Startup Professionals Musings

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5 Keys To Starting A New Venture In Your Local Town

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. In small towns, this may mean sponsoring local events, supporting complementary businesses, and community involvement.

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

Startup Professionals Musings

Alex is a Silicon Valley veteran and Cisco executive, often referred to as the ‘innovation therapist,’ who details his knowledge of many real-world cases and specifics on how to keep up with change and win in the marketplace. You can provide the discipline and the resources for results.

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7 Keys To Making People First And Winning In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, more than ever, the “why” needs to be a win-win for them, and for the greater community as a whole. Open architecture is more conducive to certain desired office behaviors, like collaboration and easy communication. Employees need to see and understand the “why,” before they can buy in to what they need to do.

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5 Ways To Sample The Joy Of An Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

Adopt the Silicon Valley entrepreneur family model. When I lived in Silicon Valley where “everyone” was an entrepreneur, I noticed that smart couples followed the strategy that both partners would never be in startups at the same time. Make yourself an active part of the entrepreneur community. Then be one later.

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7 Entrepreneur Stages Help You Assess Your Progress

Startup Professionals Musings

The place – finding a community where you can thrive. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. You can find other good ones these days in almost every community and university campus. The world moves fast today, so don’t let this stage slow you down.

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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

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Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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5 Ways To Kickstart Your Business Coaching Reputation

Startup Professionals Musings

Many more, as detailed in a new book, “ Trillion Dollar Coach ,” by Google executives Eric Schmidt, Alan Eagle, and Jonathan Rosenberg, tout the value of self-proclaimed coach Bill Campbell in Silicon Valley. Build community, inside and outside of work. The lesson here is to tap into the power of love.