Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Investors are human, after all Come up with a valid reason because they know in communicating with founders if there’s no reason to say “no” you can generate bad will Risk missing out on an inflection point: Investors of course are also concerned about saying “no” too early in the process when they can “hang around the rim” and see what happens?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a graduate of the MBA program. Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . Of course I do! But you realize that you can be more helpful as a coach. Entrepreneurshit. But he learned.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. I attended events. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. They move the ball forward every day. Making Things Happen.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 30, 2014

What chain of events led to the failure? While you’re at it, seek out advice and coaching from experts in all of the areas where you and/or your plan were deficient before starting over. As well as having the advantage of framing the discussion, you’ll gain respect for tackling it in a straightforward way. Steve Jobs. Albert Einstein.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

Of course that’s true. I felt this myself as we went from a few founders huddled into a tiny room to the front page of the Financial Times, an influx of VC interest, magazine covers, invitations to high-profile events and the pressures of trying to live up to this perception and the economic opportunities everybody expected.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Of course you’re brilliant, that’s why you were promoted. Improving employee performance is a process not an event. You need to transition from player to coach. Similarly, transitioning to “coach” is difficult. Don’t sacrifice key relationships because a colleague or subordinate has a talent for getting face time.

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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. We felt we wanted “management heavy” where we’d try to put more effort into tracking systems, data analysis, event management, content creation and the like.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The big difference, of course, is that a mentor looks ahead to help you, while a critic looks backward to tell you what you did wrong. Are you asking forward-looking questions, or making negative assessments about past events?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

Leaders in an enterprise soon forget how to write contracts, manage cash flow, or even how to schedule their own time and events. Rely on training courses and coaching for new roles. These include the following: Executives rely on staff to do the real work. You must be all of these and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2010

It’s easy to grow accustomed to having your staff do the “real work” (my assistant will work with your team to organize the event). Training courses are available. In a startup, that luxury isn’t possible, so the work suffers. Executives have perks.

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Entrepreneur Company Companies Training 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. I attended events. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The big difference, of course, is that a mentor looks ahead to help you, while a critic looks backward to tell you what you did wrong. Are you asking forward-looking questions, or making negative assessments about past events?

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Mentor Tips Coach Entrepreneur 91

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Planning and dealing with extra-ordinary events: M&A, fund raising, crises. You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights. As You Start to Mature. How to build a great forecast.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In addition to this book, Lewis helps professionals and companies achieve greater return on the time they devote to LinkedIn and other social networking through his acclaimed training seminars, one-on-one coaching sessions, and corporate consulting programs. Keywords of course! Now for the good stuff.

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Tips Social Media Summary Social Network 40

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

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I’m an event planner turned lawyer turned entrepreneur. Back in college, I started throwing large events for charities and such. Soon after launching, we started doing crazy monthly singles events and match making and I began to realize that what I had enjoyed as a hobby could now be a full business. “Launch broken.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

But Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich used his many years of experience to deliberate a plan that was well executed and surprised even the experts in the game, leading the underdog team to a Game 7 against the defending champions. In Game 6, when it seemed San Antonio was about to win the Championship, the Heat had to adapt to change the course.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Naturally the countries reacted negatively to reporting to a centralized figure in the UK (and of course to no longer reporting to the CEO). As virtually anybody in our company will tell you I was the last person to leave almost all of these events.

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 30, 2012

Of course, the interview might not even happen if the resume is the not a “good” one. Dress For The Right Event. Of course, if the things you don’t know are key to the position you are in trouble. Do you really want to take the precious time you have to impress your interviewer and have him/her coach you on how to interview?

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Blogging Startup Course Sites 76

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2013

Knowing how much playing sports shaped the course of her life, it pained her to see these girls denied the opportunity. The solution Rock found was if a play area connected to the already trusted schools was created with approved coaches, the parents would let the girls play. This baffled Katie. The seed was planted.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Yes, of course in moderation and certainly not every day. Over the course of my weight loss my mental plans changed (I will share a lot more details in future posts) and my measurements changed but these have been my two most important factors in my weight loss journey. of course that would be ridiculous for me to claim.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2022

A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravates an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. The Components of any Great startup community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravates an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

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Startup Coach Education Training 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2015

A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravate an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

Tips 101

Tips Startup Coach Entrepreneur 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2013

A " perfect storm " is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravate an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

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Entrepreneur Startup Coach Training 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravates an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

Startup 56

Startup Coach Entrepreneur Training 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

A " perfect storm " is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravate an environment drastically. Of course, all of these are important, but everyone needs to prioritize the same way during a crisis. In business, startups will inevitably encounter setbacks, and need to pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Of course much of it is conflicting. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. And of course you’re meeting people who can give you money. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” But of course that’s horse puckey.

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