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10 Tips For Entering The Startup Community This Year

Startup Professionals Musings

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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10 Keys to Remaining Cool And Calm Despite Pressures

Startup Professionals Musings

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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The 18-month rule and a harrowing tale

Berkonomics

Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. I have an industrial psychology educational background but could not count upon myself to be completely objective here, of course.). I asked for a few minutes to confer with my associate, the industrial psychologist. Then the meeting no CEO would want to attend.

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To My Wife, On Mother’s Day

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve written about my own mom before and the role she played in shaping my life but of course you never quite appreciate the full contributions of Mom until you’re much older. So today should of course by Wife Appreciation Day as much as Mother’s Day. And Moms everywhere. And follow through.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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7 Ways To Find And Nurture Future Leaders In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The best potential leaders are always seeking new connections at industry conferences, in community relations, and by communicating with key customers and influencers. Of course, that assumes that you nurture a culture that rewards integrity. Mentoring and coaching are also important.

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7 Business Lessons You Can Learn From A 7-Year-Old

Startup Professionals Musings

You may think you need more entrepreneurial courses in school, or more advanced degrees, but in my experience it’s more of a mindset, some good coaching, and learning by doing that separates the winners from the losers. Network conference. You learn as much as a coach as the student. It’s a win-win opportunity.

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