Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

If you are seriously looking to start the next billion-dollar startup, you need to get beyond the realm of enhancing a current solution. But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. Be forever curious and optimistic.

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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. The Builder loves building a business from the ground up. Some are very positive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Up-line this may be your interaction with your Board, investors, and family.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. Gap closed, right? Probably not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Up-line this may be your interaction with your Board, investors, and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Up-line this may be your interaction with your Board, investors, and family. Marty Zwilling.

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