Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

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. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. You need to be very present in these periods of time. This is when founders need you the most – either are coach, mentor, interviewer, work off-loader or honest-mirror-reflection of reality.

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Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

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. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

Writing 111

Writing Coach Incubator Entrepreneur 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

If you’re an early investor like I am that often means writing the first $2-3 million check into a business that previously had either survived on fumes or on a $500,000 angel round. When you hire somebody really strong in this function you can also give her the task of creating your board presentations.

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. All other board functions are secondary. Of course they should not.

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Class Coach Invest Sales 179

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

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. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. This is something I try to coach against.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. So if you really want to be an entrepreneur, there is no time like the present. These include: Managers delegate real work. In a startup, that luxury isn’t possible, so the work suffers. Executives have perks.

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Entrepreneur Startup Training Course 95

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

You want to get some candor from the executives who are presenting as part of the event. The last thing, is understanding how open and receptive all of these CEOs were to feedback, coaching, and improvement. It was just really great content, that frankly, all entrepreneurs, not just women, can benefit from.

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Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes. When we recommended that Rob get a CEO coach he not only embraced it but craved it and thanked us for suggesting it. .” I know it sounds obvious.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

By the time of my second company MySQL was a much more robust solution and worked well when you had to read a lot of information but was less performant on “write&# activities. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. Skipping is insidious.

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Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

A trophy investor is a great coach and mentor, sometimes providing the only shoulder an entrepreneur can cry on during difficult times. The skills required for obtaining funding, such as business plan writing, pitch presentation and group communication are different than the skills needed to grow and operate a successful business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. So if you really want to be an entrepreneur, there is no time like the present. These include: Managers delegate real work. In a startup, that luxury isn’t possible, so the work suffers. Executives have perks.

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Startup Company Companies Training 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2011

Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. So if you really want to be an entrepreneur, there is no time like the present. These include: Managers delegate real work. In a startup, that luxury isn’t possible, so the work suffers. Executives have perks.

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Startup Training Course Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2010

Executives in an enterprise usually don’t write their own memos, contracts, and certainly don’t schedule their own meetings. So if you really want to be an entrepreneur, there is no time like the present. These include: Managers delegate real work. In a startup, that luxury isn’t possible, so the work suffers. Executives have perks.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Company Companies Training 92

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

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. We were invited in March to the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to present. That was the basic, preliminary insight into KarmaGoat.

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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. I came back and presented a very detailed analysis to the board. There are many great VCs.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 297

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Participants spend their time soaking in hot springs, eating delicious and healthy organic Ayurvedic inspired meals, stretching out each morning with two hours of yoga, staying grounded through guided meditations, exploring new ideas in workshops, writing, drawing, sharing in group discussions and being present.

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Pricing Coach Email Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

Negotiate directly with your VC or acquirer with lawyers present in the room. You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do. Everybody is in the room to hear the issues. Shit gets done. Don’t let lawyers toss the ball back-and-forth. Cut out the middle man.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

You will have to hone your story well, down to fifteen minutes and perhaps fifteen slides in your presentation. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. With angel groups and funds, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding. Accelerators.

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Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For me, it’s very much showcasing that angel investing is not just writing a check, it’s so much more. In addition to coaching and mentoring, I want to put them in the game of investing into startups. Also, the skill sets and expertise they can learn and experience as an entrepreneur.

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: On Sunday we presented to a panel of judges consisting of entrepreneurs and a VC investor. There are countless of great individuals willing to help, coach, mentor and guide new companies and new entrepreneurs that vastly outnumber the ones who seek out to do damage. We are all part of the ecosystem after all.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

You will have to hone your story well, down to fifteen minutes and perhaps fifteen slides in your presentation. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. With angel groups, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding. company.

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Equity Startup Organization Invest 232