Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. Only one component of running a business is managing technology, but it is a critical component, so no entrepreneur can afford to ignore it or totally delegate it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. All partners have compatible work styles. Look impartially from all angles and do the follow-up on all relevant previous roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2021

Yet I suspect that few of you have seriously thought about the scope of problems that every CEO must face, and what capabilities are the key to success, whether your company is a small startup, or a multi-billion multi-national conglomerate. Provide leadership to drive a transformation. Manage the conflicting demands of leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2020

Entrepreneurs inherently understand that they have to be the initial leader of their startup, but often they don’t have the experience or the training to know where their leadership competencies lie, or how to build a leadership team. That’s intelligent leadership. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

IML’s leadership role as a resource for the U.S. Paolo Salvadeo, CEO of DEKA and General Manager of its parent company El.En. As part of IML’s commitment to industry leadership and education, the company will launch educational Toolkits, slated for Q4 2023. market while offering expanded educational opportunities and resources.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

However, looking at this change, we need to embrace digital leadership and take a stand in how we bring about this transformation. To capitalize on this increased demand, it’s evident that companies will need to fall back on their cybersecurity staff to provide the infrastructure they need for effective digital leadership.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Startup studios continue to grow in popularity as incubators for new businesses. Rather than simply launching one startup, the startup studio model creates an organization whose business is launching startups. These can then be repeated and improved on with each successive startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Many professionals in business, from startups to multi-nationals, assume that team leader or executive is an appointed position, and the skills come with the title. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2013

Many professionals in business, from startups to multi-nationals, assume that team leader or executive is an appointed position, and the skills come with the title. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building? She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership, So why now?

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

With startups and many smaller businesses often having tighter budgets than more established companies, it becomes vital to implement measures to limit potential liability. So how exactly can startups limit their liability in such incidents? One area where liability can be substantial is company car accidents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. The entrepreneurial mindset is a function of motivation, priorities, and risk versus reward, all of which you set or enable by your leadership and example.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 1, 2022

Every leading position in business requires a demonstration of diverse skills and leadership styles. Transformative leadership is also important. My leadership style is best described as benevolent in that I feel that the best leader is the one who is most supportive of the people below them. Innovations drive my leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

Every one of you business owners I know has worked hard to build your brand, and recognizes the critical value of instant brand recognition and leadership. As you expand the business into new geographies and market segments, focus on culture inclusivity rather than trying to manage multiple subcultures.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Central to fostering this resilience is the role of compliance in risk management. It encompasses a proactive approach to managing risks that a business faces internally and externally. Risk Identification and Mitigation One of the primary functions of compliance in risk management is the identification and mitigation of risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2019

Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have no idea how dramatically your own role has to evolve as you develop a solution, start a business, and expect it to scale into a successful self-managed company. Here is an outline of the stages that we both see: Envision, implement, sell, and manage every step.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. In reality, I’m one of the majority of investors who believe that startup success is more about the execution than the idea.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

So, you’ve joined a Homeowners Association (HOA) and found yourself in a leadership role. Managing an HOA is a pretty complex task. A good manager needs to stay on top of accounting, collect HOA fees, and maintain open communication channels for their community. Using HOA Management software can be seriously helpful here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In businesses, this requires a new internal culture and leadership. This focus also allows your team to better manage disagreement and conflict by reminding everyone of the shared intent. Use curious confrontation to manage disagreement and conflict. Listen with mutual respect and fearless exploration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

I often wonder how many more startups would succeed if their founders could master the art and science of delegation. I saw this challenge highlighted well in a new book, “ Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results ,” by Fred Halstead. You can’t afford the delay. Afraid that delegating means losing control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2018

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Understand both leadership and management. You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader or a manager.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

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

AUGUST 30, 2020

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Understand both leadership and management. You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader or a manager.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Running your own business is incredibly liberating and fulfilling, but it can also be a particularly challenging journey, especially considering the large percentage of startups that fail during their first year. Leadership skills. Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels. Project planning. Web development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2013

Entrepreneurs inherently understand that they have to be the initial leader of their startup, but often they don’t have the experience or the training to know where their leadership competencies lie, or how to build a leadership team. That’s intelligent leadership.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

The authors of the new book Today’s Inspired Leader published by Fig Factor Media , demonstrate their own personal stories and statements about defining leadership. Amy Wasson-Throw, President of the Amy Throw Group and creator of the “Full Circle 7 “, a transformational approach to executive presence and leadership.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’m sure I would speak for the entire board and management team in asserting this. Nanea Reeves has a storied career in senior leadership roles at technology companies. In our video we discussed leadership topics such as managing product and engineering teams, communication and company organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2020

Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series. Jeannette Collazo, CEO of Lurdez Consulting Group , which offers IT project management advisory and services. Her belief in the need for educating upcoming IT project managers in better relational skills led to her writing of T.E.A.M.: We interviewed Ms.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2021

Could having a coach for your startup have the same positive effects on your business? Here are 10 benefits you get when you get startup coaching. That’s where startup, business, or executive coaching comes in. Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Leonardo Di Caprio have also invested in business startup coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding or complement your skills to kick start your company? The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. Provide effective leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2023

Yet I am seeing more and more success from “beta” startup cultures, like Zappos and Amazon, where the emphasis is on collaboration, curation, and communication. Winning startups today are horizontal, not hierarchical. Leaders of tomorrow need to practice ego management. Winning contemporary startups stress innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2020

A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors. As pointed out in a classic book by leadership expert Herminia Ibarra, very few people are born knowing how to “ Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. All partners have compatible work styles. Look impartially from all angles and do the follow-up on all relevant previous roles.

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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. All too often, quitting is a response to a perceived lack of leadership or appreciation by key executives.

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