Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’ve often said that creating and building a business is not a one-man show, even though it usually springs from the mind and determination of one person – committees don’t start successful businesses. We all start with what researchers term the “ knowing-doing gap.” Solicit coaching and mentoring. Marty Zwilling.

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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. Starting a business is not rocket science. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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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. Starting a business is not rocket science. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2012

One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. For startups, this means knowing where you need help and where you need helpers, and hiring carefully. Train all the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

These authors present 20+ years of research, including case studies and metrics, showing how culture really makes or breaks your business. HR leaders are your culture coaches, and responsible for aligning managers and employees with the desired culture. Ongoing culture steps require tuning of measurements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2017

If you don’t focus on it, you can expect to be one of the 25 percent of CEO turnovers that occur every year from firing or forced retirement, as reported by a recent Harvard study. They ask follow-up questions to express interest and dig even deeper to better understand others’ thinking. Coach others on how to get to the next level.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn. The study of computer science brings broad based benefits, beyond the subject. The study of computer science brings broad based benefits, beyond the subject. What's the story behind Codespark?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

You probably think that the fact that you have started your own business validates your leadership ability. In fact, you may have noticed in a recent study , that the business CEO turnover rate last year was the highest in 10 years, and may go even higher this year. Practice active listening and full attention to those present.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean. I’m not convinced that this is a scalable approach, but it’s not a bad start. So what do we do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2011

I’ve often said that creating and building a business is not a one-man show, even though it usually springs from the mind and determination of one person – committees don’t start successful businesses. We all start with what researchers term the “ knowing-doing gap.” Solicit coaching and mentoring. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

A study conducted by a national management consulting firm a few years back indicated that more than 40% of newly appointed managers fail in their first 18 months on the job! You need to transition from player to coach. Similarly, transitioning to “coach” is difficult. Giving up that control and trusting is hard!

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. But longtime ICPC student coach Antonette Logar, Ph.D., And even at that, it was just to get on the agenda to make a presentation.”. Petersburg, Russia. “It

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 6, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur, CEO Coach and Author Lex Sisney shared a preview of his newly released book, Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

TechZulu had a chance to catch up with Levi and ask him some questions. The Digital Detox is a tech-free personal wellness retreat where attendees give up their smart-phones and gadgets in exchange for serenity and bliss. How did The Digital Detox get started? Do you do corporate retreats, coaching or even?

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