Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Here are some examples from their book and my experience of the many indicators, challenges that entrepreneurs will probably recognize, which highlight the value and need for increased focus on the human element: Collaborative team sessions seem to drag on. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

I found some good guidance with practical specifics to accomplish this new type of leadership in a recent book, “ Your Resource is Human ,” by Melissa Romo. She brings more than twenty years of experience building and working with globally dispersed teams and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Start with ‘How are you?’

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

Thus I was pleased to see the same conclusion in a new book, “ CEO Excellence ,” by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra, each a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. You need to make it about more than money, focus on future possibilities, solve for the whole, and kill as much as you create. Keep the teams strong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Chip Bell and Ron Zemke, who are experts in this area, provide some of the best specific insights I’ve seen, in the classic book “ Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service.” Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. Let me not bury the lede.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

He went on to start many successful companies, including General Electric. I recently found a wealth of practical guidance on how to build a perseverance mindset and use it to overcome adversity, break through barriers, and keep moving forward to success, in a new book, “ Win When They Say You Won’t ,” by Daphne Jones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2019

For example, it may seem quicker and more effective to hand your service desk employees the store policy manual, and tell them to follow the rules, rather than spend time coaching them on how to really listen to customer feedback, and use their strengths to build customer loyalty. Your people will expect more coaches than bosses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. I’ve seen too many companies go off track by a VC hell bent on the team pursuing the VCs strategy which at times is about chasing the next shiny object. FourSquare. Everywhere.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2012

As a guide, I enjoyed the analysis of Eric Chester, in his new book “ Reviving Work Ethic ,” which provides a leader’s guide to ending entitlement and restoring pride in the emerging workforce. It makes for a valued worker, who will stay in high demand. Integrity and coach-ability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. I’ve never had a definitive list of recommendations to overcome these qualms, so I was pleased to see the insights in a new book, “ Arrive and Thrive ,” by Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

found in polling more than 700 professionals at companies nationwide, that 58 percent had participated in an office romance, and almost three-quarters of those who’ve had relationships said they’d be willing to engage in another one. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a classic book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

There are already some good books out there for youth entrepreneurs, such as the classic one from my friends Adam and Matthew Toren, Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas. They need to understand that having money is not an entitlement, and not related to the volume of their demands. They assert, "It's never too early!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

In fact, I just finished a new book, “ Winning from Failing ,” by business development and sales productivity expert Josh Seibert, which extends this principle as well to large corporate organizations seeking to improve their productivity and success. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2015

Here are some examples from their book and my experience of the many indicators, challenges that entrepreneurs will probably recognize, which highlight the value and need for increased focus on the human element: Collaborative team sessions seem to drag on. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We have all heard the examples of the great new company cultures, popularized by Google, Zappos, and Facebook, which seem to imply that company perks are the secret to success. Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Here are some examples from their book and my experience of the many indicators, challenges that entrepreneurs will probably recognize, which highlight the value and need for increased focus on the human element: Collaborative team sessions seem to drag on. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a new book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2013

As a guide, I enjoyed the analysis of Eric Chester, in his book “ Reviving Work Ethic ,” which provides a leader’s guide to ending entitlement and restoring pride in the emerging workforce. It makes for a valued worker, who will stay in high demand. Integrity and coach-ability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

found in polling more than 700 professionals at companies nationwide, that 58 percent had participated in an office romance, and almost three-quarters of those who’ve had relationships said they’d be willing to engage in another one. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

We have all heard the examples of the great new company cultures, popularized by Google, Zappos, and Facebook, which seem to imply that company perks are the secret to success. Only 13 percent of workers are fully engaged, and half have left a job because they hated their boss. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. In his recent book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Chip Bell and Ron Zemke, who are experts in this area, provide some of the best specific insights I’ve seen, in their book “ Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service.” Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

We are a technology company, not an ad agency, and we are really just a bunch of nerds who believe we can turn this thing upside down, and let people try those apps out before downloading. I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. I just finished a new book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” by Daniel J. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

found in polling more than 1,000 professionals at companies nationwide, that 51% had participated in not only a friendship, but an office romance, and only 5% think that office romances are never acceptable. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? Yet the 2015 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Just this week I met @MarshaCollier, the author of over 25 books on eBay. Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I’m honored.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2017

found in polling more than 1,000 professionals at companies nationwide, that 57 percent had participated in an office romance, and two-thirds of those who’ve had relationships said they’d be willing to engage in another one. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. In addition to a standard tipping tool, Snipfeed allows users to sell digital goods, like on-demand video, e-books, access to livestreams and one-on-one consultations. ’ ” Image Credits: Snipfeed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

found in polling more than 1,000 professionals at companies nationwide, that 56% had participated in not only a friendship, but an office romance, and only 9% think that office romances are never acceptable. One source I like is a recent book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? ” Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 3, 2016

Working for someone that demands excellence and pushes your limits every day will build the most solid foundation for your ongoing professional success. A New Job a Year Isn’t a Good Thing ­­– 1-year stints don’t tell me that you’re so talented that you keep outgrowing your company. In your workplace this is a cancer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. Meet in person. Why buy now?

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