Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Successful entrepreneurs today must practice human-centered leadership to compete and win. There are many leadership styles out there that may have worked well in the past, including authoritarian and paternalistic. Failure is often not due to fiscal irresponsibility or lack of due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2020

As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

They look at your track record, industry leadership, marketing energy, moral values, and peer relationships. In this context, it’s always important to do your own due diligence on every potential investor, and not wait for them to come to you. Proprietary technology with a high barrier to entry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If these cases, I recommend some extra due diligence and soul searching, to make sure you are not about to go down the same road again. Often an outside perspective, especially if rooted in a different industry, will give you the insight you need to make a smart leadership decision.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

They look for businesses with a novel business plan, proven leadership, and in-depth industry experience to back them. Due diligence is often skipped or done on the fly while making direct investments because of the short time available to the investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

This strategy requires allocating a significant portion of your time, even as daily crises grow, to the nurturing of the leadership pipeline, mentoring high potentials, paying them well, and rewarding results with positive short-term feedback, as well as strategic promotional opportunities. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Successful entrepreneurs today must practice human-centered leadership to compete and win. There are many leadership styles out there that may have worked well in the past, including authoritarian and paternalistic. Failure is often not due to fiscal irresponsibility or lack of due diligence.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. She connected me with Andreessen’s due diligence team who were surprisingly open with all the technical analysis they had done. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

I’m sure you have seen many new ones, and now understand even better the due diligence required to validate the opportunity, and the executions steps required to make it happen. Use that same technical and business expertise that served you well on this startup to find the next opportunity. Ignore the voices of dissent again.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2018

However, running a successful company involves a lot of due diligence, some core leadership, management and even accounting knowledge, and the ability to delegate, entrust others with your weaknesses, and empower them to help you with critical elements such as tying decision-making to profitability, and not just gut reactions.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In “ Fearless Leadership: Overcoming Reticence, Procrastination, and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head “ , legendary business consultant and international speaker Alan Weiss, Ph.D.,provides This is, of course, metaphorical, and no one can die making leadership decisions, even wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 16, 2024

By setting goals and openly documenting progress, businesses showcase their corporate responsibility and establish leadership positions in sustainable operations. Failing to comply can result in legal repercussions and damage to corporate reputation, as the stakes are high, and due diligence is essential.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2012

As an Angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2013

As an Angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure. Marty Zwilling.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

As an entrepreneur and executive with years of experience, Mark Attanasio has advice to share about business leadership, the investment industry, and how to make your mark as a modern entrepreneur. I want to invest in companies that have new ideas and can create a sustainable advantage over their competitors in the market.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

When you think you’ve found the right hire, do your due diligence to ensure it’s a two-way fit. flexibility, camaraderie, close collaboration with company leadership, building something new), along with the benefits of your location – specifically for those outside of Silicon Valley (i.e. Look to organizations like i.c.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors. So, of course, they try to guess the internal traits, like honesty, dedication, vision, intelligence, and leadership based on external traits listed above. Calm and self-assured, rather than desperate.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Take part in startup investment due diligence. If you are asked to be on a startup board, be sure to do due diligence on the venture and the team. focusing your due diligence on the future to get the best sense of the business’ potential. This is a good place to start.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 30, 2014

It is upon these “ Due Diligence ” matters where the real - as opposed to the theoretical - money on early stage deals is made. Now, due diligence - as it is done by serious, professional investors - is an enormous undertaking. I call them the “Who, Why, and When” 15 minute Modern Due Diligence Checklist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2012

Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors. So, of course, they try to guess the internal traits, like honesty, dedication, vision, intelligence, and leadership based on external traits listed above. Calm and self-assured, rather than desperate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

M&A due diligence is the primary application of the VDR. Fundraising mandates involve lots of document and data sharing during due diligence investigation. Both leadership teams may need to find ways of providing such information without being compromised. Fundraising. Board Communications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2014

Successful entrepreneurs today must practice human-centered leadership to compete and win. There are many leadership styles out there that may have worked well in the past, including authoritarian and paternalistic. Failure is often not due to fiscal irresponsibility or lack of due diligence.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Do your due-diligence. Always do your due-diligence when hiring an employee to work in your business. Carefully craft your offering considering all the things that may be appealing to your desired audience. Ensure your role is not just another stepping stone to the next best thing! A car without checking the engine?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

You can no longer provide leadership by just “walking around” and talking to all the key people. This involves working with outside business advisors, doing your due diligence internally, and creatively integrating outside processes. Increase communication, both internally and externally.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

International team with development in a country known for building great games and tech companies plus leadership in our home court of LA, one of the monetization capitals of the country. By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. And Seriously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2022

Business leadership and success must be built on trust, so never jeopardize your image. There is no substitute for location visits, reference checks, and other due diligence before signing contracts. With your passion to win business, it’s always tempting to commit to high-risk results in short timeframes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors. So, of course, they try to guess the internal traits, like honesty, dedication, vision, intelligence, and leadership based on external traits listed above. Calm and self-assured, rather than desperate.

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