Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

So Troy and Lady Gaga were amongst the earliest artists that turned to social media and tech platforms to break out. They told Troy that it wasn’t a fit for the stations, it wasn’t pop music and they didn’t want to play it. If you haven’t read my post about how Justin Bieber broke out , you should.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Since the start of the digital revolution several years ago, when the Internet and social media gave everyone instant access to you as well as your business, I have recommended personal branding as a basis for survival and thriving in this new world. Seek expert mentors and always evaluate feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the things I’ve learned over my years as a business mentor and investor is that life isn’t fair when it comes to succeeding in business. Use friends and mentors with extensive experience to gauge both. The key is to keep learning, from mentors, books, and online. The more you have, the greater your potential.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2014

It should be no surprise that this social media guru has earned over 113,000 authentic Twitter followers. His bonafides are impressive: named by Forbes as a Top 50 Social Media Influencer, cited by LinkedIn as a Top 25 Social Media Market Expert and proclaimed by AdWeek to be a Top 50 Person Re-Tweeted By Marketing Leaders.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2013

Adding one more startup incubator/accelerator to the long list in Los Angeles, Bixel Exchange launched Thursday, to offer up mentoring and classes to local startups. According to the Bixel Exchange, the new technology center will provide mentors and advisors, informatoin and educaiton, and connections to the local community.

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2019

It seems at times we’re never far removed from any one person, through their published papers, social media connections, friends, colleagues, or people they’ve mentored. But these worlds can be small, too. We had terrible news this week of the deaths of two people whose lives and work touched many people.

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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. Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. I wish it was that easy.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2013

In today''s uber-connected, social media, everything-is-public, people tell you there''s killing it with these new features, investor & mentor whiplash - it''s hard to avoid the latest thing. It is one of the easiest pieces of advice to give as it is almost always valuable if entrepreneurs follow it as a guideline.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2023

In this age of interactive social media, your culture image quickly spreads to customers, and determines their loyalty. He cites eight leadership actions, which I also recommend, from a non-scientific perspective, as a mentor to entrepreneurs. It has a huge impact on productivity, as well as morale and loyalty to the company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We've created a social media platform which helps you meet new people, and we're also very focused on privacy, and don't sell your data, don't spy on you, but provide an environment where you can meet other people based on shared interests and shared locations. I have a STEM degree, a Ph.D. There is something like $2.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Every business leader I know is overloaded with data these days, with a wealth of new business tools, social media channels, and countless emails and text messages. I recommend that you supplement your own synthesis with artificial intelligence and mentoring from experts in related disciplines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

I offer here their summary of purposes and inspirations that have motivated existing business leaders, with insights from my own mentoring and coaching experience. You see this today on the Internet with people who dominate social media as “influencers,” leading customers to new trends and brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this age of interactive social media, your culture image quickly spreads to customers, and determines their loyalty. He cites eight leadership actions, which I also recommend, from a non-scientific perspective, as a mentor to entrepreneurs. It has a huge impact on productivity, as well as morale and loyalty to the company.

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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. The recent pandemic and remote team members have made the focus on social even more critical. Spiritual connections. Intellectual stimulation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2023

With the advent of social media, and instant communication via the Internet, that definition has been expanded to include all aspects of the customer experience , from finding you and what they need, to the ease of completing the transaction, as well as all follow-on support. Inflexible processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. 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. The only successful entrepreneur-investor relationships are win-win ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. Start with a range of platforms, including social media, advertising, and a great website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. 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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Many of you business leaders I work with, and entrepreneurs I mentor, have a great strategy and an innovative solution , but struggle with building and motivating the team necessary to run your business. Spend time coaching and mentoring team members. In my experience, what a team needs more is your connection and inspiration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Similarly, it will be very satisfying to see the productivity increases from your leadership and mentoring. Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders. Celebrate the ability to pay yourself a salary.

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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. The post Huddlewoo Wants To Connect You To Mentors You Admire Through Online Video appeared first on TechZulu. Based in Columbus, Ohio and community management in Washington, D.C,

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Boomer investors are much more likely to get in the game with a high focus on mentoring and give-back, as well as the financial return potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Today every small business can look big, via a modern website, visibility on social media, and taking an active role in popular causes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2023

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. Ask for help from advisors and mentor your team. A business entity has to be created and real resources applied. Venture where no business has gone before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. There are a wealth of tools available today, relying on social media and marketing, to create or foster the market your company needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. 83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. There is a good chance that business advisors and mentors also have access to investment capital, or know someone who does.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

Inside the organization, it also pays to offer some of your time for coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members, as an entrée to a supportive relationship. Like me, I’m sure you notice if work-related phone calls and social media requests are not acknowledged or answered within one full workday.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2022

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you. Pick the best person to delegate to.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Anticipate and establish supporting social media accounts. Customers expect consistency of your brand name across all channels, so don’t pick a web site name if the comparable name is available or already taken on relevant social media. It’s easier, cheaper, and quicker to pivot at this stage rather than later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2021

As an example, customer-centric may mean interacting on social media, or actively taking the customer's position in a dispute, rather than the company position. Look for accomplishments in prior roles, and a willingness to accept coaching and mentoring.

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