Tech.Co

JULY 17, 2015

Dates: August 10-14, 2015. Overview: Over the course of 5 days, you will learn not only what an MVP, proof of concept, go-to-market strategy, and user experience design are, but also learn to pitch, meet with real investors and mentors and learn from already successful startups. Where: Santa Monica. Time: 9AM-5PM. 5 Days – $759.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Most entrepreneurs are too stubborn to seek a mentor for guidance: They have so much confidence in themselves and their ideas that they don’t see the need to ask anyone for advice. Mentoring does not happen by accident, or require large stipends. Select mentors to fill your strength gaps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Board seats can’t be negotiated, and even informal mentoring in decision and governance processes is unlikely. Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable. million, smashing the prior Kickstarter record of $13.3 Investors cannot verify accountability or governance.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. 2015: Tony Hsieh interviewed by Frank Gruber about Zappos, Culture, and Downtown Project efforts. By Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo. Readers may be interested to know that Tech.co co-founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Board seats can’t be negotiated, and even informal mentoring in decision and governance processes is unlikely. In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding globally is expected to grow from USD 1.41 billion to USD 3.62 Risk is increased.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors. Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Entrepreneurs not only have to pick the right team members, but have to continually communicate the vision, tasks required, and provide mentoring and feedback to each member. Coaching and mentoring are key to the leadership role. Marty Zwilling First published on IvyExec.com on 10/02/2015. People ignored see no leadership.

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Tech.Co

JULY 19, 2017

“We have being working on the idea of ​​an accelerator since 2015,” Sonya says. Sonya Romanovsky, VP of Projects at the WelkerMedia Foundation, explained how the accelerator ties into Welkermedia’s core business. “The first step for us was the launch of the fund, which was supported by our partners and peers.

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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

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. Marty Zwilling ** First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/16/2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. conviction > consensus. He took two words where I take 1,000!

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Weekend activities begin with rapid-fire pitches, prototype building, mentor feedback from experts in the field, and it concludes with a Shark Tank-style judging session. Prizes awarded will be designed to add value to the winning startup teams, and of course come with bragging rights! Participants arrive the evening of Friday, Nov.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2015

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, the most common question I get is, “I want to be an entrepreneur -- how do I start?” You will be operating outside of any proven realm, no mentor can give you the answer, and it won’t help to blame anyone else for missteps and environmental changes you can’t predict.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

In my perspective as an advisor and mentor to many entrepreneurs, there are a set of basic strategies that can be applied to every startup to dramatically improve the odds of success, no matter what the business domain. Mentors, advisors and business peer support groups are also key to a better perspective on the road ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

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. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/24/2015. Actually, you need both, and the ability to tell the difference.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 31, 2015. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. Some background. In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

Provide mentoring and self-learning opportunities. Yet every new team member can be assigned an in-house mentor, provided with online seminar opportunities and given special assignments to facilitate new learning. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/12/2015. This doesn’t work in a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Don’t hesitate to call in an experienced advisor or mentor to help. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/23/2015. It’s smart to outline initial actions, but not so smart to promise any specific solution until you have had time to investigate the source. Very few startup problems are unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Don’t forget to be a mentor as well as a leader. Marty Zwilling Published on IvyExec.com on 10/20/2015. Most startups begin their life as “one-person shows” that over time evolve to teams of people, interacting with customers and vendors. Stand for something. Competence and character are most important, and visible to everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. As evidence that it does work, VentureBeat calculated in 2015 that YCombinator startups had raised over $7 billion, with a $65 billion total valuation. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2015

Thus the burden is on you to capitalize on your strengths, find co-founders and team members to fill the gaps and find mentors and advisors you trust. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/31/2015.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In addition to an Undergraduate Certificate, the Program is launching a Master of Technology Management degree in 2015. Salty Girl Seafood - Another focus of the TMP is the recruitment and mentoring of women entrepreneurs. A great example of this initiative is Salty Girl Seafood, which is the brainchild to two startup-minded women.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

It’s important to learn from peers, advisors and mentors that the required mindset must be combined with specific actions, including the ones outlined above, before value can be harvested. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015. It’s a lot more fun and satisfying than fighting the latest crisis every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2015

Less experienced team members will only really communicate with peers, and maybe their direct manager, while executives may interact more with mentors and outside experts. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/19/2015. A large perceived power difference will change the dynamics of any feedback discussion or debate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2015

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I recognize that it’s easy to spot a dysfunctional team after the fact, but it’s not so easy to spot the right attributes of new team candidates, in the context of existing members. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/17/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/24/2015. Many of these may still fail spectacularly, such as Webvan and Pets.com. Greed is not an easy master to satisfy either.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2015

Based on my own experience mentoring real entrepreneurs and likely candidates, there are at least eight categories of non-starters. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 5/15/2015. So my view of what it takes to be an entrepreneur is simply to adopt the right attitude and full accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding has already grown to over $30 billion in 2015, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. In 2015, the new Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable. million, smashing the old Kickstarter record of $13.3

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Gomez said he was inspired to start Canopy San Diego after spending time at CanopyBoulder , the cannabis industry fund and accelerator founded in 2015, less than three years after Colorado voters approved a similar marijuana legalization initiative. billion in 2015—a number estimated to grow by 25 percent this year to $6.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Bring in expert advisors and mentors to set initial goals, and build recovery plans. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/23/2015. Even though invention can’t be scheduled, detailed planning does work, both on the product side and the business side. The market changes faster than your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/25/2015. Startup incubator seed funding.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

He provided all kinds of feedback from a product standpoint, and we found a lot more mentors like that at Techstars. We were super excited to participate, Christine and I moved to New York for three months, and graduated in the fall of 2015. At that time, it was 14 health plans.We In April of 2016, we raised our seed round, of $1.3M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2015

The founder needs to be a mentor and advisor, as well as a leader. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/12/2015. This means a founder needs the ability to attract the right people to a team and motivate them. Capitalize on relationships inside and outside the company. Do you fit that mold?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 2/13/2015. angels crowdfunding entrepreneur investor'

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