InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2014

Her positive attitude and willingness to take chances rapidly propelled her to the coveted and influential position of Coach. Several Zappos employees had mentioned "Coach" and the impact she has had on the corporation during our tour. and I was always really passionate about the coaching program. Selfless Coaching.

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Coach Startup Study Customer 182

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2021

Many years ago, John Hamm published some definitive work on this subject in " Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale " in the Harvard Business Review. Thus my best recommendation, if you want to scale and to survive, is to open up and work closely with an “outsider” that you trust, such as a respected board member, a coach, a mentor, or an investor.

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Entrepreneur Startup Coach Mentor 169

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2023

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. That’s the definition of a win-win opportunity. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2021

In addition to saying yes too often, professionals under pressure often say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response. Green, a noted executive coach, speaker, and CEO of Brilliance, Inc.

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Startup Tool Coach Satisfaction 172

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. That’s the definition of a win-win opportunity. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Customer Custom Competition 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Provide and seek coach and advocate relationships. The best coaches are people who care about you as a person, without any ulterior motives, and intend to inspire you to be the best that you can be. A good coach is not a critic. Make it a point to get to know other teams and customers.

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Tips Mentor Coach Activity 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Since I’m not a life coach, I can’t comment on the broader implications, but in my role as advisor to many startups, I do often find myself recommending a focus on many of his key points, which I will paraphrase here: Think in terms of action. Expand your definition of the problem.

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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. Too many business leaders I know retreat farther and farther from the customer as their business scales.

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Startup Customer Custom Ideas 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2020

Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don't know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance. By definition, if you see the rewards here as outweighing the risks, you are an entrepreneur. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning. Then you have to deal with the mistakes.

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Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction Competition 122

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Since I’m not a life coach, I can’t comment on the broader implications, but in my role as advisor to many startups, I do often find myself recommending a focus on many of his key points, which I will paraphrase here: Think in terms of action. Expand your definition of the problem.

Startup 106

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Coach 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. I’ve never had a definitive list of recommendations to overcome these qualms, so I was pleased to see the insights in a new book, “ Arrive and Thrive ,” by Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten.

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Entrepreneur Satisfaction Coach Mentor 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2018

I was impressed to see some real guidance on this subject in a new book, “ Counter Mentor Leadership ”, by Kelly and Robby Riggs, a father-son coaching team that spans the age spectrum. By definition, the freedom box is different for every owner. Provide employee feedback and coaching in real time.

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Mentor Coach Startup Activity 72

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I suspect it’s a function of pride and confidence in my own problem solving abilities, but my hesitation has definitely cost me time and money. I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm.

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Help Entrepreneur Course IBM 123

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

That’s the classic definition of Grin Fucking. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care. Unsurprisingly, this one way best. The title IS the post. Don’t be a grin fucker. Me: “LOL.

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Startup Framework Slides Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2017

For the rest, as a coach, I still struggle with definitively telling leaders what to look for in themselves, and how to change. In that context, I just finished a new book, “ Communicate Like A Leader ,” by Dianna Booher, who has long coached executives at some of the largest Fortune 500 companies.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

By definition, they liked you and thought they were a good fit for you before their applied. The final piece is online coaching, which allows people, 7 days a week, to click and talk to a professional development coach, and help them go through questions, answer things like what should by resume look like.

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Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2013

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts as summer approaches, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Identify new goals based on your own definition of career success and then take action.

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Startup Coach Entrepreneur Networking 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2017

In my experience, this is definitely an area where “no good deed goes unpunished.” Personnel people talk primarily about spending time with and coaching poor performers. Yet top performers are the most responsive to coaching, and can leverage your help much more effectively. Invest more of your time with top performers.

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Coach Tips Satisfaction Organization 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2011

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts during the summer, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Identify new goals based on your own definition of career success and then take action.

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Startup Coach Entrepreneur Networking 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

That requires trust and respect from all, as well as constant coaching and development to keep them committed to following you. Congratulations are definitely appropriate for a successful new business launch, but it’s not the time to relax or take your eye off the ball. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change.

Startup 88

Startup Demand Training Customer 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. VC is definitely a dream job. Clayton Lewis: That's a great question.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. What is not happening, is those marginal deals that would have gotten funded a number of years ago, when things were better, are not making it.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

It's a very fragmented market, and there's not a lot of infrastructure to help those volunteers, who just figured out last Friday that they've got to coach their AYSO, Pop Warner, or Little League team. Certainly, that's there for the parents and coaches, but to get the kids, it also needs to be fun, which is what youth sports is all about.

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Southern California Startup Platform Coach 183

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

It wasn''t until I turned 50 that I fully adopted basketball legend John Wooden''s definition of victory: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.". This was a difficult and gradual transition. Consciousness Can Be A Bummer.

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Activity Santa Barbara Startup Tips 275

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

You have to figure out when to be the up-beat coach, “It will all get better, stay confident, keep the course” or the honest voice in one’s ear, “Listen mate, you’ve been protecting your head of product for far too long. By definition this means others will doubt you. You have to deal with CEOs who resign.

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Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The definition of a critic sounds similar, “a person who offers reasoned judgment or analysis.” We can all learn from both of these approaches, but in my view the mentor is far more valuable than a critic.

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Mentor Entrepreneur Tips Coach 96

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.

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Examples Coach Guide Conference 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2010

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts during the summer, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Identify new goals based on your own definition of career success and then take action.

Tips 93

Tips Startup Coach Entrepreneur 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places the leader at the front, and not the rear. Yet many, many executives try to lead through fear and intimidation. This isn’t really leading at all. It’s pushing. This is a quality that cannot be bought or bullied.

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News Coach Mentor Entrepreneur 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. By definition an MVP (minimum viable product) means there’s room for improvement. We’re definitely a premium product, which is why we don’t just drop prices to match their moves to “buy” business.

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Sales Help Startup Pricing 382

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. He coached me that I had to start with the answers. Often I had a very limited time. Clients wanted to see “preliminary findings&# in 4-5 weeks and final results in 8-10.

Entrepreneur 372

Entrepreneur Startup Design Framework 372

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don''t know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance. By definition, if you see the rewards here as outweighing the risks, you are an entrepreneur. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction Study 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The definition of a critic sounds similar, “a person who offers reasoned judgment or analysis.” We can all learn from both of these approaches, but in my view the mentor is far more valuable than a critic.

Mentor 91

Mentor Tips Coach Entrepreneur 91

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2012

Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don't know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance. By definition, if you see the rewards here as outweighing the risks, you are an entrepreneur. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction Study 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. After all, building organizations is about making difficult decisions across all functions and by definition this means overruling individual silos at times. But your job isn’t to make every decision for him. As a leader it IS ok to overrule your head of product or other functions.

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Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381