Competition Examples Mentor 
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). She is a coach and mentor to team members.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. He launched our scout program as an example. Wait, What About Yves?
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. Local mentors matter. I figured if we couldn’t fund every company locally we should at least embrace them as a community and show that we’re willing to mentor them whether they raise their money in town or not.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. Before, when things were frothy, people were not as discerning as we are now.
socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2012
There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We're really excited for the next steps. Sam Teller: Great question.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2013
.” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make. Take me for example. Thus, a desire to invest more locally where I think I have a competitive advantage. Examples include DataSift (San Fran & London), MyTime (SF) and awe.sm (SF).
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 18, 2023
In this context, even “satisfied” is only a “meets-minimum,” and does not put you ahead of your competition. Feedback from the field shows that a successful collaboration , whether with customers, employees, vendors, or other business partners, will make your company stronger and more competitive in the marketplace.
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