Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. There are people like Gus Tai who any entrepreneur who’s worked with him well tell you is that he has helped coach them into building a great business. One quick example. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. There are many great VCs.

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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. Provide coaching and training on ownership discipline. Provide regular feedback on execution and results.

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Tech.Co

JULY 9, 2024

If the thought of writing a proposal is making you anxious, we also explore how AI can be used to assist with the grant-writing process. They get featured on the Shorty Award’s website and get free personalized bookkeeping coaching from Wave. Platforms like ChatGPT can also act as a useful proofreader.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D. For example, I often cite the case of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer , who grew Microsoft together. That’s why I caution my aspiring entrepreneur clients against proclaiming to investors that they are a great “idea” person. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Before you start your business, think hard about your vision for fulfillment, and write it down. For example, Jeff Bezos credits much of his success and job satisfaction at Amazon to his strategy of often committing to new projects proposed by trusted internal teams, even though his comfort level disagrees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. I have just found ten thousand ways that won't work." Promote resilience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. I have just found ten thousand ways that won''t work." Drive innovation.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

An example, was my iPod, which I had but no longer was using because I had a new iPhone, basketball sneakers I had but never really fit me. Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Let me use me as an example so you can get inside the head of somebody in this sphere of the chart. You need to write down key questions & actions as you park them. EXPRESSIVES. If I have an hour with you I want to maximise the time we have a discussion so I want to get through the slides quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

Let me start with an example. I started with a personal example because I’d like you to have that mindset as we discuss the business people in your lives. You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do. I think for most of us this is intuitive.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Plus, if she does have areas where we could coach her on improvement it would help to know that coming in.” One obvious example is that HR can make a few calls that the hiring manager doesn’t make. You expected no less. CFOs often know the other CFOs and same for heads of sales, marketing, tech, etc. Having an accomplice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Challenged by his contemporaries, Edison soberly responded: “I have not failed.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

You are writing about the essentials of business. The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. Right now we have a lot of Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw work that crosses over between the two facets of our firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures. I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. This is something I try to coach against. I wanted to just write. I like writing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

For example, Trina Spear from Figs, which you know as a hometown favorite, has done amazingly well in terms of rethinking apparel and that space. The last thing, is understanding how open and receptive all of these CEOs were to feedback, coaching, and improvement. You can't be the best at everything.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

If you want it to be private, for example if you're a consultant or teacher, you can share it with a pre-identified audience for that knowledge by publishing it privately and inviting others to log into Knowledge Genie to share that knowledge. The second example, is you can publish it in public. But, it didn't seem scalable.

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Berkonomics

MAY 4, 2023

For example, 81% of businesses hiring today want graduates with business or accounting degrees. And Ai is now writing computer code in many languages. The mismatch between what employers want today and graduating seniors majored in is striking. But only 19% of seniors have majored in this. Worse, 3.1% What jobs will be safe?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. Take for example Accel. And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. They see how hard she does her job.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2011

Common examples include; need to work on my resume, broaden my experience, enhance my skills, save my income, and maintain a stable family life until my children are gone. Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. Executives have perks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Common examples include; need to work on my resume, broaden my experience, enhance my skills, save my income, and maintain a stable family life until my children are gone. Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. Executives have perks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Common examples include; need to work on my resume, broaden my experience, enhance my skills, save my income, and maintain a stable family life until my children are gone. Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. Executives have perks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2010

Common examples include, I need to work on my resume, broaden my experience, enhance my skills, save my income, and maintain a stable family life until my children are gone. Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. Executives have perks.

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