Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2014
Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. Fund raising ? Each is a framework for thinking about a problem.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2021
I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Ultimately, most get the best help from business advisors and mentors.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 4, 2020
Investors are looking for breakthrough solutions to fund. But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. That integration is the breakthrough that you should be looking for as an entrepreneur. He is quoted as saying, “I have not failed.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
An obvious reason is limited funds, but a more important reason is the need to know and intimately understand what is really going on in the business and the market. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. Check your ego at the door.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 29, 2017
Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent. Build a culture guided by principles, not rules.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 5, 2012
An obvious reason is limited funds, but a more important reason is the need to know and intimately understand what is really going on in the business and the market. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. Check your ego at the door.
SoCal Delicious
JANUARY 9, 2014
Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. Chasing investors, not customers Just because you have a great idea, this doesn’t mean that you’ll get funding.
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