Recruiting the Best Candidates From Your Internal Talent Pool
One of the hardest tasks of a business owner is hiring the right people. Top performers must have the right ...
3 Branding Exercises Every Founder Should Do
A lot of business owners believe that the “culture” side of branding will take care of itself as long as ...
3 Ways To Start Accomplishing Your Goals
If you want to start accomplishing your goals you need to understand that your reputation, a.k.a your “personal brand,” is ...
How To Pick A Business Model That Is A Match For You
It’s painful when you start a new business for the wrong reasons. As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, one of ...
LA Tech Week in Review
With so much going on in the thriving LA tech and startup ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the news in ...
5 Ways to Successfully Make Your Startup Stand Out
Startups, especially those that are bootstrapping, tend to focus more on building product/services than they do on marketing them. But ...
Where We Are Investing Now: Biosciences
Health is a remarkable area for early-stage investment. It shows more activity, more exits, more corporate involvement, and more overall ...
Stop Investing in Companies and Start Investing in Brands
Imagine this. A promising new band is ready to start their first world tour. They have managers and found investors ...
10 Strategies For Building A Business With Influence
Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize ...
How to Successfully Network While on the Road
Any entrepreneur can share countless travel stories of lonely hotel dining and tasteless room service dinners. Combine that with red-eye ...