Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend. A mentor is someone who will tell you what you need to hear, while a friend might tell you what you want to hear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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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. percent to 23.4 percent last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Adopt a mentor. Boomers who have been there and done that make great mentors. Gen-X executives are too busy running their own companies to be mentors. Formal learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Adopt a mentor. Boomers who have “been there and done that” make great mentors. Gen-X executives are too busy running their own companies to be mentors. Formal learning.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. 65 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

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. Social Media. I wish it was that easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Business networking is key. These days, every student has his social network of peers. Plug yourself into a new network of business people. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Business networking is key. These days, every student has his social network of peers. Plug yourself into a new network of business people. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend. A mentor is someone who will tell you what you need to hear, while a friend might tell you what you want to hear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. Business networking is key. These days, every student has his social network of peers. Plug yourself into a new network of business people. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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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. Social Media. I wish it was that easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

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. Social Media. I wish it was that easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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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. Social Media. I wish it was that easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. 65 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

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. Social Media. I wish it was that easy.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. Do you have any mentors, Investors? Any user stats? What inspired them? What do you like about the US startup scene?

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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?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. The first step is admitting you have a problem.

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