Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Most entrepreneurs struggle with many startup founders quandaries in building their business, and these key dilemmas are probably the biggest source of pain and failure for the entrepreneur lifestyle. People may jump into the lifestyle to be their own boss, achieve great wealth, start a new trend, or all the above.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. I know I didn’t. Why Buy Now?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She started her business from a personal need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry. Give and you will receive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

They outline the new rules for existing brands, but I believe that every entrepreneur who doesn’t yet have a brand yet should study these carefully, as paraphrased for startups below. The challenge of every startup is finding that balance between solving a real problem today, and giving customers the courage to make a leap forward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry. Give and you will receive. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

For what ever reason we’re wired to have amnesia during the run up and prescient memories of how we ‘knew it all along’ as soon as the slide begins. Once you understand both sides of the cycle you start to recognize signs of behavior during each phase. ROI studies were published.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2022

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. But chronic stress and distress results in overreaction to non-life-threatening events.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2014

However, too often, entrepreneurs allow their non-work friendships to wither, as they struggle to maintain a healthy relationship with their family while nurturing their startups. 3) Friendship is based on mutual admiration and reciprocity, causing people to live up to their friends’ high regard. Friendtorship. Image Credit: Wikipedia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2015

They outline the new rules for existing brands, but I believe that every entrepreneur who doesn’t yet have a brand yet should study these carefully, as paraphrased for startups below. The challenge of every startup is finding that balance between solving a real problem today, and giving customers the courage to make a leap forward.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. where we totalled up $33.85M in funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. But chronic stress and distress results in overreaction to non life-threatening events.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Don’t believe the myth that all you have to do to get rich is bring up an ecommerce website, and the money rolls in while you sleep. If your team is feeling intimidated by impossible deadlines, it may be time for an event with a fun skit to break the tension and get everyone working productively. Reframe from anxiety to taking control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Given these, Mehta outlines five specific steps to get started and stay ahead of the game, which I agree are essential and have paraphrased here: Be open to new opportunities and options. It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2014

To me, there’s been no conversation or scenario that has encompassed the feel of a startup accelerator quite like that. As Dave McClure, founder of 500 Startups quoted from the Economist puts it… “I’d rather get $100,000 and be a case study than pay $100,000 to read case studies.”

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

We’ve got an event coming for you. This year’s second annual Augmented Reality Event (ARE) is promising to be an event to attend for all those interested in Augmented reality (AR). The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. Winner receives: “ARE Best startup prize” (to be announced.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

Most entrepreneurs struggle with many startup founders quandaries in building their business, and these key dilemmas are probably the biggest source of pain and failure for the entrepreneur lifestyle. People may jump into the lifestyle to be their own boss, achieve great wealth, start a new trend, or all the above.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I might also be found working on a presentation for an event or speaking engagement. Great stuff!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2013

One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. For startups, this means knowing where you need help and where you need helpers, and hiring carefully. Train all the time. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

You can sign up here. Now, Microsoft-owned GitHub is gearing up to remove these references to slavery by naming primary code repositories “main” instead of “master.” Let’s start with Prop 22. A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2021

As an angel investor in early-stage startups, I’ve long noticed my peers apparent bias toward the strength and character of the founding entrepreneurs, often overriding a strong solution to a painful problem with a big opportunity. He has completed a study of more than 100 CEOs, with feedback from over 8,000 of their employees on this topic.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

Benedikt Scholz is an exceptional student whom I had the pleasure of instructing when he recently studied at UC Santa Barbara. Before arriving in Santa Barbara, he had already launched his first startup, Rooming , which helps college students manage their living accommodations while studying abroad or interning. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week. providing online tutoring. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

As a Jewish person I know something about this scapegoating because it is the history of my people for 2,000+ years including the Pogroms in Eastern Europe that cause my family to escape using fake passports and wind up in South America (Colombia) in search of a better life. He went to college to study art and design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Here is my prioritized list of work management strategies I recommend to all business professionals and entrepreneurs: Avoid reliance on multi-tasking to keep up with requests. Some recent studies by scientists assert that multi-tasking not only reduces your output, but it also reduces your IQ.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your domain. Give and you will receive. Cultivate existing allies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

According to studies , the alternative of acquiring new customers still costs you five to seven times more than retaining existing ones. They need to remember their “total experience” as one that stands out – starting with how easy it was to find you, simplicity of the transaction, and superior service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Increase change agility. Expedite change reaction.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

However, at most startups, competitive advantages are derived from a combination of invention and innovation, as described more fully in Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You? Startups often out-maneuver their larger rivals by changing the key parameters upon which competition has historically been based. Inventive Innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

Image via Wikipedia Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Increase change agility. Expedite change reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2020

I found many of the principles of the new leadership style outlined well in a new book, “ Cracking the Leadership Code ,” by Alain Hunkins, who has spent his career working with leaders in large companies, as well as small, studying the practices and skills that work best today. Use networking events are an opportunity to practice empathy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Increase change agility. Expedite change reaction.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

For those who haven’t heard of what Startup Weekend is all about, it’s building a company on STEROIDS! This story highlights my experience at the event as a participant. . Friday Night, people started trickling in at Coloft at 6pm. I was #33 to go up and pitch my idea. We had exactly 54 hours! Pitch and form teams!

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2019

As with the fifty percent rule discussed last week (fifty percent of startups fail within two years), this rule is hard to find an author willing to be quoted as the source. Eighty percent of all businesses purchased by another company or by a new investor-operator fail to meet the stated expectations of the buyer after one year.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2019

As with the fifty percent rule discussed last week (fifty percent of startups fail within two years), this rule is hard to find an author willing to be quoted as the source. Eighty percent of all businesses purchased by another company or by a new investor-operator fail to meet the stated expectations of the buyer after one year.

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Acquisition Satisfaction Study Email 120