Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

One of the attributes that I often recommend to the business professionals and entrepreneurs I mentor is to always be totally accountable for your actions and ideas. Setting your own metrics, and measuring yourself , will facilitate accountability. Be available for mentoring and coaching to others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In all cases, don’t skip the basic training. Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. investors invest in people, not ideas) Effective and timely go-to-market. Make them “feel the love.” Don’t stand still.

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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. Training and coaching. But these still need coaching on the unknowns, and ongoing education to keep up with the industry and the technology. Idea management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Idea management. New product process. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Idea management. New product process. Ownership.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 8, 2015

At some point, as the company grows, either the founder’s span of control is stretched to the limit, or investors enter the picture, often with a clear idea of how they would like to. I urge the founder to coach, but not to expect the new executive to be a duplicate in style or perceived ability. scale the company to grow quickly.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 10, 2016

It takes trusting management, good metrics, and entrepreneurial employees. One more thing: supervisors need first–hand experience of working virtually in order to support, motivate and coach their teams. We hold weekly “dodgeball” training sessions where team members toss questions at the trainers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

Not every idea can, or will, be a winner. 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. Training and coaching. Idea management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

In all cases, don’t skip the basic training. Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. investors invest in people, not ideas) Effective and timely go-to-market. Make them “feel the love.” Don’t stand still.

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Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 81

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2011

Not every idea can, or will, be a winner. 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. Training and coaching. Idea management.

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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. It must be written down, with measurable team objectives, validated by metrics and compared against competition. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Formal training for the team is just the beginning, not the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In all cases, don’t skip the basic training. Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. investors invest in people, not ideas) Effective and timely go-to-market. Make them “feel the love.” Don’t stand still.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 93

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2010

Not every idea can, or will, be a winner. 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. Training and coaching. Idea management.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2014

If we rewind to 8 years ago, it was me in San Diego training for my second marathon and I was trying to start another company at the time. Metrics are important for any fitness buff and MapMyFitness does the job well by providing necessary data such as calories burned, distance traveled, time spent on workout, etc., month or $29.99/year.

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