Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2021

Over the years I have spent mentoring entrepreneurs and startups, I often notice the similarities between successful professionals managing their careers and successful entrepreneurs building a business. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, and grow more in our lives and careers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

You need a team focused on the future as well as the present. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As a mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs , I often get asked for tips on a strategy to get started. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. The challenge is when and how to make the switch to the entrepreneur lifestyle. The ability to pivot quickly is a key to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

Even the best do extra homework to prepare mentally and emotionally to be at their personal best to deliver on key performance meetings and presentations. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. In addition, you can reduce to soft costs of mentoring, relationship building, and socializing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Due in large part to the current economy and an ultra-competitive job market, a Gen-Y entrepreneurial tsunami is already upon us. For a startup or small business executive serving as mentor, the proverbial “win-win” is created as they benefit from an injection of essential bandwidth, youthful energy, and technical expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Plan to spend a couple of months on this effort, and then allocate at least 50 percent of your time presenting and selling it the first year. Assess who you can get for value and mentoring. You should pick an idea that you can hand off quickly to investors, or one you can grow as a legacy for your family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues. It’s a complex competitive world out there, and learning is a full-time role. Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

They include real mentors, facilitators, visionaries, motivators, and negotiators. Compounding these strategies in today’s startup environment are two divergent concepts: a heightened degree of competitiveness, and a greater emphasis on teamwork. Avoid associating with them. Proactively form relationships with positive types.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Being a part of the SOTY alumni lasts well beyond the pitch competition. One of our advisors heard about the Startup of the Year competition and thought we should consider pitching. The Startup of the Year competition has always recognized that great ideas and talent live everywhere – not just the coasts. APPLY HERE.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

You need a team focused on the future as well as the present. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

A company presents. The rest of our partners, principles, associates and EIRs can weigh in with commentary on their views of the quality of the entrepreneur, the market, the product, competition and so forth. Great leaders are rare and competition for capital, people, press and customers can be brutal. Only the best survive.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

At Startup Night SXSW 2018 presented by Kauffman and TechCo, 25 inspiring and diverse startups showcased their latest innovation and competed for $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast track ticket to be a Startup of the Year semifinalist at Innovate Celebrate 2018. . The Mentor Method.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

Even the best do extra homework to prepare mentally and emotionally to be at their personal best to deliver on key performance meetings and presentations. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This opportunity sort of just presented itself, because I knew every student hated buying books and there was no easy way to od it. They've got a program called Springboard, which helps really young companies get set up with mentors, and guides you through the startup process. They act as mentors and help companies grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

You need a team focused on the future as well as the present. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

Panelist judges Dave Siemer, Eva Ho, and Karen Jashinsky, sat and watched as these six teams of 3-5 girls took the stage and gave a full pitch presentation of what their mobile apps would be. Entrepreneurship : Through working with their mentors, each team acted as a startup, conducting market research for their pitch presentations.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2011

I was having a chat with an entrepreneur who I really like and who I try to mentor from time-to-time. If you’re hot you might be able to push this down to 15-20% depending on the investor and the competition. I’ve seen this guy present. One problem. He’s struggling to raise money. He does a good job.

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Pricing Venture Capital Competition Startup 284

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

She presents a convincing array of real examples that we have all seen, and offers the following reality principles for business leaders and professionals who want to turn this trend around in their environment: Always give others the benefit of the doubt – assume noble intent. Develop accountability through coaching and mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2013

Over the years I have spent mentoring entrepreneurs and startups, I often notice the similarities between successful professionals managing their careers and successful entrepreneurs building a business. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, and grow more in our lives and careers.

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Startup Entrepreneur Demand Competition 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Over the years I have spent mentoring entrepreneurs and startups, I often notice the similarities between successful professionals managing their careers and successful entrepreneurs building a business. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, and grow more in our lives and careers.

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Startup Entrepreneur Demand Competition 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

Even the best do extra homework to prepare mentally and emotionally to be at their personal best to deliver on key performance meetings and presentations. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. We worked on Beatshare at Chapman, where there was a business plan competition, which we won. We put together a presentation deck, and ended up pitching to the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues. It’s a complex competitive world out there, and learning is a full-time role. Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

They include real mentors, facilitators, visionaries, motivators, and negotiators. Compounding these strategies in today’s startup environment are two divergent concepts: a heightened degree of competitiveness, and a greater emphasis on teamwork. Avoid associating with them. Proactively form relationships with positive types.

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Startup Social Network Entrepreneur Mentor 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

I saw a new approach in the book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda a while back, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

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Product Coach Framework Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They include real mentors, facilitators, visionaries, motivators, and negotiators. Compounding these strategies in today’s startup environment are two divergent concepts: a heightened degree of competitiveness, and a greater emphasis on teamwork. Avoid associating with them. Proactively form relationships with positive types.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. In mentoring, we match experienced angel investors with, what I like to call them, “angels-in-training” so they can share the lessons learned. I know several women who have been mentoring entrepreneurs and I encourage them to step up to the plate.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. The Mentor Method (Washington, D.C.). AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). Price: $1.99

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2013

If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership. Yet beyond a list of noble attributes, like vision, courage, and integrity, it’s hard for them to define what separates an ordinary entrepreneur or manager from an extraordinary leader.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues. John Morris: It's probably been a little more than a year in its present shape, although we've been patient because we have no budget. Where is this talent coming from? How long has your group been working on this?

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