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. He attended The Ohio State University where he studied business. The post Huddlewoo Wants To Connect You To Mentors You Admire Through Online Video appeared first on TechZulu.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services. I get a lot of those, too. I’m not an elitist a **e.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. Only 13 percent of workers are fully engaged in their job. Take action now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

Based on my experience as an investor and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, one of the quickest ways to kill your credibility and your startup is to offer a poorly written business plan, or none at all. Don’t try to impress constituents with technical terms, jargon, and acronyms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2015

Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When I saw World Series Poker Champion Annie Duke speak in 2017, I was inspired to write an article describing some of her recruiting techniques. Annie’s approach is a highly-readable balance between memorable, real-world analogies and hardcore behavioral science studies. A version of this article previously appeared Forbes.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Richa is a successful entrepreneur and technologist giving back to the entrepreneurial community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Business planning is a crucial part of a successful business. Business Plans are not static.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2014

Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Mentor Technical Review Satisfaction 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

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Satisfaction Marketing Mentor Entrepreneur 53

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. Writing it down promotes both understanding and commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. It's a huge opportunity to learn early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

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Startup Social Network Mentor Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Based on my experience as an angel investor and a mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs, having no business plan is the quickest way to define yourself as just a dreamer, or at best a hobbyist. If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. It's a huge opportunity to learn early.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. Take action now.

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Entrepreneur Satisfaction Startup Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

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Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

" Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else. If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. It's a huge opportunity to learn early.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

At the beginning of the index, Guy writes, “I hope Robert Cialdini checks this index.” Ask For Mentoring. Like King, his writing style is breezy and engaging. However, greater exposure to studies performed by other, less widely-read persuasion experts would have been appreciated. No doubt, he did. Prototype Your Work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. Take action now.

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Satisfaction Entrepreneur Writing Startup 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch. Spend more time with people who can help, rather than be helpers.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. Nominate someone as your mentor. Build a two-way relationship with several people who can help you, and then kick it up a notch with one or more, by asking them to be your mentor. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 58

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The second is that they are usually very experienced operators that can mentor the founding team. I think when you choose an independent board member you should be thinking about somebody who can mentor you. I really like it when independent directors write a check into the company. But if they could even write $2,500?—?money

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Startup Writing Venture Capital Oracle 187

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

YOU Selling – My wise old friend & mentor, Ameet Shah, once told me after a meeting we had with clients (when I worked at Accenture), “there are two ways to run a meeting: asking or telling. You’re a persuasive guy but be careful not to always be telling people the answer.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Customer 314

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. The thing you should do is study Silicon Valley and try to understand what’s great about it and try to institutionalize within your community some of those things. Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big? “So

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. And hard for me to imagine the Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger weren’t instrumental mentors to David. billion each, $7.5

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. One, I wanted to know what it was like to write a book. I am actually in the midst of writing a third book, it (may be) called Entrepreneurial Communities… and I am going to self-publish it. Jason and I have a pretty good back-and-forth writing style.

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Venture Capital Writing Entrepreneur Blogging 224

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. Equally, put away your computer, your iPad or whatever other electronic device you use unless it’s 100% in note-taking mode and you’re using a stylus to write. The thing is?—?no You don’t have to have an opinion on every topic.

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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. In Poly Sci I learned critical thinking and writing. So is this a good idea?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

You recently conducted a pilot study. Can you share with us how the learnings of this pilot study impacted your strategy? HV: It was a research study that was conducted through USC, but the sites were at the Oasis Active Adults Community and we also worked with the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2015

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Mentor Study Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2014

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Study Competition 110