Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

I have found it to be more productive and effective to lead with the model that no meetings will take an hour, and may be done in as little as five minutes. Of course, this requires some discipline and focus on your part, as well as the willingness to trust team members and allow them to do their jobs.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

It is hard to coach or teach leadership in a few paragraphs. These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2022

Phrases like “holding people accountable” imply negative consequences or punishment, rather than rewards or providing the freedom and coaching to team members to choose their own actions, and pursue what matters most to them. Of course, to make this a culture, you have to overtly reward successes, and avoid negative penalties.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I have found it to be more productive and effective to lead with the model that no meetings will take an hour, and may be done in as little as five minutes. Of course, this requires some discipline and focus on your part, as well as the willingness to trust team members and allow them to do their jobs. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2022

I enjoyed her recommendations and real-life stories as well as her self-coaching advice, which I will paraphrase here, combined with my own insights from the field: Take a hard look in the mirror to see yourself today. Mentors and coaches are always willing to help you find creative ways around roadblocks, even ones you don’t even see.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So why do most startups fail? So hang in there and get busy. “I

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Berkonomics

JULY 22, 2021

And of course sometimes, a person leaves the company, creating a need to fill a hole. Hiring is one of your most important duties, a way to increase the quality and productivity of your company’s staff. Coaching them to a better fit or even out the door may well be the most humane thing to do. There is a rule few follow. .

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. ” Of course, we will have to wait and see whether all the talk of improved startup workplaces comes to pass.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. Of course, you as the business leader have a key role in making all this happen. Social interactions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. The best leaders I know encourage coaches to come in and are willing to listen to feedback about themselves.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. Of course, all these things can happen in any workship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. Startups are filled with enormously talented people – often product people & engineers. Until you know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I believe that a fully engaged team is the key to both productivity and agility in the face of change. Make it clear that you always aim for progress, expect mistakes, and recognize that course-corrections or pivots are normal in business. Show humility by being honest about mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2021

The key is to make decisions from data and feedback, once your business has real customers and real products. Even business school courses don’t teach you to operate strategically, deal with people objectively, and create loyalty within a diverse workforce. Trusting your gut at this stage isn’t good enough. Absolute control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Of course, the first requirement is to get the education and tools you need to feel confident that you are ready, and have the mindset to be a leader in every role. Leadership elements include clear communication to all, providing support and coaching where required, and driving activities based on the big picture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and confusion, leading to the internal drama and problems that occupy too much of your time. People need to feel motivation. Foster it rather than fight it. Provide resources to implement initiatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. The time limit has more to do with setting an expectation that the meeting is not for solving the problem, but coaching on the parameters and the approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions. By hiring contract experts, less oversight and coaching is needed. Today you need that budget for market fluxuations, pandemics, and product updates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Engaged people are more productive than your best process. The most successful managers I know spend up to fifteen percent of their time each week with each team member, coaching them, motivating them, and helping to resolve problems. Better relationships are necessary for a better business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2022

As a mentor to many early business leaders, I always emphasize that need to switch from a product focus to a team focus. Of course, you need to be present to spot these changes, and not rely wholly on the input of others. Perhaps your team member needs coaching on how to say “no,” or needs time off to rejuvenate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

For many, it’s hard to make the switch from that top-down order-giving culture, and it’s hard to find the time to recruit and coach the new team members you need to scale the business to success. He is convinced this assures maximum productivity, and that no one's ideas get drowned out or ignored.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I too often see people who are quick to make excuses, blame failures on peers or customers, or see management as the reason for their lack of productivity. Of course, at all levels of an organization or business, there are opportunities for accountability that can make or break your career or your leadership perception in the eyes of others.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

” Of course I agree with this. In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. Here is where I see this really play out: Product Management. Most CEOs fancy their own product skills and like to weigh in on priorities. I did this.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. 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!, Of course I would like to be in every great deal ever done.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. First, the costs for under-performance are both tangible and intangible, with lost revenues, lost opportunities, lost savings and loss of productivity from low employee morale difficult to estimate. an old friend, Dick Tanaka, gets credit for the 18-month rule.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Becoming a totally connected business leader is a very different challenge from building a product, or defining a good strategy. Of course, listening alone isn't enough. Spend time coaching and mentoring team members. You assume everyone has your passion, and simply needs your command and control to make it work.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Yes, of course in moderation and certainly not every day. Why Many Diets Don’t Work Before I tell you my plan I want to tell you that I do believe generally in avoiding most carbs, wheat products, grains, etc. of course that would be ridiculous for me to claim. you name it. I know that sounds like BS but I promise it’s not.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2021

A date is just a date and starting on March 5th and committing to 10 great months is just as productive as starting on January 1st. I hope that if you see yourself in any of thee archetypes below you can see a plan for staying the course and having a successful 2021. How you eat less and eat better is, of course, the hard part.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Image via Pexels Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

It is key to employee engagement, a positive culture , and the productivity necessary to survive and thrive in this rapidly changing worldwide economy which challenges every business today. Of course, you should always be available and willing to coach members when requested, or share your experience and skill.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2020

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So why do most startups fail? So hang in there and get busy. “I

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to Gartner , one of the biggest drags on productivity is employee engagement, still hovering around 30 percent, and costing our businesses over $450 billion per year.

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