socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

Once you've exhausted looking online for tips, Los Angeles-based ProGuides (www.proguides.com) offers up professional, instructional content to help you improve your skills at such popular titles as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Fortnite. After finishing a course, we've found they likely also want to find a coach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Provide and seek coach and advocate relationships. The best coaches are people who care about you as a person, without any ulterior motives, and intend to inspire you to be the best that you can be. A good coach is not a critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Utilize business content curators and coaches. Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Gates, Ballmer and the rest of Microsoft’s executive team were extremely frugal, long past the company’s startup stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

When we recommended that Rob get a CEO coach he not only embraced it but craved it and thanked us for suggesting it. Meeting Dynamics (also for VC pitches but also some practical tips for board meetings). Or they now see the other persons’s perspective. Rob is driven to learn. And improve. Startup Advice'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s recent book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

For our Insights & Opinions section today, John McKee, a Los Angeles resident and former executive at DirecTV, and currently an author and business coach, gives seven tips to the currently unemployed on how to persevere through - and even make the most of - this difficult time. percent - the highest since 1992. Consider going solo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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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. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

That means a priority on coaching and mentoring, as well as training and tools, before focusing on results metrics. Work on being a facilitator rather than a driver. The best leader personality for larger organizations is one of providing help and resources, rather than extracting performance.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

After years of cloudy skies in Startupland, the sun is peeking out, and investors are tipping their toes back into the wading pool. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2019

Save the generalized discussions and feedback for scheduled mentoring and coaching sessions, rather than the daily impromptu strategy or problem solving meetings. Successful work relationships require focus, cooperation, and listening, and often benefit from different approaches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2010

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts during the summer, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Invest in career coaching.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

According to ringDNA, the combination will allow ringDNA and Paul to deliver "best practices, stories and sales tips from a vast network of the world's best and most influential sales leaders." , which is run by Andy Paul, and will appoint Paul as its new Head of Revenue Performance Evangelism.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2016

Here are my top ten tips to get the best ones interested in you, as well as deciding if the entrepreneurial fit is right for you: Optimize visibility and image on the Internet. Sign up for some career coaching and auditing. Use these tips to join the revolution. T-shirts and beer are not the norm at every startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Provide cross-functional mentoring and coaching. Make sure all team members are included or considered for standards organizations and customer briefings, so they know what is going on and have opportunities for relationships with real customers. Everyone learns from these sessions, and your business will benefit from the input.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2009

Meet executive coaches who offer insights on how to find your passion, and how to design, plan and execute clear direction in your professional life. Tips and tricks for career advancement in the 21st Century. Presenters include:  Margaret Meloni, President of Meloni Coaching Solutions Inc., See [link] (more).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012 -- Digital LA - Love Goes Digital panel. Join us for our pre-Valentine's Day "Digital LA - Love Goes Digital" panel! See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

I found some great insights along these lines in a recent book “ Find Your Balance Point ,” by renowned executive business coach Brian Tracy, and work-life balance therapist Christina Stein.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

Vince Lombardi is widely considered the best football coach of all time, and ultimately may be the greatest coach in the history of all sports. Coach Lombardi put teamwork first (which is why we did, too). As probably the most famous football coach of all time, it seems to have worked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. When you reach a certain level or role in an organization, it is difficult to find time to spend with inspiring people who can provide you with insights and new perspectives. Make this a priority in your private life also.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2014

Also dont confuse a business advisor with a business coach. An advisors aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The advisor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2010

Winning teams evolve only from the right players, the right attitude, and the right coach. So use these tips to develop your collaborative leadership skills and learn to build high performance teams. Actions are stronger than words as the true evidence of the message we deliver. Credibility is a required base. Build championship teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. Here are five concrete tips on doing it right, which I am paraphrasing from the author: Do your homework first, and ask for help on specifics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2013

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts as summer approaches, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Invest in career coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

He has spent many years coaching and consulting with over 200 organizations, and he has helped me articulate the benefits of delegation, and better understand some of the key barriers. Here is my list of barriers to effective delegation, with tips on improving: Thinking only you can implement your dream idea.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Balance “Coaching and Cheerleading” vs. “Doing and Directing” (via Bob Walters ). At least 20% of their time goes towards recruiting top talent (tip: some say 50% via Vinod Khosla ). Create an ingrained culture, not one of platitudes (tip: read “ The Four Obsessions of Extraordinary Executives ). Recruiting / Culture.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 24, 2012

I was lucky enough to be at LaunchPad LA last night to hear Dustin Dolginow from Atlas Ventures/ AngelList.co coach the incoming class on how best to use AngelList to fund their companies. Much of the advice was basic–have your elevator pitch down, raise enough $$ for 18 months runway, etc. Simply outstanding.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 2, 2016

TIP: read The E-Myth). TIP: read “What a CEO Does by Fred Wilson”. TIP: take Ben Horowitz’s advice: Get Made & Master the Unnatural). Coaching & Cheerleading vs. Doing & Directing – Early on in Docstoc, a CEO coach told me that I was spending way too much time doing and directing vs. coaching and cheerleading.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2017

Here are ten tips which may surprise many of you, but I have found to be real difference makers: Go ahead, get close to the people you manage. Personnel people talk primarily about spending time with and coaching poor performers. Yet top performers are the most responsive to coaching, and can leverage your help much more effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2011

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts during the summer, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Invest in career coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don''t know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance. For additional tips and advice, and information about Visa''s small business solutions, follow @VisaSmallBiz and visit [link]. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

Experiencing the feelings of a neophyte will make you more sympathetic the next time you coach someone at a task in which you excel. A few well timed tips can result in immediate improvements early in your learning process. Empathy is equally important. Nothing reinforces compassion as walking in someone else''s shoes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

In fact, I just saw a new book supporting this position, “ Decisive Intuition ,” by Rick Snyder, an international business coach who has launched and grown several businesses of his own, as well as helped big companies, including Intel and Anytime Fitness. Repetition increases skill and defeats the critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” Here are some tips on how to recognize whether a partner, consultant, or employee is a mentor or a critic: Earns your absolute trust. The definition of a critic sounds similar, “a person who offers reasoned judgment or analysis.”

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