Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

More like a temporary VC just to get some experience and of course we’d pay him. Supply and demand. I am a big fan of marketplaces that really do help change people’s lives from Uber, Deliv, AirBNB and of course … DogVacay. So I asked him if he’d consider coming in an an intern of sorts. Like oDesk.

Venture Capital 344

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review San Diego 344

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You need a faster and more flexible on-demand hiring strategy, based on the current gig-economy of remote freelancers, contract personnel, and specialists. Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions.

Competition 168

Competition Startup Demand Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In my role as business advisor, I’m hearing more and more about workers who seem to be doing less and demanding more. Top performers want to know how to stand out, and business leaders need to know how to better recognize and mentor aspiring superstars before they burn out, or move on to new opportunities.

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Demand Mentor Startup Coach 123

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring.

Product 99

Product Mentor Startup Technical Review 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Resource 171

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 171

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. Dysfunctional teams will cause even the best processes to fail.

Satisfaction 154

Satisfaction Demand Resource Competition 154

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

Technical Review 138

Technical Review Startup Innocal Offshore 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2020

In my experience as a business mentor, one of the biggest challenges I see is a failure to focus. In addition to personal focus, I find that the best entrepreneurs build and demand a culture of focus and excellence in their team, their investors, and even their advisors. Documented business objectives and a timeline.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Startup Patents Resource 126

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners. Angel Investor. Interim Executive.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Of course, some balance is required. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

Coach 128

Coach Mentor Organization Startup 128

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. One of those areas that combines LA's passion for on-demand apps, and its active lifestyle, is Fitspot (www.fitspotapp.com), which brings athletic trainers to you or your local fitness center. What is Fitspot? How are you backed and funded?

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Training Startup Orange County Malibu 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners. Angel investor. Interim executive.

Startup 98

Startup Mentor Demand High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. In addition, you can reduce to soft costs of mentoring, relationship building, and socializing.

Outsource 123

Outsource Startup Technical Review Training 123

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Of course, if the board is set up or used incorrectly, the impact can indeed be more negative than positive. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

Startup 145

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 145

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Creators can take any course of interest on-demand by purchasing it through our website. How does it work? Take us through your features?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Startup 122

Startup Funding Organization Incubator 122

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course. It also means rewarding people for making the right decisions on social responsibility, sustainability and adherence to ethics.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Training Demand Customer 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

Of course, that assumes that you or someone you trust knows how to do it right, has the right attitude, and has the trust of the person who needs the coaching. Great coaches typically have a continuing need to learn, from self-development courses, reading, and getting coaching themselves from people in areas unfamiliar to them.

Coach 91

Coach Course Mentor Examples 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Of course, investors still require a profitable business model, and the potential for high returns. The anecdotal evidence is growing that consumers are willing to pay a premium for sustainability, and have started to demand a discount for ‘un-sustainability.’ Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage.

Startup 100

Startup Organization Customer Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Of course, some balance is required. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

Coach 94

Coach Organization Mentor Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans take too much time, are inaccurate, and rarely add value. Of course, building a plan is not an alternative to getting out there and doing something. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 126

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Those companies tend to be around for longer than one year, because of course our faculty are not working on those things full time, they're continuing to teach classes. We also have associate teams, which for the most part, are faculty associate teams. Those are faculty members who have a commercialization idea and want help with that.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Yet I find in my mentoring practice that more and more team members prefer the human-centered approach and respond with more engagement and commitment. Start by getting people comfortable with what they don’t know, showing them you are open to new ideas, and don’t demand perfection in all deliverables.

Case Study 112

Case Study Study Startup Examples 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2022

It’s no secret today that customers are more demanding than ever. Of course, that assumes that you nurture a culture that rewards integrity. Mentoring and coaching are also important. In addition to good customer service, they are now expecting a total memorable experience , from quality, to shopping, and delivery.

Customer 110

Customer Custom Coach Organization 110

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Here is where you will really learn if there is a chemistry match that will likely lead to a good mentoring and business relationship.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Of course, everyone thinks they know what it takes to make a great leader, and many books have been written about the subject. Having this bigger picture empowers you to better identify the areas where you need improvement, and set yourself on the right course to positively impact those around you. As a mindset, it’s a way of life.

Course 78

Course Coach Mentor Training 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Of course, if the board is set up or used incorrectly, the impact can indeed be more negative than positive. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Here is where you will really learn if there is a chemistry match that will likely lead to a good mentoring and business relationship.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Of course, some balance is required. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

Entrepreneur 78

Entrepreneur Coach Organization Mentor 78

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Strange course corrections. Demands on your time. But there are some things that DEFINITELY come with other people’s money. They’re new and different problems.

Outsource Development 93

Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching. However sometimes what we ignore is there’s a lot that goes into testing your product, the demand, etc. Useable of course, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.”

Startup 75

Startup Technical Review Blogging Demand 75