TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

The idea for ChargerHelp came from Terry’s experience working at EV Connect , where she held a number of roles, including head of customer experience and director of programs. The newly minted founder joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator , where she developed a curriculum to teach people how to repair EV chargers.

Incubator

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

grant, to be given to a partnership including UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), to connect university students with a network of venture coaches. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major. READ MORE>>.

Southern California

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Great Startup Ideas Come From Everywhere. "At "At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I'm afraid that's not quite right." This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s.

Tips

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. The company was called Red Beacon.

CTO Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Investors I know highlight this problem with the mantra that they fund founders and teams who can execute, rather than ones who just talk about their great ideas. After many years of working in and starting businesses, I’m convinced that implementing new business ideas is much more difficult than coming up with the ideas.

Develop

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I think of VCs as coaches. I call them “ VCs Seagulls.” Connections?

Venture Capital

Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

Sometimes you can be the coach, helping them even if it means losing them. But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. Tom almost always had ideas to contribute, particularly about marketing programs and opportunities. Celebrate the transition.

Email

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Where did the idea come from? Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. That allowed me to take a summer to develop the new idea, and transform it into a business.

UCLA

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

” The idea is that teams that allow everybody to speak, allow dissent, encourage safe discussions where it’s ok to be wrong – succeed more. Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback. I often find myself having the opposite reaction.

Coach

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

They become obsessed with why the problem exists and they start chipping away at ideas for solving the problem. The develop so much conviction that they can solve it that they do the most difficult thing one can do with one’s ego. We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.”

Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. I don’t even try to assess things at the idea level, since I can’t read minds. Here are seven key considerations for how you should make your own best entrepreneur business idea decision in this context: Pick something you really enjoy doing.

Ideas

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

And while this might sound to the inexperienced person like a sensible idea – it is not. Often it is a good idea to have a junior PR person in your company to interface with whatever PR firms you work with. At the B-round great teams often hire their first business development person. Other B-round scaling issues?

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

In addition they are a platform (the OS part) where they’re encouraging developers to build third party apps on their platform. The idea of aggregation is powerful in a world where your social communications are fragmented and increasingly hard to manage. The pro’s (for me) – the UI was simply beautiful.

Angel

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Idea management.

Coach

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents. And a big factor is how big is the Founder Developer Gap.

Technical Review

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2011

The format of the meetings is to have several entrepreneurs present their projects and to have an interactive discussion from the attendees with comments, suggestions and ideas for the presenters. The goal for the entrepreneurs is to receive coaching, mentoring and resources for their companies. See [link] (more)

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Starting and building a company is all about leadership – formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over and through all obstacles. Schutzler’s view of leadership is different than many academics and executive coaches, who feel that leadership is an innate character trait.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. I don’t even try to assess things at the idea level, since I can’t read minds. Here are seven key considerations for how you should make your own best entrepreneur business idea decision in this context: Pick something you really enjoy doing.

Satisfaction

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Idea management.

Coach

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But these features could benefit any creator who can profit from answering followers’ specific questions — a chef could offer recipe ideas based on what’s in a fan’s fridge, or a life coach could make a personalized video if a follower requests advice. With its $5.5 With its $5.5

Platform

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. At Maveron, we focus on people we want to back, ahead of any business idea.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

I expect questions about how a business works, or what are best practices, but I really can’t help you with removing doubts on your abilities, or providing a sure-fire idea and formula for success in business. In my view, business leaders are not “idea people,” but people who drive a given idea to business results.

Capital

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

In June of 2012 over 10 internet startup ideas went through a filtering process and feasabiity analysis. This filtering process lead to 4 startup teams developing a plan and business model over the summer.

Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2012

Also don’t confuse a business mentor with a business coach. A mentor’s aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The mentor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

Mentor

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. In reality, I’m one of the majority of investors who believe that startup success is more about the execution than the idea.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2019

If you match that with commensurate training and professional development coaching, you will see their commitment, productivity, and loyalty in return. Your company also benefits from a regular infusion of new ideas, skills, and experience, so treat transitions as mindful and positive.

Develop

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2013

Also don’t confuse a business mentor with a business coach. A mentor’s aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The mentor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

Mentor

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2021

Brian Tracy, in his classic book “ Earn What You’re Really Worth ,” solidifies my ideas on how mentoring, as well as other personal development activities, can quickly increase anyone’s value and income in business. Remember the difference between a mentor, a friend, and a coach.

Mentor

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Team members must be engaged and enabled to do the job – that means aligned, equipped, coached, supported, and valued for the work and changes ahead. Communicate with people, not at people, before during and after you develop any strategic initiative. Validate everything you do from their perspective, as well as yours.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

Not every idea can, or will, be a winner. New product development process. This should include at least the key elements of idea generation, prioritization, prototyping, commercialization, and measurement. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Idea management.

Coach

Berkonomics

MAY 7, 2011

But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. It doesn’t take much to publicly wish a departing employee well, to throw a small celebration, to coach the outgoing person if asked, and to listen and receive fair criticism at the moment of the exit interview.

Help

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2011

Also don’t confuse a business mentor with a business coach. A mentor’s aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The mentor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

Mentor

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Idea management. Failure is the best teacher I know. New product process. Ownership.

Entrepreneur

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But I strive to impact the lives of many more through hours of coaching entrepreneurs, challenging people to be better, making human connections for people or providing timely advice. Being helpful doesn’t mean telling every person their ideas are great. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2011

Not every idea can, or will, be a winner. New product development process. This should include at least the key elements of idea generation, prioritization, prototyping, commercialization, and measurement. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Idea management.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2018

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. Success leverages success.

Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

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. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

Entrepreneur