TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as her Modena based EV company remains closed by government decree. The company — that has has a California office and U.S. The venture is also one of the few e-motorcycle companies drawing engineering tips from competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2016

I saw some practical tips for business leaders under pressure a while back in the book “ The Outside the Box Executive ,” by Richard Lindenmuth, a seasoned interim CEO, who has stepped in and revitalized more than his share of struggling companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2022

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2023

I saw some practical tips for business leaders under pressure a while back in the book “ The Outside the Box Executive ,” by Richard Lindenmuth, a seasoned interim CEO, who has stepped in and revitalized more than his share of struggling companies.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets. “The

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Tech.Co

MAY 30, 2017

Putting unrealistic pressure on yourself to perform and excel could be limiting you to progress and succeed. That sort of self-imposed pressure is paralyzing. What’s your best financial-related tip for early-stage entrepreneurs? What advice helped shape who you are as an entrepreneur today? Kyle Goguen. Know your numbers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2013

When McDonald’s was still a small company, Ray Kroc, the CEO, had a penchant for asking a store manager to help him clean up trash in their parking lot. I once worked for a CEO of a startup company who insisted on working 20 hours a day, until a health crisis almost killed her, and did kill her company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2013

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

Most are reluctant to tip that balance between hard-won experience versus new thinking that can take them to the next level. Most business teams are risk averse, driven by their own fear of failure, or a company habit of penalizing failed attempts to implement change. Listening to customers also helps.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

At any rate, companies would be smart to take full advantage of this marketing trend. Here are a few tips to get started. This ad hit a cultural pressure point by bringing to our minds a topic that is timely and controversial with its addressing of the topic of the Muslim faith. Video is popular. Social media is popular.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2010

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Do you need a board when you first start you company? Time based as in “a guaranteed right for 12 months, which can be renewed by mutual board consent” and event based “a guaranteed right until the company has raised $x million from new investors.” Should I be worried that I could be fired from my own company? Not really.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Commitment . It’s the root of real achievement.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

10 Tips for Better BD. Knowing the school, former jobs, current projects of your BD counterparts just makes you and your company look like that much more of an all star. Please, Persistence and Pressure – In business, the squeaky wheel gets the deal. The tenth tip makes your better BD last. . 10 Tips for Better BD

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. This is my third company. What's his role with the company? One of those tips, is a half an hour walk, five times a week results in 33 percent less risk of developing Alzheimers.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When should you start a company? What company should you start? When should you join a company? Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should a VC invest?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. Down rounds are psychologically really difficult on companies and can make it harder to do later rounds. In the video I also covered why you shouldn’t raise too much money too early in your company’s existence. I eventually needed more money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2 But trust me on this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Obviously, falling income over the past years put additional pressure on small business cash flow. Some companies turned to cutbacks over boosting financial reserves. For additional tips and advice, and information about Visa''s small business solutions, follow @VisaSmallBiz and visit [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

I like his list of competencies, with my tips on how to highlight them, to score certain people as potential business leaders to peers and investors: Agility in learning. Agility in learning is the ability to diagnose the need for new skill sets and to acquire them quickly, despite incessant business pressures of change and no time available.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The partner you saw is probably sitting on 5-6 boards which means he or she will be busy helping existing portfolio companies. They have probably seen 4-5 new companies this week minimum. This is not unlike a major biz dev deal you’re trying to sign or a big sales campaign into the VP of a major company. What, what?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They have a wide set of existing relationships, they have teams of junior staff that cull databases (or increasing pile through LinkedIn), they are skilled in approaching prospective talent and they can “pre sell&# your company to get the recruit to the table in the first place. They’re also good at screening candidates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2015

It’s easier and cheaper to start a company than ever before, yet it’s tougher than ever to survive. Here are ten tips from the book that I’ve easily extrapolated to the business startup environment: Team unity: Make the team, not an individual, the rock star. They enjoy change and look at problems as a challenge, rather than a burden.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

They keep projects on track and are often met with large amounts of pressure from multiple directions. An example from Fullscreen: Optimizing user analytics tracking on a Fullscreen product, only to find out Facebook (which his company uses to broadcast user content) had completely changed their layout.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Often there can be pressures from customers, investors or other team members, but learning to say no is something you’ll need to get to grips with if you want a usable product. finding customers, gaining significant traction and reaching the tipping point is the other part of the journey that we don’t always hear about.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

1) “On the software side of things (we’re not looking at driverless cars yet, that’s another topic in itself), in the next couple of years, we believe we’re at a tipping point with software experiences. 2) “The second piece is the transformation of marketing thanks to the digital media companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

In all seriousness, though, an extra tip to the good work being done at Breathometer, in light of a hugely saddening and tragic drunk driving incident that marred the positive festival feel of SXSW Music Week. Erin Korogosky – Beckon , Performance management for marketing companies. A hit with the SXSW party crowd).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2013

If your company is early stage and has a valuation under $1M, don’t ask for a $5M investment. The investor would be buying your company five times over, and he doesn’t want it. If your valuation is around $1M, you can validly ask for $200K-$300K, and offer 20%-30% of your company in exchange. Company stage.

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