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6 Sources Of Purpose To Drive Business Success Today

Startup Professionals Musings

These authors reference real cases and real business leaders, based on their decades of experience in building companies and executive coaching. I offer here their summary of purposes and inspirations that have motivated existing business leaders, with insights from my own mentoring and coaching experience.

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10 Signals That You Can Be A Trusted Business Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, many aspiring leaders I mentor are not aware of the signals people are looking for, or are not attuned to the subtleties of their own actions. For example, measuring marketing team members on sales leads may not get you the revenue growth or trust you expected. Show humility while acting as a mentor and coach.

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6 Mindsets That Separate the Most Effective Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe these same mindsets are equally applicable to the entrepreneurs I mentor, and all of you small business leaders, so I offer you my summary of the authors’ conclusions, paraphrased here, with my own insights: Be bold in vision, strategy, and resource allocation. Get organization alignment through culture and talent.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. It was clear to us that LA was now a powerhouse market and we loved working with all of the other accelerators in town. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators. This is just a quick summary. Market stage is everything.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. how to market our products and company. In the Early Days. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about. how to build an initial sales organization.

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5 Keys To A Startup Team That Can Develop Any Market

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table. In fact, having one marketing guru on the team alone won’t get you very far. The most senior leaders then become coaches and mentors, rather than the source of all decisions.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

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It’s a market, after all. And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit. In Summary.