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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
During my time in Silicon Valley, I was struck by the fact that most successful entrepreneurs seemed to personally know and regularly hear from all the “movers and shakers” who had the investment capital and leadership they needed. They mentor each other, and seek out experts in domains outside their current expertise and experience.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 19, 2022
Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. The smart ones were already working on new features, and able to counter competition quickly.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2014
He’s an incredibly smart investor and somebody that I actually consider to be a mentor to myself. For all the things he’s likely known for, he probably hasn’t yet built a strong relationship as an early stage venture investor (he invests often in later-stage deals where he is very respected). Competition is fierce.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2020
In a larger public company, it’s all about making your quarterly numbers, versus investing in strategic growth alternatives that may not pay off until several quarters later. It’s your job as a leader to be the model high performer, quantify the team view with metrics, and expand awareness to the best outside competition and new tools.
SoCal CTO
JULY 23, 2012
How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? If the startup lasts into a few rounds of investment, the rounds get larger, and the team grows.
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