Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. Again, there is a great parallel in football coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2019

Image via Pixabay I’ve always been a bit confused about the difference in a business context between a coach and a mentor. According to many pundits , a mentor shows you the right way based on experience, while a coach brings out the best in you, then let’s you find your own way. Build your team first with only these people.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, Of course I would like to be in every great deal ever done.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2014

I’ve written about my own mom before and the role she played in shaping my life but of course you never quite appreciate the full contributions of Mom until you’re much older. So today should of course by Wife Appreciation Day as much as Mother’s Day. And Moms everywhere. And follow through.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I think of VCs as coaches. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Connections?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . Of course I do! If you have a chance to be on court and shooting 3-pointers as the game clock is winding down OF COURSE you still want to be on the court. But you realize that you can be more helpful as a coach. But he learned.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Yes, of course in moderation and certainly not every day. Over the course of my weight loss my mental plans changed (I will share a lot more details in future posts) and my measurements changed but these have been my two most important factors in my weight loss journey. of course that would be ridiculous for me to claim.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes. When they started their company of course they had to pick one to be CEO and the other to have a different title.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

She is a coach and mentor to team members. And then of course each venture firm must be careful not to add partners unless they know the chemistry will work with all other partners as our team unit and cohesiveness are so important. But she also has the temperament, which is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. But you know that of course. You are the team coach.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Should board members therefore withdraw and not participate in corporate planning, coaching the CEO and other issues not related to the duty of care or duty of loyalty? Of course they should not. These are rare, but each stresses the duty of loyalty to the corporation on whose board they sit. Well, how far should a board member go?

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We spoke with ProGuides founder Sam Wang to better understand what the company does, and why users are joining its service and using its marketplace to find professional video game coaches. We started four years ago, and are based here in Los Angeles, and we now provide course for six games. What does ProGuides do? READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We believe that diverse teams produce diversity of thought and that this leads to better decisions and outcomes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

He coached me that I had to start with the answers. I later took a course with Barbara Minto (who taught McKinsey people) and bought her book “ The Pyramid Principle.&# This was a breakthrough for me. The wisest mentor I ever had was Ameet Shah , my partner on several projects. How can I START with the answers?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

Of course I’m not preaching crazy, irrational spend or having Kid Rock at your next company party. You can do them all yourself, of course. You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. And while this might sound to the inexperienced person like a sensible idea – it is not. But at what cost?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. Invest in career coaching. A qualified career coach can help you get totally clear on your objectives, differentiate you from the competition, market you effectively, get the offer, and negotiate the best compensation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

And of course there was the Michael Porter’s “ 5 Forces.&# Frankly, I kind of found all of this stuff to be bullshit (bull shiitake?) I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

His willingness to add value wherever his coach needed him most, not only helped his teams win three consecutive World Championships, but it also allowed Bert to extend his career by making himself Indispensible. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. I of course agreed to get involved. Of course not, but I wish I could. Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran. A great trade!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2022

After many extended coaching sessions with entrepreneurs and small business owners, I’ve found myself wondering if my value-add was anything more than you could get by self-coaching. It helps to partner with and coach others. Celebrate your wins, keep a flexible mindset, and raise your own bar often.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Of course, this requires some discipline and focus on your part, as well as the willingness to trust team members and allow them to do their jobs. Of course, decisions and action items must be communicated immediately, but individual disagreements, comments and recommendations must never surface around the water cooler or in later reviews.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. I of course agreed to get involved. Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran. A great trade!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

If they’re not running their business then perhaps the wrong person was picked as CEO or perhaps they need more mentorship / coaching to better allocate their time. Of course they “need&# the title to convince customers, biz dev partners and VCs that they’re to be taken seriously.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2021

Kajabi's e-commerce tools are focused on helping "knowledge entrepreneurs" monetize their expertise, helping them create websites, online courses, coaching programs, membership sites and more. Kajabi's CEO and co-founder is Kenny Rueter.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. The best leaders I know encourage coaches to come in and are willing to listen to feedback about themselves.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

It is hard to coach or teach leadership in a few paragraphs. These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2022

Phrases like “holding people accountable” imply negative consequences or punishment, rather than rewards or providing the freedom and coaching to team members to choose their own actions, and pursue what matters most to them. Of course, to make this a culture, you have to overtly reward successes, and avoid negative penalties.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

But, advisors, coaches, and mentors can often fill the bill. Of course, you will want to work out the specifics of how you plan to work together with the advisor once it becomes more formal and adjust accordingly. We both felt that most startups are not taking a very systematic approach to defining with they need in terms of advisors.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Get board members to help me with things they are uniquely positions to help with – mostly introductions, recruiting or coaching my team members. And of course you must also get your board administration done. Have the maximum amount of time in person dedicated to discussing the most important topics. Ideal Board Meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. ” Of course, we will have to wait and see whether all the talk of improved startup workplaces comes to pass.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Of course, this requires some discipline and focus on your part, as well as the willingness to trust team members and allow them to do their jobs. Of course, decisions and action items must be communicated immediately, but individual disagreements, comments and recommendations must never surface around the water cooler or in later reviews.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Sure, of course I am. Advice, coaching, intros? Gregg says at $9.99 there was no frame of reference for the value. At $12 / year he was able to frame users with the thought, “Am I getting a dollar of value per month from JibJab? Sign me up.&# Awesome. Counter-intuitive. The kind of thing you only learn by doing and testing.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

It's a very fragmented market, and there's not a lot of infrastructure to help those volunteers, who just figured out last Friday that they've got to coach their AYSO, Pop Warner, or Little League team. Certainly, that's there for the parents and coaches, but to get the kids, it also needs to be fun, which is what youth sports is all about.

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