Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Simply speaking, culture-driven businesses put their people first, and people make the business, rather than the other way around. Once a product-first, customer-second, and employee-last culture is set, it is extremely hard to change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

In my experience, the right team culture is critical to every business and startup success, so every business leader wants to know how to create it. In reality, I’m convinced that none of us can “ create culture ” directly, but we can create an environment where the desired culture emerges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2023

I don’t believe there is any single magic bullet to solve this problem, but I do see and recommend several practices and strategies to mitigate the impact that you can start today, and at least provide a step in the right direction: Create a culture of trust in peers and the business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/25/2023

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Culture Genesis , the venture-backed "digital studio" funded by Mucker Capital, betaworks, plus actor T.I., According to Culture Genesis, the acquisition is the company's first. According to Culture Genesis, the acquisition is the company's first. Culture Genesis is led by Cedric J. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Even these have had their ups and downs, but credit their team culture with a mindset of being innovative and agile, compared to the more prevalent corporate culture of focus on profits, repeatable processes, minimal risk, and business as usual.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

An exception is the classic book by Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, “ Future Work: Changing Organizational Culture for the New World of Work ,” which offers some real insight on this subject. They point to several key trends in organizational cultures and working practices that can boost output, cut costs, and give employees more freedom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many startups and entrepreneurs I advise still default to growing their business via the traditional top-down, order-taking culture. They argue that successful organizations spend more time building and maintaining a learning culture of listening to customers, enabling their team to make decisions, and creating new products continuously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2022

Chowdhury is one of the world’s leading management consultants, and he argues that accountability is only one part of a real caring culture that must be built and maintained to achieve a sustainable competitive difference. Culture of individual empathy and thoughtful listening. Culture of passion, determination, and perseverance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In my role as a business advisor, my challenge is to understand the reasons for these culture changes, and to offer guidance on what you can do to keep your team engaged and positive. Studies have shown that work productivity is related to a happier work culture , and customer satisfaction and loyalty are also dependent on the culture.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

GOAT , the proprietor of online and physical retail locations for reselling the collectible kicks and kits that are the currency of street cred and cultural cool among the youths, is now worth a whopping $1.75 In this case, money, it really is the shoes. billion thanks to $100 million in new financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Logically, I would expect these non native-born entrepreneurs to be at a big disadvantage, having to learn the culture here, local idiosyncrasies, and new relationships. I find that most new business innovations are ideas from one discipline or culture, applied to another. Think and act like a world traveler.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Create a culture of specific and timely feedback. Employees today expect a culture where feedback, both positive and corrective, is natural, timely, and constructive. The best companies create cultures to which employees want to return, which provide both short-term and long-term benefits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

With today’s interactive social media and the real-time Internet, both customers and employees see inside your company easily, so you can’t hide your real company culture. Thus in every business, big or small, culture can make or break your success. Set the culture by example. Winning cultures need consistent people practices.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Culture done right. A personal example of reinforcing corporate culture. And that certainly counts for customers too, although the customer jungle drums don’t communicate quite as fast as the virtual water cooler system, even with today’s many ways of posting negative reviews about company behavior. Now that’s showing faith.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 23, 2020

As usual, culture comes from the top. It could happen, but only if you as manager develop the culture of curiosity that makes such creativity a part of your company DNA. Famously, the post-it note is an example of such a product coming from employees of 3M where looking for quite another market for their newest light adhesive product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

From my own perspective of many years as an executive and startup advisor, I recommend his improvisational keys to improving the culture of your business: Don’t be afraid to try, and fail, before you succeed. Business culture is set by leader actions. Empower your team to help you create and protect this culture.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis , Clifford Harris Jr., Live streaming studio, Culture Genesis, launches its first show, the quiz-based Trivia Mob. who’s better known as “T.I.”, ”, has launched a new syndicated investment vehicle called Tech Cypha.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2020

