Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Mix business learning with doing.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Over the course of my “retirement” (yes, it is in quotes because I’m not sure it really was one! A good friend, and college athletics coach, very wisely said to me “you can’t fill a big hole with a bunch of little things.” We provide a startup studio which incubates and accelerates businesses and a pre-seed / seed investment fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Mix business learning with doing.

Entrepreneur 58

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Mix business learning with doing.

Startup 51

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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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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Over the course of my “retirement” (yes, it is in quotes because I’m not sure it really was one! A good friend, and college athletics coach, very wisely said to me “you can’t fill a big hole with a bunch of little things.” We provide a startup studio which incubates and accelerates businesses and a pre-seed / seed investment fund.

Startup 52

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 52

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. And of course hedge funds and growth-equity funds can’t resist trying to get earlier-stage exposure again. The Blurring of Investment Lines.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. There are many great companies that have been associated with Launchpad over the years and of course I’m proud of everybody we’ve had relationships with. Almost none remain from that era.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We realized that if we found a very competent person at the genesis of their entrepreneurial career, at the very, very beginning, we could actually coach and guide them through these critical decisions, to help them avoid fundamental mistakes. Adeo has worked hard to differentiate TFI from the other incubators and accelerators.

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