Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I have met several young people in business recently who believe that they are natural born entrepreneurs, and actually seem to feel that traditional training and experience may be a detriment to their success in this new world. I concede that some natural born disciplines do exist, but more often I tend to agree with Peter Drucker , who said “It’s not magic, it’s not mysterious, and it has nothing to do with genes.

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YFS Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Remember that selling is not always easy. But if you face every hurdle with resilience and a positive mindset, then nothing can get in your way!

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2015

The rules of science dictate that a mirror shows exactly what is in front of it but that doesn’t necessary mean all observers will describe the reflection consistently. We see what we want to see and it was interesting to notice various interpretations of today’s Lefsetz Letter on Grantland. Specifically, what to do with the.01% most talented people (coddle them, don’t coddle them; put them in companies, don’t put them in companies; teams matter more in my industry).

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2015

The reason that aliens have never made contact with humans is that they don’t think we’re in charge. I go jogging every other day, and I always see humans walking behind dogs. The dogs are leading the humans along a path, with a rope attached to the human. The humans are following the dog with a plastic bag. If the dog happens to do a poo, then the human stops, picks it up, and keeps on walking behind the dog while carrying the poo.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Weekend Favs October Thirty One written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Let me start the post with three statements. 1. I have attention deficit disorder, it is a real condition , I have been diagnosed including having radioactive isotopes through my brain to map my development and yet I’m a leader, I have accomplished much, I did well in school and went on to earn a master’s degree and I can actually concentrate when I want to.

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