Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2019

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. This last category proved to be especially lucrative. True differentiator to each member’s products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

I’d like to do a few posts on what life looks like on the way up and perhaps how to keep your head on straight and avoid drinking your own Kool Aid because as I often advise entrepreneurs on irrational exuberance, “ In a strong wind even turkeys can fly.” Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Of course, none of these sources should be approached casually, and none will give you the relationship and terms you are looking for without proper win-win planning. The basic categories include equity, straight debt, convertible debt, services, and agreements for future equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2013

Of course, if you intend to fund the business yourself, or have a rich uncle, external investment funding concerns are not a problem. Historically high failure rate category. Of course, successful approvals may also mean high returns. New drugs often fall in this category, due to long clinical trials and FDA approvals required.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2013

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Of course, if you intend to fund the business yourself, or have a rich uncle, external investment funding concerns are not a problem. Historically high failure rate category. Of course, successful approvals may also mean high returns. New drugs often fall in this category, due to long clinical trials and FDA approvals required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2011

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Of course, if you intend to fund the business yourself, or have a rich uncle, external investment funding concerns are not a problem. Historically high failure rate category. Of course, successful approvals may also mean high returns. Tags: entrepreneur startup risky unfundable business. Enjoy the challenge.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

Of course, we have competitors. However, our approach is a whole new product category, part of the marketing cloud. We've been profitable before, but we looked up, and saw we have so much opportunity and market share to grab, we wanted to be first in this new product category, and accelerate into this niche we've found.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2011

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance. Get some seasoned entrepreneurs to come. I hear it all the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2010

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I do what I wish all entrepreneurs would do. I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. Nobody really enjoys it. Operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. Their presentation ended in a quick trivia round about science, a category which (of course), the techy audience chose.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

By definition each of those VCs (unless they are a micro VC – and one who doesn’t mind 5% ownership) will view you as a sort of “option&# where they might get to fund the next round if you do well. These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I enjoyed it there, but they eliminated the apparel category so I decided to worked for a family owned apparel company. Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world? Kyle: What’s been the most after sought category of items? Andrea: Definitely shoes, women’s shoes. That was half-true.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

And of course, we’d like to thank our amazing panels of speakers for pouring their knowledge into the mental chalices of our present and virtual attendees. Ian Harris, VP of local Cleantech incubator believes ‘Cleantech’ is now more a political term than a technological definition. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. One thing I’d noticed, there were definitely more idea sellers than buyers. And of course, one day, the Blackberry dies and erases everything.

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