Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2010

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. With the mentoring approach, the mentee asks for your support in their decision, or asks for your insight on the considerations for them making a future decision.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2015

The founders are lifelong friends and lifelong learners from Chicago who have had successful careers in tech before joining forces to create the ultimate free social online learning destination that takes the best teachers on the web and curates their content into MentorMob learning Guides. Including one on kiteboarding. How does it work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Here are the key principles she espouses, extended to leadership teams, based on my own background and mentoring new entrepreneurs: Learn to trust yourself and your team. Metrics should be seen as guides, helping to direct and support good behavior, but not absolute measurements of good or bad judgment and wisdom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In my own business career, many years as a business advisor, and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I have validated the following strategies to practice and guide you. On tough issues, I recommend the use of brainstorming with colleagues, to expand your efforts, and develop a half-dozen alternatives. Then pick the best one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises.

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Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To learn more about how women are looking to change the investment climate--and get involved in investing themselves--we caught up with one of the Pipeline Fellowship''s local mentors, the CEO of Beyond Capital Fund (www.beyondcapitalfund.org), Eva Helene Yazhari , who is here in Los Angeles. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worse case scenario. There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” I wish it was that easy. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

With the help of CTA, startup teams have access to insight information in their respective verticals that could guide critical decisions. Add Mentors to Your Roster. Regardless of one’s stage, mentors are a must have for any founder. The answers might not even be consistent from one mentor to another,” Gindin said. “I

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The experts define emotional intelligence as a leader's ability to recognize individual and team emotions, to understand their effect, and manage your own to guide your next move. Mentors and coaches are always willing to help you find creative ways around roadblocks, even ones you don’t even see.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2023

As a business consultant and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, I often get questions about leadership challenges , and what you can do to solidify your leadership position and impact. It seems that today’s worker generation is more demanding, and less willing to accept guidance and direction from anyone with a leadership title.

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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. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. At the least, other members need to see you holding this person accountable. Square pegs.

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Resource Entrepreneur Startup Guide 107

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 1, 2019

Defy , the early-stage venture investment firm founded by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, is putting a new twist on the venture partner model as it brings Brian Lee and Sujal Patel on board to help out with investing and guiding companies in the firm’s portfolio. Just don’t call them venture partners. million round.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2010

USC Stevens Institute , the effort at the University of Southern California to spur innovation within the school, has tapped a number of venture capitalists to help guide a new mentorship and funding program, the institute said this morning. Amount of funding available to teams was not announced by the school.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I have worked in the US, Germany and Holland in addition to travelling the world extensively either developing, managing or turning around different businesses. Having attended a number of different high schools and colleges I had the opportunity to meet, get to know and develop friendships with many different and unique individuals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The challenge is how to develop that self-leadership in every aspiring entrepreneur and business professional role. A real business leader must have a set of guiding values and morals, which set your reputation in the mind of others, and improve your self-leadership perception. Solidify and demonstrate your personal values.

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Entrepreneur Course Satisfaction Guide 132

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2011

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator.

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Mentor High Tech Coach Guide 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing.

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Marketing Entrepreneur Customer Custom 113

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Now, the Girl Scouts are adding new activities and development paths to their programs, creating incredible opportunities for girls with desires and skills of all types. The girls formed six teams to work on products in all types of industries, work with mentors, and pitch to judges at the end.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. LowerMyBills, Inc. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. 1B+ Revenue.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises.

Startup 124

Startup Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2020

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. At the least, other members need to see you holding this person accountable. Square pegs.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Resource Startup Guide 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2018

Top performers often create their own personal experience map to guide their development. Asking for mentoring, and being a mentor are both great ways to build relationships. Bill Gates often refers to his ongoing relationship with Warren Buffett as a mentor, and Mark Zuckerberg counted Steve Jobs as a key mentor.

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Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Examples 58

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Ever have an idea for a great mobile startup but get stuck with just a dream because you have no skills to design or develop it and no money to pay to get it done? Some business people have friends that are designers or developers but most are not so lucky.

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Design Web Design Mobile Ideas 92

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. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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Metrics Tool Statistics Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Every organization needs a talent pipeline that holds leaders at all levels accountable for identifying and developing internal difference makers, and nurturing networks of external talent. It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent.

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Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The question is how we develop our future role and potential, while satisfying all the business and personal demands on our time today. I believe these insights can and must be extended to you and your career, in line with the following guiding principles: Make your interest in learning your competitive advantage.

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Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

As an organization, we have leveraged against the scale and media tools available through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others and plan to rally around Matt to continue to develop cutting edge and scalable tactics.”. At the moment, Monahan is a mentor at 500 Startups, where he guides early stage companies in social media marketing.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 82

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” I wish it was that easy. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Yves didn’t want to step down — he is still as active as any partner on our team — but he wanted me to take responsibility for: Strategy, recruiting, team development, LP relations, financial planning, etc. Essentially we run the firm together but play different roles.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worse case scenario. There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics.

Startup 96

Startup Guide Resource Pricing 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. A number of years ago, myself and some of my colleagues in the entertainment industry developed a nonprofit workplace in Hollywood.

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Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

She noted that a key to successfully moving out of the, "I am aware I suck" stage is to develop coping mechanisms that help you quickly "unslump.". Avoid The Self-guided Tour. You''re Never Too Old For A Mentor , describes the benefits of working with an experienced sherpa to conquer a new and challenging phase of your life.

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Activity Santa Barbara Startup Tips 275

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. Sam Teller, the Managing Director of Launchpad LA hinted that big news would come soon. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2019

Image via Wikipedia As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Customer Custom Guide 87

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worst case scenario. There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics.

Startup 93

Startup Guide Resource Pricing 93