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to set the culture you need for a thriving business, as well as thriving employees, customers, partners, and vendors. In fact, in my experience, cultures are very hard to change, so if you don’t get it right the first time, the road ahead will forever be difficult.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Many entrepreneurs still don’t understand that building a business culture today of doing good, like helping people (society) and planet (sustainability), is also a key to maximizing profit. Craft your culture into an actionable plan. Customer loyalty and trust go up for companies with a purpose culture.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based Riot Games said on Thursday that it has settled a class action lawsuit, which had alleged that the company had a sexist corporate culture. The allegations of a sexist culture at Riot first came to light from an article in Kotaku last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Based on my experience as a business advisor, I recommend that every business owner and entrepreneur focus on the following tips to provide a better work culture: Invest in integrating new technology, not just forcing it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2023

Cultivate a team culture that thrives on progress and overcoming obstacles, and has no penalty for mistakes along the way. Create action plans that involve everyone on the team to get maximum impact and buy-in to fixing problems at hand. Celebrate even small successes and reward contributors.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 13, 2017

Saturday, March 18, 2017 -- "Steering Company Culture During Growth" with Sue Funkhouser by Preccelerator Program. Magazine, 75% of the CEOs of privately held, high-growth companies that they surveyed, they said the hardest thing about managing a growing workforce is "maintaining company culture." Join the Preccelerator Program.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2019

Irvine-based Good Culture , an organic cottage cheese brand, said last week that it has raised $8M in a funding round, which included investments from General Mills (via its 301 Inc. arm) as well as Almanac Insights and CAVU Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Online real estate startup Zillow , which operates a major sales center in Irvine, is the target of an employment lawsuit which alleges the company created a "adult frat house culture" at the location. The allegations in the complaint do not reflect Zillow''s culture or workplace and are completely inconsistent with our values.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -- LA CEOs: Building High Performing Cultures. In this highly interactive session, Carrie Kish Partner and CEO for CultureSync,www.culturesync.net, a management consulting firm specializing in cultural change, executive coaching, and strategy, shows qualified CEO and CFOs how to upgrade their organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Every business founder knows the need for a culture that promotes continuous innovation, an entrepreneurial spirit, and one that creates sustainable value across all functions in the business. Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Whether your company is a startup or a mature business, the last thing you need in the office is a toxic work culture. Yet, according to a recent study , more than half of tech employees see their current office culture as toxic. Your culture generates a high turnover rate. People are jammed into open spaces or crowded offices.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 2, 2013

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Citrix's CEO, Mark Templeton shared his advice regarding building and maintaining a healthy and innovative corporate culture. Culture Club. Mark began by humorously describing Citrix's culture: “It's kind of a cult. Ingredients In the Culture Stew.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Have you thought about your company culture with the same process as your product plan, financial plan, business plan or your marketing plan? will help you get to those goals) How will your company culture provide an Impact? How do you manage your culture or people plan today? Have you defined a vision for it? CultureMatters.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 28, 2019

The Fortnite phenomenon — the wildly popular battle royale game from Epic Games — has manifested itself in concerned articles , cultural shoutouts and now has sealed its place in the cultural firmament by wrapping up its first “World Cup” which saw the company give away $30 million in prizes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure. 11:00 How do you think the ‘failure’ culture emerged in Silicon Valley?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

For this morning's interview, we sat down with Marlon Nichols , co-founder and Managing Partner of Los Angeles-based Cross Culture Ventures (crossculturevc.com). Cross Culture's investments include Mayven, LendStreet, Wonderschool, and Fair, among many other investments. Talk about Cross Culture, what your investment areas are?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2019

It says we still have a long way to go in improving workplace cultures, and moving up workplace engagement from the worldwide current dismal 15 percent level. The emphasis for these people has switched from just a paycheck to having meaning, and so should your culture. A job can no longer be treated as just a job – it’s your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment. Leaders own culture, supported by HR – not vice versa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2021

It requires actively listening to customers, and a culture of change. Make innovation, creativity, and artistry your core competency. This requires team members who’ve been taught to think like innovators, and a reward system that fosters creativity. Tell your purpose story for engagement and improved recollection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2019

What does it take to create a positive workplace culture? Ed Muzio, in his classic book “ Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time ,” summarized four key influences which I have also seen as follows: We are driven by peers.

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