Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2017

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it really takes to transform ideas into an income stream that can excite new customers into long-term business success. Write down your business model and five-year plan.

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Ideas Startup Case Study Writing 145

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. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2022

Most business mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both from the top down and from the bottom up. Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. I pointed out that throughout history building companies has always taken time and we as a market have put an urgency to rush growth rates. A seed company hasn’t ramped up its cost base. Harry posed these questions.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Following the unveiling of his company at Eureka Park 2017, they have been a TechCo Startup of the Year semifinalist, nominated for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, featured on CBS Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, landed a deal from Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, and more. Add Mentors to Your Roster.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

These authors bring a wealth of experience in this domain from their workshops, writing, and lecturing on business leadership worldwide. Affirming all shared values is the way to building productive and working relationships. I found some great specifics in a classic book, “ The Leadership Challenge ,” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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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. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

In our business lives we’re having to deal with decisions that could have lasting impacts on our companies without any compass to guide us in the direction we’re heading . In our personal lives we’re having to change our routines and figure out how to remain productive?—?often I imagine many of you are, too. you should do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). The truth is – there isn’t a “right&# answer so for your company. You need some guidelines to make decisions. You need some guidelines to make decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Pitch your company, not your product. Written business plan. Would you try to build a new house without a plan, if you have never done it before?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

will proceed to give you a 20-minute dissertation on their latest health symptoms, the latest company problem, and the sad state of the world in general. Ask a mentor for support. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. Here are a few suggestions: Get a medical checkup.

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Startup Mentor Satisfaction Writing 82

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

In his words, [in some instances] “because lots of capital is available, the company takes on the capital and that ends up resulting in no constraints on decision making and so the company decides to do five things in stead of just one.” You are defined by how you serve the companies that are struggling.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, They worry too much about missing out on a deal.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. We write and create our own content for the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

One of the interesting things about being a VC is that you often see companies in transition. If you’re an early investor like I am that often means writing the first $2-3 million check into a business that previously had either survived on fumes or on a $500,000 angel round. Act your stage. Other B-round scaling issues?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. I started this series in part to help entrepreneurs but also to help newer investors because I’ve know with so many new companies you have so many new board members and many people are trying to figure out there respective roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Based on my experience as an angel investor and a mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs, having no business plan is the quickest way to define yourself as just a dreamer, or at best a hobbyist. Providing your product or service free to customers may sound attractive in marketing materials, but you need revenue sources to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2019

Most business mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both from the top down and from the bottom up. Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Guide Mentor 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. They could chat about it with their peers or mentors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Working hard together at a big company just isn’t the same. You join teams that got good write-ups on TechCrunch, have great VCs, have star CEO’s, whatever. Who came in the office at 2am when the servers crashed – even on the night of the big company party. Writing a book will be fun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Pitch your company, not your product. Written business plan. Would you try to build a new house without a plan, if you have never done it before?

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2013

will proceed to give you a 20-minute dissertation on their latest health symptoms, the latest company problem, and the sad state of the world in general. Ask a mentor for support. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. Here are a few suggestions: Get a medical checkup.

Startup 101

Startup Mentor Satisfaction Writing 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2019

These authors bring a wealth of experience in this domain from their workshops, writing, and lecturing on business leadership worldwide. Affirming all shared values is the way to building productive and working relationships. I found some great specifics in a classic book, “ The Leadership Challenge ,” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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Activity Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Pitch your company, not your product. Written business plan. Would you try to build a new house without a plan, if you have never done it before?

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

What you’ll also find is that of the 25 companies, our founders represent an inclusive group with 40 percent female, 52 percent minority and 12 percent veteran founders from 14 states and 5 countries. Once uploaded, the company safeguards the data in their secure cloud. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). That’s the concept behind AdWallet.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Hearing that your company almost died. I had to lay off 60% of the company in one day. I am very active in mentoring women and minorities.

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. What's the theme of your investments?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2019

Image via Wikipedia As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Guide 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2012

will proceed to give you a 20-minute dissertation on their latest health symptoms, the latest company problem, and the sad state of the world in general. Ask a mentor for support. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. Here are a few suggestions: Get a medical checkup.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Satisfaction 97

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

If I AM an investor, mentor, friend or advisor I accept the email being longer. Structure your email such that you ask for the intro very briefly and then tell them that you’ve pasted a 3 paragraph description of the company below your email to them in case it would help with the intro.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Addition of new services or product lines. Review long term company debt, goals, objectives and financial projections. All agreements should be in writing and signed by all parties involved.

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Technical Review Startup Examples Metrics 204

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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Tips Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 107