Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There was no money train. In retrospect it was a blessing for anybody becoming a VC back then because there were no expectations, no pressure, no FOMO and you could figure out where you wanted to make your mark in the world. It was 1991. There were startups and a software industry but barely. We still loved every moment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One of the big decisions every aspiring entrepreneur has to make is when to quit your current job to devote yourself fulltime to your new startup. Here are some of the key ones I would suggest to every aspiring entrepreneur who doesn’t have a rich uncle, or isn’t sitting on a large nest egg: Make sure this new lifestyle is really for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Every entrepreneur and most professionals wish there were more hours in a day to get their work done. According to the classic book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. "Mickey "Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. No entrepreneur can build a business alone. Make an honest effort to help others.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

9) I believe that entrepreneurs who are driven by a compelling mission that is not based on making lots of money have a much higher propensity for success. Our motivation has always been to help people learn. This clearly helped you establish credibility in the early days of lynda.com. It really depends on your family members.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

9) I believe that entrepreneurs who are driven by a compelling mission that is not based on making lots of money have a much higher propensity for success. Our motivation has always been to help people learn. This clearly helped you establish credibility in the early days of lynda.com. It really depends on your family members.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs used this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. The remaining entrepreneurs borrowed from family and friends, or acquired a loan. If you chose the entrepreneur lifestyle to be your own boss, don’t accept money from anyone. Entrepreneurs need to start small and pivot quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I have written about the need for entrepreneurs to take inventory in themselves before deciding whom to hire as the rest of the team. They often need teams of people to help them Plan how to turn their ideas into realities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs and small businesses not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that they were able to fix. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy'

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. big company entrepreneurs public startup' Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. Enterprises are under a lot of pressure to produce great product under fast cycles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Every entrepreneur and most professionals wish there were more hours in a day to get their work done. According to a new book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. Positive workplace relationships can help balance some difficult issues you are facing outside of work. Warm feelings also make the work seem easier.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that were previously not apparent, and they could fix. strategy entrepreneur startup optimism business'

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2015

Nothing, except Miles Beckett , a serial entrepreneur who is best known for creating lonelygirl15 and online content provider EQAL. If you recall, I was originally a doctor by training, though I haven't practiced in awhile. Miles Beckett: I actually am going back to my roots by launching a healthcare techonlogy startup. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs feel the lessons learned during the past couple of years have not only helped them survive, but the recession exposed flaws in their business strategies that were previously not apparent, and they could fix.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Tags: entrepreneur startup large company survival business. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

They feel the lessons learned during the past 12-18 months have not only helped them survive, but nearly half agreed that the recession exposed flaws in their business strategies that were previously not apparent, and they could fix. Obviously, falling income over the past two years put additional pressure on small business cash flow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2022

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business transformations, the explosion of new digital technologies, and the political turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2013

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business recovery, the explosion of new digital technologies, and the political turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business transformations, the explosion of new digital technologies, and the political turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2015

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business recovery, the explosion of new digital technologies, and the political turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business transformations, the explosion of new digital technologies, and the political turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business recession/recovery, the explosion of new digital technologies, and financial turmoil around the world. That means they take action, reflect on outcomes, and gain insights that help them continuously improve.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. most Seed or A round deals will be done by an investor in your region so that should help you to focus. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. There is growing pressure on Facebook to make this portable and they have made some progress on this front. Enter Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. When you achieve economies-of-scale advantages it doesn’t benefit you to help newer companies draft off of your infrastructure to rise and compete against you. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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