Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Every entrepreneur wants to hear “yes” during the fund-raising process but I would argue that being too risk averse and not pushing hard enough and be willing to hear a “no” is what holds back many people from “yes.” What I’m looking for in the conversation is: Whom at the firm are you meeting with? What information did they request?

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Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Venture Capital 189

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. Web Summit.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2012

This week the SBW2012 Conference in DC offers sessions geared for small businesses including a Social Media forum, Business Matchmaking, and Federal Contracting 101. The conference ends with the Champion Awards Dinner. What initially seemed like an odd combination piqued my interest. What if they attended a community college?

Entrepreneur 191

Entrepreneur RSS Conference Training 191

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever. There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

But ask yourself, what does a COO actually do? You can always spot these types because they can’t tell you what their revenue number for last month was or what their sales target is for next month. What it tells me is that they’re not properly managing their business. CEO’s run things.

Startup 325

Startup Technical Review Sales Report 325

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? So what they’re saying is: Going through Y.C. But I think there is a down side that I see in startups that raise artificially at prices above what a normal market might value. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. One is that Y.C.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

What is Arivale? Clayton Lewis: What Arivale does, is we help our participants optimize their wellness. Explain what a dense, dynamic cloud is? Clayton Lewis: What is interesting, is if you can find companies in any of the four sectors, it's rare to find those who look at the human product as you are, which is a system.

Coach 100

Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1. Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls. Because they know him or her. They see how hard she does her job.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

What Rob wrote in his post is right. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Here is what I imagine Rob would say were his most effective tools. If you want somebody to take action make it clear what you want them to do. That in itself is quite a challenge.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? So what they’re saying is: Going through Y.C. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. They know the VCs so they know what interests them. When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. One is that Y.C.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

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Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think it’s what Sheryl brought to Facebook when the young Mark Zuckerberg lacked in terms of his age, maturity and probably his lack of inherent people management skills by that phase of his life. What should the financial settlement be for the founder leaves be? She started it with a partner, 50-50. Equity for the future?

Startup 340

Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2014

We observe them in their daily lives and interactions with their teachers, coaches and friends and we look on with pride and the wonderful little human beings they have become. As they grew we thought what a wonderful gift it would be in life if they could play musical instruments. And Moms everywhere. You gave them that gift, not me.

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Course Activity Mobile Outsource Development 323

Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

I asked for a few minutes to confer with my associate, the industrial psychologist. As we returned to the room, I turned to the psychologist, the only third party in the room, and asked him to give the group his candid response to what he had heard. Now that’s an act of desperation or defiance rare, perhaps unique.

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Training Course Sales IBM 226

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2017

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.

Coach 80

Coach Entrepreneur Ideas Class 80

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

In fact, I have found that people are more likely to be engaged and thrive when their boundaries are pushed slightly beyond what they think they can do. They need you looking ahead to anticipate what they will need, and providing it before the next crisis, before they must beg for help. Assign complete units of work, rather than tasks.

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Tips Satisfaction Training Mentor 96

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

What is AppOnboard? What we have done, is we take a part of the game out of the app, and put that on the other side of the fence of the App Store, so the first experience they get with the app is essentially a demo. The real fulfillment in life is on the field, and that's what I realized I loved about the AdColony days.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

Networking 63

Networking Social Network Activity Entrepreneur 63

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. When we think about how we want to run our firm at Upfront Ventures we clearly had this debate ourselves and tried to decide what we felt was right for our skills, ambitions and management styles.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. A couple of weeks ago, I met the infamous @jeffpulver, co-founder of Vonage, author of the Pulver Order , and creator of the #140 Conference (the premier conference on Twitter and the real-time Internet.) About a month ago, I met @lewishowes at the Perfect Pitch conference in LA.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2019

In fact, I found some excellent guidance on how to capitalize on your strengths, as well as areas that you may need to focus, in a new book, “ The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide ,” by Jane Finkle, also one of us, who has been a successful career coach for more than two decades. Be self-directed with your business goals.

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Examples Coach Guide Conference 86

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Facilitate participation in industry conferences and networking. Thus, when you participate in trade shows and conferences, staff the booth from development and other organizations, as well as marketing. Provide cross-functional mentoring and coaching. In this days of pervasive communication, this is powerful marketing.

Marketing 71

Marketing Tips Technical Review Social Media 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

Networking 100

Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

Activity 97

Activity Networking Entrepreneur Startup 97

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

What will you have to do differently to jump the proverbial “chasm” and appeal to more mainstream, bread-and-butter hoteliers? “We To what extent have you been able to leverage your experiences as a brand marketer to effectively address the differing concerns of these constituents, without utterly confusing your message?

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Have you ever wondered what to do with that last generation iPhone you have in the closet, or those shoes you bought and never wore, or other unwanted items you might have--but didn't want to bother selling on Craiglist, because it just wasn't worth it for the money you would earn? What exactly is KarmaGoat? It has been really amazing.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

One theme that I always get is, “I’ve gotten an offer from a VC, but they want me to do X, what do you think?&# X is always something non-standard that the entrepreneur knows in his gut isn’t right. They can tell you what the “conventional wisdom&# would be for your decisions. There are many great VCs.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 297

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. Sometimes you need to break some eggs to get things done so if that’s what it takes I wanted my team to go for it and I wanted to symbolize that it was OK with me. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct. Making Things Happen.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. A couple of weeks ago, I met the infamous @jeffpulver, co-founder of Vonage, author of the Pulver Order , and creator of the #140 Conference (the premier conference on Twitter and the real-time Internet.) About a month ago, I met @lewishowes at the Perfect Pitch conference in LA.

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Having the pitches and showcase as part of the conference is a nice feature for the startups, so the whole thing isn’t just about the pitch. Driving funding to early-stage startups and small businesses is what we do here and being a part of the Startup of the Year Competition was a no-brainer for us.

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

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., But what they all had in common, I think, was an interesting culture that they were showcasing.

Coach 75

Coach Technical Review Carson Networking 75

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. The challenges for making money and survival in these professional services worlds are different, maybe even tougher.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

Networking 97

Networking Startup Activity Entrepreneur 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

What is Pipeline Fellowship about? We like to give women a chance to see and learn all about investing and what it takes to become an angel investor. In mentoring, we match experienced angel investors with, what I like to call them, “angels-in-training” so they can share the lessons learned. The third component is practice.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

What does that culture look like? It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. Southwest also gives employees “permission” to go that extra mile to make customers happy, empowering them to do what they need to do to meet that vision.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

What does that culture look like? It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. Southwest also gives employees “permission” to go that extra mile to make customers happy, empowering them to do what they need to do to meet that vision.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100