate work requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

Your role is to provide this enablement, through listening to their needs, and providing personal coaching and mentoring as required. Of course, even the best talent needs communication, training, and support to create the culture you need. Foster collaboration rather than competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. Of course, there are good ways and bad ways to ask for help. Clearly identify key constraints around your request.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. It’s why I believe startup coaches are so important and I wish I know more great ones. Until you know.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. The best leaders I know encourage coaches to come in and are willing to listen to feedback about themselves.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps you need to do more to be a role model for accountability , and provide more coaching on exactly what it means. In today’s world, every organization needs to be in a constant state of change to stay competitive. Of course, talking and giving orders is no substitute for doing.

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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. Can be a competitive advantage. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. I think of VCs as coaches. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Most VCs are book smart.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Of course, some balance is required. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career. Taking care of people generates a quid pro quo.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). She is a coach and mentor to team members. And then of course each venture firm must be careful not to add partners unless they know the chemistry will work with all other partners as our team unit and cohesiveness are so important.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. But I would posit that in order to sustainably build great products in an intensely competitive industry with skills shortages – people management is one of the most critical soft skills organizations need. And, yes, it is politics at its purest.

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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. Can be a competitive advantage. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. That’s the same challenge an artist feels on every new canvas, or every musician feels when composing a new work.

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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. Can be a competitive advantage. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Of course, some balance is required. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career. Taking care of people generates a quid pro quo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2012

Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. That’s the same challenge an artist feels on every new canvas, or every musician feels when composing a new work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. Of course, keeping up with the technology on tools is a never-ending task, and it costs money. Many companies also promote local mentoring and coaching opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2013

Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. Invest in career coaching. A qualified career coach can help you get totally clear on your objectives, differentiate you from the competition, market you effectively, get the offer, and negotiate the best compensation.

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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. Can be a competitive advantage. by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2016

Beat the competition and discover yourself. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. The cycle never stops. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course. Be a coach, rather than a dictator. Make doing the right thing your competitive edge today, and the key to your long-term success. Provide leadership to your team for doing the right thing. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

In fact, I just saw a new book supporting this position, “ Decisive Intuition ,” by Rick Snyder, an international business coach who has launched and grown several businesses of his own, as well as helped big companies, including Intel and Anytime Fitness. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/04/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. That’s the same challenge an artist feels on every new canvas, or every musician feels when composing a new work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2011

Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. Invest in career coaching. A qualified career coach can help you get totally clear on your objectives, differentiate you from the competition, market you effectively, get the offer, and negotiate the best compensation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2010

Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. That’s the same challenge an artist feels on every new canvas, or every musician feels when composing a new work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2011

Beat the competition and discover yourself. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. The cycle never stops. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Find a coach who has a holistic view of all elements. Of course, all of us need to continually be in learn mode, as the business world in changing around us. Helpers do only what you tell them, whereas true help comes from people who know more than you in their specific area, such as sales or finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But of course all of these things are intertwined. Obviously you need to be mentally flexible enough to spot if your instincts were wrong and a change of course is necessary. I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Sure, you need to be competitive on price. Of course that’s not true. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is. He taught me much – most of it unconventional. They buy on perceived value.

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JULY 19, 2015

Of course that’s true. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors. Entrepreneurs could learn about loneliness of success: nobody talks about. Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015. And the immediate reaction was obvious – that failure can be pretty lonely, too. Startups are All Naked in the Mirror. The Role of Chief Psychologist.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D., In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

What about a top athlete in the NFL or NBA or even part of the coaching staff. And of course there are startups. I’m looking for maniacal, competitive, driven, hard-working, obsessed individuals who are deeply committed to winning in the same way that Kobe Bryant is committed to being at the best in his field.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable. And there is often competition over marketing activities, fund raising ownership and the like. The reason that marketing resonated so much for us as a 2016 priority is: Portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Sure, you need to be competitive on price. Of course that’s not true. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is. We focused together on improving our sales methodology, our training and our comp plans.

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