Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. Only 13 percent of workers are fully engaged in their job.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. He attended The Ohio State University where he studied business. This challenge grew into the idea that became Huddlewoo. We caught up with the CEO William Zell.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Richa is a successful entrepreneur and technologist giving back to the entrepreneurial community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Business planning is a crucial part of a successful business. Business Plans are not static.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. Writing it down promotes both understanding and commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Don’t believe that Silicon Valley myth that all you have to do is sketch your idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will line up to give you money. Based on my experience as an angel investor and a mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs, having no business plan is the quickest way to define yourself as just a dreamer, or at best a hobbyist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. One, I wanted to know what it was like to write a book. I am actually in the midst of writing a third book, it (may be) called Entrepreneurial Communities… and I am going to self-publish it. Jason and I have a pretty good back-and-forth writing style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

At the beginning of the index, Guy writes, “I hope Robert Cialdini checks this index.” A cause can be a: non-profit, Internet startup, idea, political opinion, or coffee shop. Ask For Mentoring. Like King, his writing style is breezy and engaging. No doubt, he did. Drop Everything And Do What Your Boss Asks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch. Spend more time with people who can help, rather than be helpers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Once off the ground she could attract mentors from her industry. She learned at the kitchen table as so many spouses do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

HV: Our main competitive advantage is the idea of personalization. You recently conducted a pilot study. Can you share with us how the learnings of this pilot study impacted your strategy? Before we did the study we did a lot of research to see how best we could show the data. This was run out of USC?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David. The thing you should do is study Silicon Valley and try to understand what’s great about it and try to institutionalize within your community some of those things. Is that when it became big?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. What if someone copies your awesome business idea? No, the question is: What are doing now knowing that a big company will copy your idea? How can I answer this question?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It can start 2–1 founders to investors and then sometimes moves to 3–2 but sometime around the A, B or C round the idea of “independent” directors comes up. The second is that they are usually very experienced operators that can mentor the founding team. I really like it when independent directors write a check into the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook. Who are your mentors, role models? We don’t have mentors at the moment. Then I (Chidi) brainstormed on a little yet brilliant idea to verify who’s right and not. Who are the founders and team and their backgrounds?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. So is this a good idea? Actually, they’ll get even more attention because this selection will put them in an even more exclusive peer group and will introduce them to even more connected mentors. In Poly Sci I learned critical thinking and writing.

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