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MAY 13, 2013

Can your software skills help make your local community a better place? Could doing some coding over a weekend help improve your local government? According to the group, the hackathon is the first ever "civic hackathon" in Los Angeles, and asks participants to pull in civic data from the City of LA to help power apps.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

I helped to found an Internet game company, playing the role of founding investor, chairman and even temporary CFO. But most of all, I had to gain acceptance as “one of us” in an environment where my CEO coaching and my money did not count. Email readers, continue here.] I recall vividly one such experience. That was a lesson for me.

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JANUARY 10, 2021

I started advice with the premise that no amount of exercise or food eating plan would help with long-term fitness or weight goals unless you first had a mental plan and a set of measurements to track your progress. Having a positive mental outlook helped me perform better. It’s amazing what mental coaching can do for a workout. “A

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes. What is that process?

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Corona, California-based a href="[link] Coach, which operates a service which helps homebuyers better understand the difference between different kinds of mortgage loans, has received a strategic investment from private equity investor LLR Partners. Mortgage Coach is led by CEO Dave Savage.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 29, 2021

I helped to found an Internet game company, playing the role of founding investor, chairman and even temporary CFO. But most of all, I had to gain acceptance as “one of us” in an environment where my CEO coaching and my money did not count. The post Some great coaches are younger than you are. Is about respect or knowledge?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Some of the most helpful people to me personally have been people not being directly compensated for doing so. And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Los Angeles-based Mustard, which develops technology which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to evaluate an athlete's mechanics and to help with coaching, has raised $3.75M in a seed funding, the company said this morning.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Can a software algorithm help student athletes and coaches connect better? FieldLevel--which is headed by Brenton Sullivan--says it takes over 51 data points to help match up athletes with colleges. The firm says its algorithm uses information--for example, pitching speed--to help athletes and teams narrow down matches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

Every entrepreneur and business person I know wishes he had more time for coaching all the members of his team. I often hear the excuse that coaching takes more time than simply diving in and doing the job for the other person, but is that really true? Exceptional communication is a prerequisite to coaching.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Mobalytics , a startup developing tools that help videogame players improve their hardcore gaming on such titles as League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra, has raised $11.25M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Now the company has reframed its offering, raised a fresh round of financing and is coming to market with a refined vision for a training tool for executive coaching. I’m quite excited about the opportunity here to transform technology into products and services that help us become holistically, better humans,” said Muzyka, in a statement.

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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. To be clear – I’m not saying huge successes make a VC less likely to be helpful to you – I’m just saying it’s not a guaranteed predictor. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been.

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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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JUNE 19, 2019

Once you've exhausted looking online for tips, Los Angeles-based ProGuides (www.proguides.com) offers up professional, instructional content to help you improve your skills at such popular titles as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Fortnite. After finishing a course, we've found they likely also want to find a coach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

While starting a new business always involves tackling many new challenges, I’ve personally found myself reluctant to ask for help. Thus, in my consulting with entrepreneurs, I always encourage them to get more comfortable asking for help. Of course, there are good ways and bad ways to ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered. And he was one of those guys that you meet and you just want to help because he’s so earnest and nice. He had a family.

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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. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2014

Her positive attitude and willingness to take chances rapidly propelled her to the coveted and influential position of Coach. Several Zappos employees had mentioned "Coach" and the impact she has had on the corporation during our tour. and I was always really passionate about the coaching program. It just depends on. We believe.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

Flywheel is the developer of mobile apps to help taxi companies provide an Uber-like experience to their customers, and which is also very active in the LA market. CallFire said fitkidsAmerica will use the credits to text and call parents, coaches, and administrators in its programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

He coached me that I had to start with the answers. That alone will help us solve the problems.&#. The book is expensive but for me personally this helped me enormously. our three options are: spend more time helping the channel sell, spend more time with customers bringing them into our channel partners or sell direct. -

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio. That, too, is evolving with online engagement.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

According to the report, Ring's tools now provide an interactive map that allows the police to request footage from camera owners--and has actively been working on helping police "persuade" homeowners to hand over that footage. The report also says Ring is using those local police departments to boost its sales of Ring devices.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

But most often these angels are skilled at growing companies, calling on their past experience to evaluate and then help entrepreneurs in their early stages of growth. The result of these surveys over time is universally the same. [Email readers, continue here.] So how an angel responds to your pitch depends upon his or her background.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

grant, to be given to a partnership including UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), to connect university students with a network of venture coaches. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

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. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. The company was called Red Beacon.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. It’s why I believe startup coaches are so important and I wish I know more great ones. A second act.

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

Sometimes you can be the coach, helping them even if it means losing them. We cannot legally stand in the way of an employee resigning to pursue a dream, but we can leave a bad taste with that person and chip away at our corporate culture by not cooperating or even helping the employee move on. Celebrate the transition.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

This is hardly ideal and some simple changes could help management avoid both issues. If I’m in your shoes I’d think about what is most critical to help your business succeed. This is also helpful because you can find out if they have anything on their mind that they’d want to discuss at the board meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of the classic book, “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts as summer approaches, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Invest in career coaching. According to Ford R.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We bring a doctor, a therapy and a coach,” says Bruno of the new service he’s launching. People looking for treatment simply don’t know where to go to get the most effective and affordable help. “We plug in to an employer and provide a holistic solution for the employees.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But for creators seeking to monetize their following, these newer platforms may be more attractive to some creators, since they already have built-in tools to help them monetize their followings. We decided to go with this model because we really want to have a relationship where we help the creators really make money. With its $5.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. Assigns tasks. Assign away.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The programs--which does not charge fees or take equity from companies in its program--says it is seeking nine early stage startups to take part in its eight-week program, designed to help early stage startups. Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

Based on my own years of experience helping new businesses grow, I’d like to offer my own summary of some key lower-level action items, which I believe every business professional and entrepreneur can learn and practice to their advantage: Show ambition and a sense of urgency in every role. Espouse a higher purpose than profit or recognition.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Ultrahuman says its platform "helps people meditate, workout efficiently, and optimize their sleep with the help of athletes, neuroscientists, artists, and psychologists", and that it has partnered with such athletes and celebrities like Crossfit champion Kara Saunders, Fitness celebrity Amanda Cerny, Coach Johannes Bartl, Hybrid athlete and coach (..)

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