Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2021

It’s most effective if the entrepreneur proposes the agenda and drives for specific insights, but never forgets to press the mentor for broader or related implications. Remember the difference between a mentor, a friend, and a coach.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In 2006 she sat next to a woman on an airplane who became her business partner in her next startup, Scribble Press. Anna was most recently GM and VP Partnerships at Fingerprint Digital, after selling Scribble Press to Fingerprint.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. I mostly like to have coverage in the tech press where most of my customers (entrepreneurs) and business partners (other VCs) are. You should focused on getting coverage where your users are.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

And when the press releases and the attaboys wear off it still comes down to real work. You have to figure out when to be the up-beat coach, “It will all get better, stay confident, keep the course” or the honest voice in one’s ear, “Listen mate, you’ve been protecting your head of product for far too long.

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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. And while the press always likes to mention the other big media investors who participated in the investments (Time Warner, Canal+, Astro, Singtel, Elisabeth Murdoch, Robert Downey, Jr. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2021

This is especially true from those of you who are perfectionists , and feel hard-pressed to delegate critical tasks to anyone who may be less capable. Focus on providing clear instructions and coaching. Even worse, I hear the terms control freak or micro-manager tossed around.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches. Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

The founders and team develop a huge confidence level that appropriately increases risk-taking, output, expansion, deals, revenue, press and everything that is a consequence of initial successes. I wish more startups would get personal coaches so they could let out their angst to neutral people — not staff, not investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

I’ve tried over the years to write many times about the realism of the downsides of being an entrepreneur because there is a complete cognitive dissidence between what you read about yourself in the press and what you feel internally about where you’re at in the journey. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

You got your tech press and your parents are proud. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. Confidence is THE single most important attribute in being able to attract money, hire staff, stave off creditors, get press, do biz dev deals, close big sales and one day sell your company. Confidence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

In many cases, customers would be delighted to be coached on upcoming needs, such as time to reorder medication or printer ink, before the crisis, with the option of getting the solution with a single click. Provide useful prompting to prevent future pain. This can save them grief, as well as reduce your own marketing and sales costs.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

The first ever Silicon Beach Hackathon will commence at 6pm at Cross Campus featuring CTO coaches from some of the top companies in LA. For all you working press out there don’t forget TechZulu and Coloft are hosting the press Hub. Silicon Beach Fest will bring together the best in tech in southern california.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment. Ongoing culture steps require tuning of measurements.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

In a press release The Disney Accelerator highlights the success of Sphero and announced: “They have a multi-property lineup for this year including the App-enabled Ultimate Lightning McQueen, the voice interactive Spider-Man, and more.”. “And

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s why I believe executive coaches are so important for startups who have the financial resources to afford them. One founder who gets more attention from a company’s success while one feels slighted and becomes jealous and resentful. We sat down the three of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. To show these companies that they can remain in LA. This education will continue. Each company will receive $50,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2013

It’s most effective if the entrepreneur proposes the agenda and drives for specific insights, but never forgets to press the mentor for broader or related implications. Remember the difference between a mentor, a friend, and a coach.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica. To request a press pass, please fill out the form on the press page. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. They'll take the risk of chocolate cake over the risk of diabetes in five years.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Full press release with more details is here. I set out some simple objectives, picked 13 startup CEO’s, planned a series of events, spent time personally trying to coach people through their fund raising processes and waited to see where it went. Today we announced Launchpad LA V2.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Successful leaders are good coaches and mentors, as well as being on the lookout for personal learning opportunities. Promote your culture and innovations through social media and the press to make the team proud of their jobs. A winning culture is filled with people who love to learn. Sponsor internal events to build team synergy.

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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. CEO’s run things. They run their business. So what does a COO at a startup do if the CEO should be managing things?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2012

It’s most effective if the entrepreneur proposes the agenda and drives for specific insights, but never forgets to press the mentor for broader or related implications. Remember the difference between a mentor, a friend, and a coach.

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Mentor Coach Entrepreneur Press 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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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 Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw recently, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s recent book “ Do It! How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Ask for help reviewing your press release. Ask them to mention you to the press, speak about you on stage when they do public events, whatever. When we recommended that Rob get a CEO coach he not only embraced it but craved it and thanked us for suggesting it. Assigns tasks. Already covered. But seriously. Assign away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

That doesn’t mean that everyone needs to participate in creating the typical marketing hype, or needs to face the press on a regular basis. Provide cross-functional mentoring and coaching. I believe the real challenge is make your whole team a marketing machine.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. It is not uncommon for a board to learn about the CEOs fund-raising activities by having a friend forward a press article announcing a raise or the “leak” of a fund raising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. So my counsel at this stage is often: build out your senior team, let them do their jobs, become a leader more than just a doer, allocate your time to the higher-level tasks like setting company goals, managing investors, talking to partners, managing the press, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

His 30 years of business and coaching experience bring credibility to his perspective. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. I like the points made in the classic book, “ You Can Win ,” by Shiv Khera. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

In addition to his reputation as a showoff, Reggie was renowned for deriding his teammates in the press and initiating clubhouse fights. Reginald Martinez Jackson was also often referred to as a “hotdog” for his self-promotional antics and lackadaisical on-field play.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2013

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I just saw today, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. I found some help from marketing coach David Newman’s new book “ Do It! How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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