Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. This space must be associated only with rest and recovery, to offset the stress and demands of the office. Make this a priority in your private life also. Mentally transition between work and home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

In today’s rapidly changing world, there are no sure-fire winning ideas, and experiments within clearly defined parameters are the only way to gauge the potential of emerging opportunities. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes. Establish mentoring and coaching relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. He was seeking $500k.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

Here are some key ideas to get you started: It all starts with the right people on your team. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. The bar is being raised, so every entrepreneur needs new initiatives just to stay in the ballgame. Formal training for the team is just the beginning, not the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. This space must be associated only with rest and recovery, to offset the stress and demands of the office. Make this a priority in your private life also. Mentally transition between work and home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In this context, I was impressed with the new book, “ The Intelligent Leader ,” by John Mattone, widely regarded as the world’s number one executive coach and authority. Hone in on alternative ideas that are actionable, no matter how revolutionary. Yet I haven’t found many that offer practical recommendations and examples.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. This space must be associated only with rest and recovery, to offset the stress and demands of the office. Make this a priority in your private life also. Mentally transition between work and home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For angel investors, early-stage means there is a good business plan and maybe a prototype, but no customer revenue. Incremental investment may follow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For angel investors, early-stage means there is a good business plan and maybe a prototype, but no customer revenue. Incremental investment may follow.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Seek out and follow the council of advisors in and outside of the business ( watch : court mentors ). Balance “Coaching and Cheerleading” vs. “Doing and Directing” (via Bob Walters ). Focus on execution over ideas. Have a strong sense of demand and how to extract it ( watch : put your big rocks in first ). Sales / BD.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2016

These entrepreneurs know instinctively what needs to be done, but they may have no idea how to get it done through others. Some will argue that people leadership is a skill you have to be born with, but I’m convinced that it can be learned from experience, mentoring, and failures. Set personal leadership goals and solicit feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2022

Having an unlimited number of ideas is not a substitute. Too many business people let the daily challenges cause them to revert to emotional and autocratic demands, failure to communicate, and inability to coach and mentor team members. In my view, too many businesses fail, simply because founders give up too early.

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