Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. For example, I often hear from aspiring entrepreneurs that “I had that idea first, and he stole it, and is now making money on my idea.” Recognize your weaknesses, but lead with your strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the aftermath of the recent pandemic, which caused many businesses to close, a new raft of business workers and entrepreneurs are deciding to pursue their own dreams of being a new business owner, and controlling your own destiny. Don’t forget online recruiting tools, as well as local colleges for applicants with the right skills for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

I saw these summarized clearly in a new book, “ BUILD ,” by a well-known entrepreneur and technologist from Silicon Valley, Tony Fadell. Provide tools and resources as required. Look for a mentor, or expert in this area, and ask their advice. In my experience, there are only a few basics to remember and practice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2021

The solution to this problem is part of a bigger challenge – taking back control of your work life, and regaining a sense of freedom and influence, as described in the classic book, “ Work-Life Brilliance: Tools to Break Stress and Create the Life and Health You Crave ,” by Denise R. Make an offer that serves both your needs. Drop the guilt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. Practice every day what you preach. Positive feedback has a diminishing half-life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. For example, I often hear from aspiring entrepreneurs that “I had that idea first, and he stole it, and is now making money on my idea.” Recognize your weaknesses, but lead with your strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. For example, I often hear from aspiring entrepreneurs that “I had that idea first, and he stole it, and is now making money on my idea.” Recognize your weaknesses, but lead with your strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2016

Every business wants and needs top performers, but most entrepreneurs and executives assume that if they hire and train the smartest and most experienced people, they will get exceptional performance. Make sure required data, resources, and tools are provided early. It requires the right tools and information to get the job done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

Your help in quantifying the return to the business will solidify your career, make your requests for new assistance and new tools easier, and give you the insight to perhaps start your own business. Thinking like an owner in your current job is especially valuable if you are contemplating a future as an entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2014

It wasn''t until I turned 50 that I fully adopted basketball legend John Wooden''s definition of victory: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.". Self-awareness is a vital trait which successful serial entrepreneurs must embrace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. Practice every day what you preach. Positive feedback has a diminishing half-life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Every entrepreneur needs to keep a priority focus on these big-picture business issues, well before he commits his resources and his future to a technology that he loves. Good entrepreneurs know they have to be experts in business as well as technology. Keep up on business issues as diligently as on technology issues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Business productivity is all about having the right people, even though I’m bombarded daily with online tools and mobile apps that promise to solve every problem with automation and data. In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2017

The solution to this problem is part of a bigger challenge – taking back control of your work life, and regaining a sense of freedom and influence, as described in a new book, “ Work-Life Brilliance: Tools to Break Stress and Create the Life and Health You Crave ,” by Denise R. Make an offer that serves both your needs. Drop the guilt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

As an advisor to startups, and a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m still surprised at the number who are determined to go it alone. Thus top entrepreneurs spend as much time getting the right team in place to run the business as building the product or service. That’s a win-win for both partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2018

Here are some specific actions I now recommend to every entrepreneur, and to every senior executive, to get top performance from every member of their team: Clearly and iteratively communicate team goals and objectives. Give team members the training, tools, and data to do the job. Don’t surprise your employee at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Most of you business professionals that I know have at least thought about or talked about starting their own business, to get more control, make more money, or to get more satisfaction out of their life. The challenge is when and how to make the switch to the entrepreneur lifestyle. You must feel satisfaction.

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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. Be available for mentoring and coaching to others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

With the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the odds of success equally low, more and more entrepreneurs are starting multiple companies concurrently. They skip from one to the next, providing expert guidance and money, getting their satisfaction (and reward) from the best of the best. Advisors and mentors are busy people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2017

With the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the odds of success equally low, more and more entrepreneurs are starting multiple companies concurrently. They skip from one to the next, providing expert guidance and money, getting their satisfaction (and reward) from the best of the best. Advisors and mentors are busy people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2022

She outlines four distinct ways that business people doing something for the first time, whether they be entrepreneurs, or people in a new role in a larger company, tend to think differently than experienced veterans. Great entrepreneurs, like pioneers, work hard, keep things simple, and focus on core needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2014

She outlines four distinct ways that business people doing something for the first time, whether they be entrepreneurs, or people in a new role in a larger company, tend to think differently than experienced veterans. Great entrepreneurs, like pioneers, work hard, keep things simple, and focus on core needs. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2020

She outlines four distinct ways that business people doing something for the first time, whether they be entrepreneurs, or people in a new role in a larger company, tend to think differently than experienced veterans. Great entrepreneurs, like pioneers, work hard, keep things simple, and focus on core needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

She outlines four distinct ways that business people doing something for the first time, whether they be entrepreneurs, or people in a new role in a larger company, tend to think differently than experienced veterans. Great entrepreneurs, like pioneers, work hard, keep things simple, and focus on core needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2018

She outlines four distinct ways that business people doing something for the first time, whether they be entrepreneurs, or people in a new role in a larger company, tend to think differently than experienced veterans. Great entrepreneurs, like pioneers, work hard, keep things simple, and focus on core needs.

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