Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Marty Zwilling.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. A certified executive coach, Anna works with her portfolio companies to build great teams, develop a sound strategy and create a strong network.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. If a creator or celebrity were to sell personalized videos on Cameo , they’d lose 25% to the platform. With its $5.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2013

The top two on the personal side are “urgency” and “desire,” but these have to be matched on the business side with the willingness to burn the platform (change any aspect of the business) without a crisis. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor). Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the classic book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the new book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. It's really Match.com meets LinkedIn for your business. It's very much matching pieces into a puzzle.

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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. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. The company was called Red Beacon. Nice sweep!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. Dr. Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject. Find and use preferred individual contact methods.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. Dr. Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject. Find and use preferred individual contact methods.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

By going on sales calls you pick up directly the feedback of what customers want and also what they’re telling you about competition. I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc. Skipping is insidious.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. TenHands has a powerful platform that enables partners to easily add Real-Time Communiations (RTC) for video and voice.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

I faced the same challenge not being able to form a team because most people joined the competition with friends that they had already planned on working with. It was a wonderful feeling to win in a competition for the 3 rd time in a row, but much more rewarding that finally it was for my idea, creating something from my vision.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

AdWords is on Google.com, AdSense is a distributed platform across many different Web sites where if youre a small publisher and you put AdSense on your Web site and someone clicks, you get part of the revenue and Google gets part of the revenue. You dont have the same levels of fast turnover as a starting point, right?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” Platforms have changed. VCs have the safety of not being that person. That is what separates us. And what makes you crazy. And special. I think the best VCs understand that we are enablers not masters of the universe. Startup Lessons'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” The only way to get VCs to move is to make sure subtly that they feel a deal is or may become competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Helpers may be cheaper and quicker to find, but they cost you dearly in managing, coaching and error recovery. Resist the temptation to be defensive, and don’t assume you are somehow smarter than the competition. With today’s social media and crowdfunding platforms, you can effectively test the waters before you build.

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