Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For example, no one should be convinced that Elon Musk is following someone else’s lead as he charges ahead with Tesla, SpaceX, and other initiatives. Personal leadership is setting your own direction and making real decisions first. Of course, this kind of leadership has a big risk, since you have no one to blame if you get it wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Take a hard look at SpaceX or HyperLoop. Those who proactively seek knowledge and learn fast build knowledge pools and tap into the wisdom of mentors and industry leaders to raise their game. He recommends imagining creative solutions to a problem to “cut through the noise and focus on the signal.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Many people believe that new ideas are the critical element of innovation, but in my experience as a mentor and investor, long-term business success is more about implementation than ideas. Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

I believe these same mindsets are equally applicable to the entrepreneurs I mentor, and all of you small business leaders, so I offer you my summary of the authors’ conclusions, paraphrased here, with my own insights: Be bold in vision, strategy, and resource allocation. Get organization alignment through culture and talent.

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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. Great entrepreneurs cross industry boundaries to find synergies, and are constantly in learn mode on several fronts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Take a hard look at SpaceX or HyperLoop. Those who proactively seek knowledge and learn fast build knowledge pools and tap into the wisdom of mentors and industry leaders to raise their game. He recommends imagining creative solutions to a problem to “cut through the noise and focus on the signal.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2018

Elon Musk is a great example of an entrepreneur who is always pushing himself into new learning opportunities – moving from PayPal to SpaceX, Tesla electric cars, Hyperloop, to OpenAI. Asking for mentoring, and being a mentor are both great ways to build relationships. Increase the strength of your network of relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

For example, in the entrepreneur world there are people like Elon Musk , who has demonstrated not only innovative ideas, but also impressive results in SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and Hyperloop. In the enterprise environment, Jack Welch led GE through 600 acquisitions in emerging markets, to a market value of $280 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

Elon Musk seems to be highest on this list these days, with his record-setting order rate on the new Tesla Model 3 all-electric car, and well as groundbreaking progress on SpaceX and SolarCity. Everyone wants to support the entrepreneur with the courage to make bold decisions, and can make it happen.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

It may be the case that the engineer friend of yours at SpaceX won’t be able to join simply because she’s supporting her parents back home. More likely, the company is building something the superconnector is passionate about and involving them as a mentor would excite them. Too much pressure may put pressure on your friendship.

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