Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

I recognized this as I was reading the classic book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. His focus is on sales, but I see the same skills needed for entrepreneurs. Building consensus and helping others change.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

tl;dr version: If you’re an entrepreneur or VC or will be working in this industry - buy this. When I first started as a startup CEO in 1999 there were no guides on raising venture capital. They are helpful, certainly, but often if you don’t know the right questions to ask you’ll be left unawares.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you're a TikTok-savvy entrepreneur interested in launching a Shopify store, now seems to be the time. You can learn more about Shopify's pricing options with our guide , too, and here's a table below that gives you a brief overview. The post How the New Shopify-TikTok Partnership Helps Small Businesses appeared first on Tech.co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Traditionally, the majority of entrepreneurs have been logical thinkers, problem solvers, with full attention to details. Of course, the best solution would be a new wave of so-called whole-brain thinkers, but this term is usually reserved for Einstein and Picasso, and no entrepreneurs that I can name. Creativity is the key word here.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details. To help guide the students’ evaluation of the feasibility and merit of each idea, I require them to complete a one-page form, as specified in Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion. Chaos By Design. In his entrepreneurial Tribe, he is the Shaman.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As we turn our ideas for the future into the latest startups and companies of today, there’s always a need for resources to help guide one through the process of it all. It can help focus the product’s strategy and future direction of the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the classic book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Be prepared to experiment.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The situation is pretty common it got us to riff a bit around how to get programmers to help him build out a proof-of-concept version for his startup. In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Ask for help. Again, if you don't know you should ask people who will know.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. You should, too. (no,

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2022

Traditionally, the majority of entrepreneurs have been logical thinkers, problem solvers, with full attention to details. Of course, the best solution would be a new wave of so-called whole-brain thinkers, but this term is usually reserved for Einstein and Picasso, and no entrepreneurs that I can name. Creativity is the key word here.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

Dave’s note: This is a reprint of a 2015 insight that seems to have struck a chord with investors and entrepreneurs. None of this advice has changed… Let me tell you a few short hair–raising stories of entrepreneurs who have raised money and regretted it later. The problem, of course, comes if the business fails.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The situation is pretty common it got us to riff a bit around how to get programmers to help him build out a proof-of-concept version for his startup. In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. Ask for help. Again, if you don't know you should ask people who will know.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2015

You can’t survive as an entrepreneur without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. " If you need more evidence that great entrepreneurs survived through resilience, just look into the backgrounds of more recent entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Adeo Ressi is a serial entrepreneur turned investor and entrepreneur advocate. Adeo Co-Founded the entrepreneur-friendly website The Funded and he is the Founder and CEO of The Founder Institute , whose goal is to create and foster local startup ecosystems across the globe. Breaking Out Of Prison. In Adeo''s words, ".

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

Once you've exhausted looking online for tips, Los Angeles-based ProGuides (www.proguides.com) offers up professional, instructional content to help you improve your skills at such popular titles as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Fortnite. That allows them to find a coach to help them play better. How did you start the company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Hire more help than helpers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Based on my years of experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, you need to attack problems and challenges with a mindset of success, or it is unlikely that you or your business will survive. He is a serial entrepreneur and founder of several successful startups, as well as a consultant to some of the world’s largest organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2019

Don’t you wish you were better at saying “no” to all those extraneous requests for a bit of help at work? For example, as a software executive, I once had a talented engineer working for me who was always helping others, to the extent that he consistently missed his own project deadlines, and was ruining his health through lack of sleep.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. On paper she’s more qualified than Yves or myself so with that out of the way can we now just focus on her skills and how you help me recruit her?” She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

AdmitHub develops artificial intelligence software designed to help guide students to and through college, and in particular is aimed at helping at-risk students. Financial terms of the investment were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

I recognized this as I was reading the classic book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. His focus is on sales, but I see the same skills needed for entrepreneurs. Building consensus and helping others change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

One alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to get satisfaction from this lifestyle. I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Be prepared to experiment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As a partially-retired baby-boomer in business, I’ve spent much of the last few years mentoring aspiring millennial entrepreneurs, and I’m always looking for more insights into how to help them. We can help them focus thinking inward to their strengths and personality, and outward to real forces in the marketplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about this over the past two years and bending the ears of any entrepreneur who will humor me to hear what I think the solution needs to look like. I’d love to know people to “follow&# on websites to help expand my tastes the way that Twitter expands my news sources. No, seriously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. You need something specific from the other person – a loan, or product order, or help solving a problem.

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Startup San Diego

AUGUST 10, 2022

At Startup San Diego we’re mainly led by a volunteer group of entrepreneurs, founders, and community leaders that want to see the organization grow and create a more inclusive and innovative startup ecosystem. Over the years we have welcomed a diverse group of board members to join our team to help guide our programs, events, […].

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

Despite the fact that I teach entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara , I do not believe that entrepreneurs are created in classrooms. Instead of trying to teach students to be an entrepreneur, I expose my entrepreneurial students to tools that will help them solve real-world problems. out of 5 in both Helpfulness and Clarity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts.

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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

APRIL 16, 2014

Traditionally, the majority of entrepreneurs have been logical thinkers, problem solvers, and pay attention to details. Of course, the best solution would be a new wave of so-called whole-brain thinkers, but this term is usually reserved for Einstein and Picasso, and no entrepreneurs that I can name. Creativity is the key word here.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Here are a couple of our favorites. From its 4.3-inch

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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. Since then, I have worked extensively with mentoring youth, and helping them figure out what's possible in terms of careers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. In an attempt to help people navigate the landscape of accelerators and incubators, we've come up with a (hopefully) comprehensive list of Southern.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I recognized this as I was reading a new book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. His focus is on sales, but I see the same skills needed for entrepreneurs. Great entrepreneurs are able to think on their feet, and are always prepared.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that funding is something you do in “funding season,&# some mythical 2-month period when you’re ready with a great Powerpoint deck and you hit up all of the VC’s at the same time so that you can quickly raise money and get back to the job of building a business.

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