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. Our focus is providing anyone who is active online already with the ability to leverage their existing social networks for monetized one-on-one conversations.

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Yet, according to a recent study , more than half of tech employees see their current office culture as toxic. As an executive, I found that the first step toward fixing this is actively listening to people, and not being defensive in responses. That can’t possibly be healthy for employee morale, productivity, or customer focus.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Organization Activity .Net 91

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been?

Southern California 222

Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

In fact, studies have shown that the long-term value of coaching has a return of at least 2x to more than 100x times the cost. Find people who actively listen before responding to input. People often ask me about the difference between coaching and mentoring.

Coach 91

Coach Course Mentor Examples 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2017

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. He cites eight leadership actions, which I also recommend, from a non-scientific perspective, as a mentor to entrepreneurs. So, how do you build trust?

Develop 58

Develop Development Claremont Mentor 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities.

Startup 58

Startup Examples Mentor Activity 58

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). So for argument’s sake let’s triple the number of active VCs and call it 300. You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. billion in returns.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2012

Through one lens, it looks like a way for aspiring twenty-somethings to raise capital and find mentors that can help them pursue their dreams”. The backers invest in the Upstart who in turn shares his or her income for 10 years.This allows them to pursue their dreams with guidance from backers who believe in their aspirations.

Startup 61

Startup Google Mentor Capital 61

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

For a number ofyears, as a venture capitalists, I looked and led Maveron's investments in health and wellness. In today's world, people are lonely, and they are really looking for someone to mentor them, to guide them, to hold them accountable. That's because we'll already have made the investment in your baseline data.

Coach 100

Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. “My we are not going to invest. Brad on blogging. was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. ” And the Kauffman Foundation just published a major study pointing out that all but the top 10% of VC firms fail to create value. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

Angel 49

Angel Pasadena Angels Venture Capital Pasadena 49

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. And that meant that MIT had to look at its policy of doing this as MIT, rather than private activities.

Startup 67

Startup Compton Research Technology 67

Xconomy

JULY 11, 2016

At the center of the conversation would be the results from the Diana Project, a research study that examined our industry and the stark lack of representation of women investors and funded entrepreneurs. In absence of hiring and investing activity, there are many other ways to get involved. I accepted immediately.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Startup Capital Mentor 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always surprised by the fact that some never seem to be able to that first startup going, while many others never seem to stop, starting their second or third initiative before the first one is fully hatched. Incent and reward new ideas with action, not more study.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Software Review 131

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

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. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217