View from Seed

MAY 14, 2020

Check out their advice on how best to manage a hybrid, or fully remote team, below. Meet our experts: Jessica Meher – Angel investor, startup advisor, and founder. How do you handle managing remote team members differently than your in person ones? She worked at Invision, which was entirely remote, with 500 employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Now it’s all about how fast you recognize and adapt to market change, new competitors, and new technology. Here are eight key principles I have learned from experience as a business advisor to keep you on the right track: Regularly realign your business vision and goals. Pay particular attention to advisor and investor input.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery. Here’s how they did it and what they delivered. We Changed The Class Format.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

She responded back that (paraphrasing), “he had gotten stuck at a conference with a very important potential advisor to his company. It was a big industry luminary and he needed to see whether he could meet with this advisor.” Not fun, but a reality. People reschedule meetings with me on a regular basis, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

As a business advisor, I meet many business professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs who are anxious to be their own boss , or have an innovative idea to start or acquire a new business. 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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Picking the right ones is more than half the battle. In my experience as a business advisor, I find that many people spend most of their time on the wrong problems , usually due to ego, daily pressures, or emotions. Learn things from every setback, no matter how small. You must re-prioritize daily.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 21, 2021

Michael Clinton is the former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines and currently serves as special media advisor to the CEO of the Hearst Corporation. We deep dive into how to fulfill your dreams at any age and how to make the second half of your life happy and productive. More About Michael Clinton.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2021

You can find a more complete discussion of founder’s syndrome on Wikipedia , but here are a few of the “symptoms” I observed in the founder and CEO in this case: Advisors and staff hand-picked from friends and connections. The first clue is some veiled comments about the motives of staff members, advisors, and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

I don’t want to hear how easy it’s going to be (naivete or over-confidence), but practical strategies to overcome the inevitable challenges and competitors that you will face. Pick a world you know and understand. Have the support of an expert team and advisors. Highlight a background of trust and integrity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Here are seven key considerations for how you should make your own best entrepreneur business idea decision in this context: Pick something you really enjoy doing. Don’t pick a technology idea that someone else believes will make you rich and famous, or a business area you are not intimately familiar with.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

How do you lose that debate? So how do you know when to publicly come forward with information and when to not do so? Is there a story that negatively affects how people perceive my brand? I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Crafting Your Leadership Story: Lessons Around the Campfire written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Tony Martignetti, a leadership advisor, coach, bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

From his own successes and failures in this domain, he explains how the rules and customer expectations have changed in today’s world, and he offers some practical guidance on how to survive in this new world. This includes how you find leads, close clients, and minimize free work or rework.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2020

It’s not often that we in business get to pick the leader we want work for, so approach advisors with this in mind. Your objective should be to select outside directors or advisors who have a wealth of expertise and experience, are not hesitant to speak up, with a positive intent of making your business a success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Picking a VC is hard. In my experience 90% of VCs fall short on their promises of how helpful or not they can be with intros. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Reputation of firm? Of partner? Deals done in your industry? It’s a bit of all of these. Most VCs are book smart. Connections?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, one of the most common requests I get is for an evaluation of a next startup idea. Pick an arena that gets your creative juices flowing, rather than one that everyone says is the next big thing. The right person can make any idea a business success, and the wrong one will always struggle.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get? It’s an age-old scenario: You’re building a company, you have a product idea, and you’ve got the framework laid out in your head, but you want some expert advice and guidance on how to take the next steps. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. I can’t emphasize enough how important a name can be. The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. The key is not to expect any magic or entitlement here.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Our conversation shifted toward discussing the problems within the podcast industry, specifically podcast apps, and how we might solve those issues. The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? It was 2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

Your concept has to be understood by customers and investors in 30 seconds or less, and everyone needs to immediately see how awesome it would be, or that they would be nuts not to have it. This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery. Here’s how they did it and what they delivered. How on earth would customer interviews work via video?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I’m sure you have all noticed how today’s customers have changed the way they shop, but I still find, as an advisor and consultant, that many of you aren’t sure how to deal with the new mode, or are still waiting for things to get back to the old normal. Customers expect to feel good about the whole experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Since I’m not a life coach, I can’t comment on the broader implications, but in my role as advisor to many startups, I do often find myself recommending a focus on many of his key points, which I will paraphrase here: Think in terms of action. Action starts with absolute clarity on the goals you want to achieve.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

We all intuitively know how important human connections are in business but for many people it’s like exercise or eating well – one of those things you keep meaning to get around to. I will soon announce a few fundings (not yet closed, sorry) and I’m beginning to help them think about how to ramp up their engineering teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2023

I have concluded as a business advisor that the right people are better than the best strategy. I have concluded as a business advisor that the right people are better than the best strategy. Matt is a recurring guest shark on TV’s Shark Tank for entrepreneurs, as well as a lecturer at the Harvard Business School.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

Join us as we explore the intricacies of strategic fitness and how it can revolutionize your approach to business success. 01:52] Periodic or Lifetime practice, how often does a leader think strategically? [03:37] 03:37] How do you balance the reality of long term and short term planning? [04:53] So Rich, welcome to the show.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

I just re-read it and on second reflection, I’m surprised just how much I found myself in near TOTAL agreement with Paul. I talked about this in my social proof post where I gave some suggestions about how to get the early guys off of the fence. I argued it in my post on how social proof helps fund raising with angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Your concept has to be understood by customers and investors in 30 seconds or less, and everyone needs to immediately see how awesome it would be, or that they would be nuts not to have it. This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? – What are your fundraising goals?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In my own business career, many years as a business advisor, and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I have validated the following strategies to practice and guide you. Then pick the best one. If this doesn’t come naturally for you today, I assure you that it can be learned. Don’t waste time fixing symptoms.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

You might pick up a few helpful nuggets of input from a free customer, but I’ll guarantee that you’ll learn way more from one that’s agreed to pay you top dollar. You might pick up a few helpful nuggets of input from a free customer, but I’ll guarantee that you’ll learn way more from one that’s agreed to pay you top dollar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2010

Advisors and staff hand-picked from friends and connections. The first clue is some veiled comments about the motives of staff members, advisors, and investors. Highly skeptical about planning, policies, and advisors. I’ll be short on specifics here, to protect the guilty, but I hope you get the idea.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

There’s no checklist on how to do this. We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Today’s topic was The Space Force and Modern War. Our guest speaker was Gen. John Raymond , Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force. Formation of the Space Force.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors. He was able to speak with a successful entrepreneur who told him how to restructure the debt (essentially by increasing their warrant coverage) and that was enough to seal the deal.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The key innovation of this new model is that, rather than trying to provide the entire door to door trip for the rider, Hitch leverages pick-up and drop-off locations that are “on the way” for drivers that are making the trip with empty seats. which gives them enough time to make it to the pick up location in time to meet their driver.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

As a former business exit advisor, she crafts exit strategies, adding up to five figures to clients’ net profit monthly so they can focus on growth. 04:47] How does the Scale to Freedom framework differ from other types of processes? [08:20] 16:21] How do you help people differentiate between growth and scale? [22:16]

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