Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A good friend, and college athletics coach, very wisely said to me “you can’t fill a big hole with a bunch of little things.” The TinkerBarn model is to work very closely with founders to help them build -their- businesses and then provide them with the capital they need to grow and scale their ideas. and so is my brain… and my wife!).

Startup 105

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 105

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere. Omkar Kulkarni: Good question.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere. Omkar Kulkarni: Good question.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

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. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. It’s important to go well beyond the passionate idea stage.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

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. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. It’s important to go well beyond the passionate idea stage.

Writing 111

Writing Coach Incubator Entrepreneur 111

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A good friend, and college athletics coach, very wisely said to me “you can’t fill a big hole with a bunch of little things.” The TinkerBarn model is to work very closely with founders to help them build -their- businesses and then provide them with the capital they need to grow and scale their ideas. and so is my brain… and my wife!).

Startup 52

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 52

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one. Utilize business content curators and coaches. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one. Utilize business content curators and coaches. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We will collaborate on ideas and projects and we created the Superfriends together, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one. Utilize business content curators and coaches. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. It’s where their passions are, too. Quality endures.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Seed Funding Incubator 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone.

Startup 92

Startup Funding Seed Funding Incubator 92

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We will collaborate on ideas and projects. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I’m honored.

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We realized that if we found a very competent person at the genesis of their entrepreneurial career, at the very, very beginning, we could actually coach and guide them through these critical decisions, to help them avoid fundamental mistakes. Adeo has worked hard to differentiate TFI from the other incubators and accelerators.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Technical Review 232

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. We had over 35 ideas pitched Friday night, certainly on the higher side than normal with some really killer ideas. Attendees then cast their votes and 12 winning ideas were selected.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Although that is still a good idea in many cases, there is a recent alternative available to some entrepreneurs on a competitive basis that seems most attractive and positive. There are many stories of funding deals made on demo day amid the excitement of seeing new, polished startups with great ideas and the beginnings of an infrastructure.

Coach 250

Coach Seed Funding Summary Incubator 250

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Check out local sources for coaching and assistance. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Remember that investors tend to fund entrepreneurs, not ideas.

Startup 114

Startup Tips Coach Satisfaction 114

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. What inspired you to come up with the idea? What is TenHands and why the name?

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. Some people get married, have kids, want to buy a house or simply get lured away by the next hot idea. The Blurring of Investment Lines.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Capital Software Startup 296

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

So is this a good idea? In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. My 2 cents: 1.

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Education Startup Incubator Class 322