Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. The answer depends on what your current operations look like. If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. This provides both valuable experience and an understanding of the operational issues within each sector.

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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

MAY 26, 2023

Often products that introduce disruptive new technologies, such as electric vehicles or healthcare solutions, are dependent on supportive infrastructures, operational regulations, or insurance approvals before benefits can be realized. This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

Let’s take a hard look at the key potential weaknesses of a visionary, and the value of an execution-oriented partner, which the authors call an integrator : Staying focused and following through. Balance here comes again from the operational expert, who is very good at leading, managing, and holding people accountable.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. It’s not leadership. Leadership was not the problem. Strategy, technology, leadership – those were fine.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since employees have been working remotely, organizations have seen a significant increase in productivity and communication, making employers more open toward hiring or partnering with people that are located throughout the US and all over the world. It’s a win-win. Employees clearly want and enjoy the flexibility. Cost Savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

By making DE&I central to our mission, values, and daily operations, we not only enrich our own organizations but also contribute to building a more just, equitable, and inclusive society.” — Patrick Downes, Partner, Governance Ireland Inclusivity equals effectiveness and innovation. “DE&I It takes intentionality.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Connect operations today with long-term goals. Overtly connect every operational problem to your strategy, rather than putting strategy on a different plane and making it only an annual event. Explore partners and M&A to solidify your strategy. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And in addition to strengthening our interoperability with allies and partners. Prior to this appointment, Ms.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Not only were profits reduced, and businesses were forced to diversify in order to survive, but the way businesses operate has been forced to change. . Invest in Leadership Training. The practice of educating staff members in leadership abilities is referred to as leadership training. Partner Up with Micro-Influencers.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. John Raymond , Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force. He or she has to conduct operations today.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. That has mainly meant really figuring out how to be a leader and continuously refining my leadership approach as the company has grown.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2023

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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Board Effect

JUNE 25, 2023

Donors, volunteers, and partners support nonprofits because of their missions. A growing number of people are deciding where to put their time, money and energy based not only on the goals of a nonprofit, but also its commitment to environmental sustainability, leadership, employee diversity and other social responsibility issues.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2019

Now, with his business Wellness Works Management Partners, Brandon manages multiple private practices and consults with entrepreneurs and health practitioners worldwide. Describe your professional background and how it led you to create Wellness Works Management Partners. What does Wellness Works Management Partners do?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

The results were the very successful Alexa, Echo, and Home devices, which have propelled Amazon to a leadership position in smart homes. A company has many different functional areas–sales, marketing, product, engineering, finance, operations, and so on. So he simply asked, “What should we try next?” WHY CEOS STEP DOWN.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

They find themselves in a leadership role without much guidance and they aren’t sure how they can “skill up.” Every leader has to find their own way of doing the work of leadership. It is lonely being a leader, and leadership is lonely work. Your staff will be amazed by your engaging leadership, and will be more empowered.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Gone are the days of absentee leadership or CEOs who operate out of sight or behind the scenes. Often, this is most noticeable when it comes to employee retention and engagement: In a company with strong leadership, when something needs to get done, people strive to complete it — because they want to.

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Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Nonprofit leaders looking to maximize resources should take a fresh look at board management software, a versatile tool that can touch all aspects of organizational operations. For example, foundations, event committees, medical executive committees, quality teams, advisory boards and leadership teams, to name but a few.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2015

We were not any different, we had corporate bylaws, which my partner and I both reviewed and signed. Our company was essentially going to be 50/50, but since my partner at the time was Indian, we decided that we would apply for HUB status as a business. However, this is not the case for everyone.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 11, 2023

Raft recently raised $30 million in Series B funding with leadership from Eight Roads VC. Moguntia Capital wasn’t the only investor involved in the round; existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Episode 1, and Dynamo Ventures also chipped in. Q: How does Raft improve warehouse operations in the logistics industry?

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

Huge kudos to Bryan Leach at iBotta and Rachel Carlson at Guild Education for providing urgent and effective leadership here. wherever possible we are strongly encouraging our vendors, service providers and partner businesses to take similar precautions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

But the courage and leadership I am witnessing each day is inspiring. Trying to be transparent has always been a core value of NextView, and we hope that this will help founders and our co-investors better understand how we intend to operate in the early stage ecosystem in the next several years. . This is scary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Seek out only the best potential partners and customer leaders. For real influence, you need to elevate your customer and partner relationships, focus on high-potential ones that meet your point of maximum value, and say no to others. Build trusted and open partner relationships, with aligned incentives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused. The command and control leadership of the past is proving to be too inflexible, devoid of values, and not empathic to people issues – customers, employees, and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Reflect on how often you operate from judgment as opposed to perception. Down-line it’s the leadership model you use with your internal teams and external partners.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Imagine a world where charities, nonprofits, community banks and other mission-driven organizations operate with unprecedented efficiency, thanks to the power of artificial intelligence. ” Discuss these questions at board and operational level. 5 key insights from the discussion 1. What is our governance and mitigation strategy?”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Billy Bosworth is the CEO of DataStax ; he leads the company’s global strategy and direction, and oversees day-to-day operations. While leadership partly rests on personality, aptitude and drive, it also rests on ways of thinking and of skills that can be learned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most new businesses need three to five advisors or board members to regularly evaluate progress and resource needs, as well as your own leadership. Put operational systems and metrics in place early. Also take the time to get feedback on your own leadership and work on the culture. This is not a place for friends and family.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2016

By Ernst Gemassmer, Chairman, Startup Professionals As a retired executive I now reflect on my own leadership styles in different situations during my extensive career. My leadership style has evolved over time and I am wondering whether this is related to increasing experience or different situations. The market did not evolve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Reflect on how often you operate from judgment as opposed to perception. Down-line it’s the leadership model you use with your internal teams and external partners.

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