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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. Direct customer-facing non-technical roles should be the last ones outsourced.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership, So What Does All This Mean?
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 16, 2022
Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. I will summarize these here, with my insights, for your review and implementation: Physical health. Social interactions. Occupational satisfaction.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
Expert mentoring and training. In addition to the formal mentoring, the peers you’ll be working alongside at startup incubators provide much more than emotional support. Then it’s time for due diligence on the incubators in your area, to see who has the track record and credentials you need. Peer support.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 9, 2022
One of the attributes that I often recommend to the business professionals and entrepreneurs I mentor is to always be totally accountable for your actions and ideas. None of us can be accountable if we don’t know what is expected, or don’t have the required tools or training. Generously give credit to others where credit is due.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
In my role as mentor and advisor to many founders, I consistently fail in convincing them of the power in wise delegation. Even if you can learn and do everything, time is a killer in this rapidly evolving world of business and technology. You need to divide and conquer. Not trusting key team members to get required results.
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 don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals. Unlike what I'm used to, we don't negotiate term sheets.
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