Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

.’ In addition to hustle and one’s existing network, I’m always interested in whether or not a ‘needle magnet’ is being built alongside the other efforts to find startups. Some force that pulls exceptional startups to you, directly or via intermediaries, in a privileged and sustainable fashion.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. This lesson has influenced my leadership style profoundly.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

.” I don’t entirely agree with that and my experience with it has been different, but it brings up an incredibly important topic about leadership. I like to keep things simple and in my simple mind, leadership comes in two flavors, visionary leadership and operational leadership. It will be an incredible trip.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). I generally think that superstars are not the first people to hire in a startup. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice. LOVING Balsamiq!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. And that person has almost certainly chosen specifically to be a startup lawyer over serving other types of customers because he or she enjoys working with entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. You didn’t join startups then. You joined a startup if you couldn’t get a real job.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. Otherwise, what I want to do is to help people realize their leadership ability and to encourage them. What advice would you give to future leaders? . By Jewelle Saunders.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

It’s why I’m such a big proponent of Eric Reis’s Lean Startup movement and of virtually anything written by Steve Blank – the latest is The Startup Owner’s Manual written with Bob Dorf. This is exactly where leadership comes in. Leadership Startup Lessons' Set hard deadlines.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) EQ and Team Leadership? Politics are a part of human nature and thus a part of all startups. Startups are hard.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

We all like to think of startups as “non hierarchic&# organizations and to some extent that should be true. A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. Don’t skip.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. I know all of this, like most everything I learned about startups, from making mistakes at my first company. A’s, B’s & C’s.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Two registered dieticians co-founded the health tech startup that has provided over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions over four years. health tech startup Culina Health is stepping in to bridge a crucial gap in healthcare. As obesity rates soar in the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2011

After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. He was recounting one of his higher profile startups to me. Leadership – It’s hard to be a real leader. About a month ago I was meeting with a seasoned entrepreneur.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. Too often in fast-paced, pressure-packed startups, there are simple misunderstandings. My top advice? It’s not first grade.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

One of the unavoidable realities of building a startup is having to fire people. But in startups this equals death. Teams are organisms and they detect bad cells even more quickly than leadership does. Startup Advice' In a normal business you can often sweep bad performers under the rug and not deal with them.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Being an effective founder of a high-growth company requires a bundle of technical, analytical, leadership and communication skills that don’t often come packaged in a single individual.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

At a startup, it’s another story entirely. For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key. Given how quickly word spreads in the startup community, you can’t risk earning a reputation as a “me first” founder. Entrepreneurs wear more hats than anyone, but none is more important than the leadership cap.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Personalized Advice and Guidance One of the most significant advantages of one-on-one mentoring is the personalized advice you receive. With one-to-one mentoring, you aren’t getting generic advice you’re receiving insight applicable to your business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Or having the tough conversations with their senior leadership to say why you can’t continue to allocate resource? Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Afraid to “ upset the apple cart &# by pulling your resources back from that partner and spending time elsewhere?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss: Why you shouldn’t always trust billionaire’s advice. Should you trust billionaires for startup advice? When seeking advice on an app he was building, Aaron Dinin, PhD met two entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

Clarity of purpose in leadership matters. Doing nothing is avoiding real leadership. There’s no place for that in a startup. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I think people with this affliction have a hard time being great leaders. They dither on decision-making.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

Safe space for brainstorming – Test ideas without judgment or politics Consistent advice – Your virtual advisors won’t forget previous conversations Customizable expertise – Add or remove advisors based on your changing needs Setting Up Your Virtual Board Ready to create your own advisory team?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2019, the program was expanded in each of Ecuador’s provinces, providing “mini master’s degrees” in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. Her advice to YLAI Network members on overcoming obstacles is to “assume people are willing to help and ask for help and support when you need it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

By sophomore year I got the inspiration to hold leadership positions in the fraternity. Having held all of the major operational functions of the fraternity I was ready for “real leadership.&#. I had the experience and leadership skills. Startups should flip burgers. Then Gregory called me and asked the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

One of my most important messages was if you’re sitting around dreaming about creating an innovative startup don’t start by reading TechCrunch and thinking about how you’re going to copy all of today’s innovative companies. That’s called product leadership. Tags: Startup Advice.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. They’re far from it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand. Startup Advice' When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. She was a nurse but was never graduated from a 4-year college. Even today.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

Privately you all acknowledge that nobody believes in it yet we’re letting our leadership continue to invest our money and reputation on something we know is going to fail because it has no real basis. All startups are hard. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Me: “LOL.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

Pandemic-induced office closures led to nearly impossible circumstances for a startup focused on events and coworking spaces. And from the beginning, he always appreciated a fundamental truth about the relationship between startups and VCs: [link] Here’s what Ryan had to say more recently: “Revolution Growth is an incredible partner.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The YLAI Network interviewed Marcos to learn more about his various organizations, his advice to network members, and his entrepreneurial spirit. I no longer work with Digital Footprint, but the organization remains successful and has evolved into the Arbusta software startup. Do you have any advice for YLAI members?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

But in leadership and entrepreneurism the top-down approach will be the right solution more often than not. Tags: Startup Advice. I challenge you to consider whether you’re top-down or bottom up. In analysis there are always circumstances for each approach.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

” – Zak Nordyke, EO Cincinnati, founder, Evergreen Mentorship “Accountability is a huge motivator: In one accountability group meeting, I said I would implement an employee profit sharing and a long-term incentive plan for my leadership team. So, I then had a month to do it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

Before diving into entrepreneurship, wouldn’t it be ideal to tap into the knowledge of experienced, thriving business owners for advice on failure-proofing a new business? Join an executive group: It empowers you to develop leadership skills and knowledge, which is nearly impossible to do alone. marketplace. Embrace vulnerability. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2024

At EO’s 2024 Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Singapore, the more than 1,800 attendees from 65 countries sat in on an energetic fireside chat with Chatri Sityodtong , founder and CEO of ONE Championship , the world’s largest martial arts organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

To fellow entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey, my advice is clear: If you are committed to bootstrapping your business, be prepared for the long haul. With his extensive industry experience and visionary leadership, Jordan has established Equifund as a pivotal player in disrupting middle market investment banking.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2019

The post What We Wish We Knew Then: 7 EO Members Share Advice for Graduates appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Jody Steinhauer, EO Toronto, founder of Engage and Change and president and chief bargain officer of Bargains Group and Kits for a Cause. “Winter is coming.”

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