Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. But I find that the more informed your board is and the more you’re staying on their radar screen the more effective they’ll be for you.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Pitching at a screening in slow months can result in delayed response from investors or even lack of interest at lightly attended screenings. “Our executive director works with entrepreneurs [who] have been selected to pitch, coaching them to improve their presentations and helping them anticipate questions.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen. Another variation is technology business incubators, which nurture high-tech startups and present a technology oriented variant of business incubators. Look for the best mentors, and the toughest regimen for program survival. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen. Another variation is technology business incubators, which nurture high-tech startups and present a technology oriented variant of business incubators. Look for the best mentors, and the toughest regimen for program survival. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Another variation is technology business incubators, which nurture high-tech startups and present a technology oriented variant of business incubators. Look first for people there who can help you, by their introductions, mentoring, and experience. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around. Seth’s interest in helping others grew out of his lack of having a mentor. Again, he stressed the importance of good mentors.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Sometimes, it's just content presented online. Michele Ruiz: Robin Richards and I formed the company, after he approached me, after having been a business mentor for me for fifteen years. The real challenge is related to how do you mitigate this on an ongoing basis. How did the three of you connect?

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. Built around a series of monthly meetings, it can easily be 45 days from business plan submission to the major presentation. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete?

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Daradiction

JUNE 5, 2010

He’s also one of my mentors and close friends. Dale described the mechanism of the ego as if your mind is a movie projector beaming images (thoughts) onto the screen. Dale asked me to consider what would happen if I simply removed the screen, where would these images project?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 10 startups presented a mix of innovation for consumers and enterprise with some sure to please twists. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. After the presentations were revealed, the crowd started to place their bets on their favorites. And build great business they have.

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