Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2023

Many of you business professionals I meet in my business consulting and mentoring roles seem very determined to advance their career, or even start their own business. Most people find that the act of committing something to paper forces them to face the reality of getting started and measuring progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always surprised by the fact that some never seem to be able to that first startup going, while many others never seem to stop, starting their second or third initiative before the first one is fully hatched. You can’t win a race that you never start.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2023

They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere. Good connections and team building are the keys to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. I wish it was that easy. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up. From a practical standpoint, there are many ways to learn about business change, and the opportunities that may spring up at any moment.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The “what” Troy Carter does also led him to be an early investor in Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Warby Parker and several other great startups of the last era. So what did it take for Gaga to break out and what does Troy preach to startups? The power of “influencer networks” to drive product adoption.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to get satisfaction from this lifestyle. 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. Be prepared to experiment.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Techpreneurs.

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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. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

These include the following: Networking with people who know. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. Spend some time with these biographies and soak up the insights and inspiration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

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. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2014

These include the following: Networking with people who know. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. Spend some time with these biographies and soak up the insights and inspiration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere. Good connections and team building are the keys to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

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. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

In fact, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, these Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. Here is a summary of indicative facts from the earlier study referenced, an update published last year, and others. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. I wish it was that easy. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

These include the following: Networking with people who know. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. Spend some time with these biographies and soak up the insights and inspiration.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. These include other business leaders, mentors, visionaries, and influencers. Start practicing it today wherever you are.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Several people have been asking me to weigh in publicly on the “20 under 20″ initiative announced by Peter Thiel in which he will award up to $100,000 to 20 people under the age of 20 who agree immediately to pursue entrepreneurship (the implication of which is that they’d drop out of university to do so). Not for others.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. 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. you can build that with your personal peer network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. I wish it was that easy. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. For you, this means providing a positive team culture, being a role model for good communication, and creating a support network of colleagues.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

We caught up with Founding Director Bruce Huang , to learn more about what the UCLA Extension is trying to do with its program. Second, be smart about networking. Don't just network for the sake of networking, smart networking means joining meaning ful events, and participate in meaningful initiatives.

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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. We caught up with the CEO William Zell. He attended The Ohio State University where he studied business. How different are you from other networks?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

We caught up with CEO Gabe Gottlieb recently to understand better why the company thinks transparency is important--and to try to understand better the tangled web of online ads. There are ad networks, ad exchanges, direct buys with publishers, and tons of other ways to buy ads. What is Adomic? What is Adomic? Gabe Gottlieb.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

Of course, there's no law saying you have to go to college to start a business. Current young adults have grown up hearing about Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), who dropped out of Harvard, as the paragon of success. " Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. Business networking is key.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. Who are your mentors, role models? What is LAGbook?

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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. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. I wish it was that easy. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Technology 86

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

These include the following: Networking with people who know. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. Spend some time with these biographies and soak up the insights and inspiration.

Entrepreneur 96

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

In fact, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, these Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. Here is a summary of indicative facts from the earlier study referenced, an update published last year, and others. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South.

Entrepreneur 118

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Of course, there's no law saying you have to go to college to start a business. Current young adults have grown up hearing about Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) as the paragon of success. " Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Students and teachers could rarely be friends on Facebook and no student would want their Physics or Math teacher telling them to study thoroughly for their term paper, but things change and so do we. Meritful is a professional network for students and mentors. Meritful is a professional network for students and mentors.

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