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How To Survive A Deadly Drag On Startup Productivity

Startup Professionals Musings

A “downer” is defined here as someone who seems to dwell on the negatives of every business challenge, and loves to highlight bad news or potential problems. Ask a mentor for support. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. If you are a downer, find a new place to work.

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Don’t Let Daily Business Challenges Turn You Negative

Startup Professionals Musings

A “downer” is defined here as someone who seems to dwell on the negatives of every business challenge, and loves to highlight bad news or potential problems. Ask a mentor for support. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. If you are a downer, find a new place to work.

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4 Entrepreneur Categories Hunt For Market Innovations

Startup Professionals Musings

Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. The good news is that technicians are entrepreneurs who have previously learned a skill or job so well that they can do it without a manager. They build businesses as their lifestyle, not as a job.

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Interview with Jo Webber, Pod.io

socalTECH

We've used that funding to product our app, which is based on React Native, which allows us to simultaneously develop and release on both iOS and Android. Million Women Mentors has a network of both women and men, helping underrepresented women pursue careers in STEM and STEM related fields. That's proving very useful for our design.

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7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. I can attest that he was always seeking relationships with other more mature executives, and even today maintains a mentoring relationship with Warren Buffett.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. Details coming soon!)

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