TechCrunch LA

JUNE 22, 2021

In its initial form, it will run between eight and 12 weeks, providing a group of mentors from the creative arts. Image Credits: Apple. Building on our long history of using stores as a venue to host local artists to educate and inspire, Creative Studios is one more way we’re providing free arts education to those who need it most.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

We live in an era where the press espouses the entrepreneurs who have five startups. I think it’s been tremendously helpful to us because the founder of Awe.sm ( Jonathan Strauss ) has a mentor who is going through similar issues but is a few years ahead in terms of company development. So I was intrigued by Brad’s post.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

She was lamenting that some startups simply see their PR company as merely somebody who corrals the press when you want to get some inches. She felt that her firm provides significantly more value as an advisor than simply a press shop. See there are tons of people who play the role of mentor in their own capacity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

They certainly struggle to find mentors as there is nothing more frustrating than trying to help a company who is afraid to tell you anything. But don’t let this information get out into the general press and don’t market more than a few months out. You’re reading their press releases or blog posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel and friends will also agree to mentor these young entrepreneurs. 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. Here is their inaugural class. So is this a good idea? My 2 cents: 1.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Both Silicon Beach Fests featured LA Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti, and were covered in several Forbes articles, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, and national and local press. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The program is basically to take entrepreneurs, pair them with a mentor who is also an entrepreneur themselves, either a CEO or a CTO. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. There might be one or two mentors, one might be a CTO, another, a CEO.

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Startup San Diego

AUGUST 15, 2018

SAN DIEGO — Aug 16, 2018 — Startup San Diego, is a nonprofit organization which fosters collaboration amongst entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors to accelerate and grow the greater San Diego startup community. After 6 years of consistent growth.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2012

I have a friend in the music business who worked hard to gain introductions to, and become mentored by, several known names in the business. One well known informal mentor called him the “Stevie Wonder of Hip Hop.” Press releases and PowerPoint presentations with a uniform use of the mantra or phrase will reinforce your effort.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Get connected to the right mentors and your business may catapult to the next level. I figured if Matt was on the verge of bankruptcy and one mentor changed his trajectory, what if we had a formalized, community-wide program? o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2021

New and existing companies today need to press beyond what was, through what is, to what will be. The best leaders are mentors to their team, and they are stewards of a company’s assets and vision. Your task is follow-up in support, mentoring, and setting goals. They build trust, integrity, and respect from everyone.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. Once off the ground she could attract mentors from her industry. And that’s what I love about her narrative. Here’s what I learned about Tracy: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. So my counsel at this stage is often: build out your senior team, let them do their jobs, become a leader more than just a doer, allocate your time to the higher-level tasks like setting company goals, managing investors, talking to partners, managing the press, etc.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective.

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Startup San Diego

AUGUST 15, 2018

SAN DIEGO — Aug 16, 2018 — Startup San Diego, is a nonprofit organization which fosters collaboration amongst entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors to accelerate and grow the greater San Diego startup community. After 6 years of consistent growth.

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2019

I have a friend in the music business who worked hard to gain introductions to, and become mentored by, several known names in the business. One well known informal mentor called him the “Stevie Wonder of Hip Hop.” Press releases and PowerPoint presentations with a uniform use of the mantra or phrase will reinforce your effort.

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Mentor Statistics Press Blogging 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

The founders and team develop a huge confidence level that appropriately increases risk-taking, output, expansion, deals, revenue, press and everything that is a consequence of initial successes. Don’t let the press about others in the industry fool you into thinking everybody else’s life is perfect. Everything has gone well to date.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2021

This is especially true from those of you who are perfectionists , and feel hard-pressed to delegate critical tasks to anyone who may be less capable. Practice speed mentoring , and ask for interim progress. Even worse, I hear the terms control freak or micro-manager tossed around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked what you can do to build the right culture. Mentoring and training programs need to be put in place early. Successful leaders are good coaches and mentors, as well as being on the lookout for personal learning opportunities. Foster innovation in process as well as products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. That means you and your business must benefit from both the money and mentoring from the investor, and the investor will win from getting a larger return sooner. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In fact, according to the latest trend data and press reports , these Baby Boomers have grown yearly to 41 percent of small business owners, second only to Gen-X, at 44 percent. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. I worked in entertainment for five or six years, and film for 5 years, then at Scribble Press, which was a retail entertainment concept for kids, to let kids make their own books.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. In the Early Days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

In fact, according to the latest Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent press reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Based on my years as a business executive and mentoring entrepreneurs, I’m convinced that the principles of reframing can be learned, and apply equally well to any domain, certainly including business. Great business leaders never stop preparing, and always have alternative plans when pressed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. That means you and your business must benefit from both the money and mentoring from the investor, and the investor will win from getting a larger return sooner. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

I think newer associates are surprised by how blunt we are with each other but I’ll always remember the words of my mentor our founding partner, Yves Sisteron, who said, “reciprocity makes for terrible investment decisions.” Great leaders are rare and competition for capital, people, press and customers can be brutal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. That means you and your business must benefit from both the money and mentoring from the investor, and the investor will win from getting a larger return sooner. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

In a press release The Disney Accelerator highlights the success of Sphero and announced: “They have a multi-property lineup for this year including the App-enabled Ultimate Lightning McQueen, the voice interactive Spider-Man, and more.”. “And

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2019

If you listen primarily to the popular press, you could easily be convinced that all successful startup businesses are built by one smart person, such as Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, or Jeff Bezos at Amazon. The best training is always learning by doing, with mentoring, for understanding alternatives and the ability to reach agreement faster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2023

Based on my years as a business executive and mentoring entrepreneurs, I’m convinced that the principles of reframing can be learned, and apply equally well to any domain, certainly including business. Great business leaders never stop preparing, and always have alternative plans when pressed.

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Entrepreneur Competition Press Commerce 82

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2017

New and existing companies today need to press beyond what was, through what is, to what will be. The best leaders are mentors to their team, and they are stewards of a company’s assets and vision. Your task is follow-up in support, mentoring, and setting goals. They build trust, integrity, and respect from everyone.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. One would imagine with so much influence and potential capital flying in the packed room, the atmosphere must have felt thicker than a frenzied shark tank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. That means you and your business must benefit from both the money and mentoring from the investor, and the investor will win from getting a larger return sooner. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63