Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2010

Schedule meetings at least one to two weeks in advance, include start time, stop time, and topics. Start on time, even if everyone is not present. Demonstrate respect for the people who show up on time by beginning promptly. Individuals that come late can 'catch-up' later. Don’t delegate and don’t derail your own meeting.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. Statistically, you are 10x more likely to get hired through a referral by an employee than a non-referral. What do you need to be make a startup successful? com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. What is CareerArc?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

I have found that the ability to make effective decisions is a key starting point, and a tough one to learn. I always struggle with coaching along these lines, so I was pleased to see some excellent guidance on tactics in making decisions in a new book, “ The Leap To Leader ,” by Adam Bryant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2016

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Either could improve the statistic that most startups fail within the first five years. So why do most startups fail?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

I also see many successful entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson , who openly state, “I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.” We all have to make friends with our inner critic, and make room for our intuitive voice to show up and lead us to the right decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2018

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. So why do most startups fail?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

HR leaders are your culture coaches, and responsible for aligning managers and employees with the desired culture. Feelings are known to statistically produce the biggest impact on future performance, as well as morale. Getting those key people, including hiring, training, and coaching takes a long time to accomplish.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

How did the company start? More recently, we licensed our platform to leadership guru Marshall Goldsmith, so that he could transform his $200,000 coaching engagements into a virtual program, so that a much wider audience could benefit from Marshall's process and work. The plans range up to approximately $190.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Raise the conversion rate with effective follow-up. Don’t forget seminars and events.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

Starting and running a business is hard. As an angel investor in startups, I often find myself looking harder at the quality of the team and the leadership, than at the details of the product and business model. For your own business, the right time to address expected norms is during coaching and before hiring.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. We spoke to Robin about the new startup, his executive team, as well as his angel investing activity here. How did you decide to start Internships.com?

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 30, 2012

Yes, it’s more work but if you want the job, you’d better start working for it. I don’t believe in overdressing, as you want to see the person you will work with, not some made up version of them. These questions make the interviewer sits back in his/her chair, look up at the ceiling and think. The first 10 seconds. You tell me.

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