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Entrepreneurs Need Time Management Accelerators

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. However, this topic is particularly critical to entrepreneurs, who struggle with challenges and crises every day that they didn’t anticipate. Marty Zwilling.

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New Early Stage Financing Options for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Here is just a sampling of the latest terminology and lingo that I gleaned from Dave, and from some additional research on the Internet, that I think every entrepreneur should know, who may be looking for funding now, or down the road: Micro-VCs. Lean startup.

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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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Brian Mac Mahon is a serial entrepreneur and investor and has owned companies in over 35 countries. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive $100,000 investment, success coaching, advice, and specialist help in all areas of their business growth. We dont want to be the Y Combinator of Start, we want to be the Expert DOJO of startup.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Web Summit. 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!, This is when founders need you the most – either are coach, mentor, interviewer, work off-loader or honest-mirror-reflection of reality.

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5 Attributes Of People Who Will Grow Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The reality is that entrepreneurs usually don’t have the money or time for executive recruiters to do the filtering and selection for them. Communicate job opening via your web site, craigslist and personal emails. Provide required team integration, training and ongoing coaching. Already possesses key skills required.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

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VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Think of web vs. mobile. I think of VCs as coaches. But successful coaches find a way to get the most out of all the existing players on the field and avoid too much unnecessary trading. I call them “ VCs Seagulls.”