The Next Web

JUNE 22, 2013

A great idea ensure startup success, right? Yes, even the greatest ideas are still susceptible to ending up in the trash. As a startup founder, mentor, Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) member, I’ve witnessed far too many startups reach the end far too early. You’re too idea-focused. No mentors means no soundboarding.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They also have access to the Cooke Scholar Network, where alumni serve as mentors and open doors to career opportunities. Destination: Collaboration When Natasha was at the Mary’s Pence Annual Board Meeting in October 2023, she had an idea after a meeting about donor groups and a brainstorming session about non-monetary donations.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

scouts, teachers, mentors, and critics) they appeared to show evidence of an enormous capacity for developing future talent, turning them not so much into a promise, but a rather safe bet. Here are some ideas: Make a list of 510 people in your field who started around the same time as you. How to do it? Are they earning more?

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2018

I’ve found in my entrepreneurial efforts, and when I’ve consulted and mentored other companies, that a great product or service will only take you so far. Without the right marketing tools in place to back it up, that great idea will likely go overlooked and forgotten, no matter how fresh or exciting an idea it might be.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. The Mentor makes you feel that your success is always top of mind.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Any shortcomings, missteps, or miscalculation on the part of Black leaders seems to reinforce the ideas that they are unfit for their positions. Therefore, instead of making a significant financial investment in Black-led organizations, funders encourage Black leaders to participate in mentoring and/or leadership development programs.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The prior CEOs, who actually were mentors to both of us, have now stepped into global chair roles. Were leaning on people who have been peers, who have been mentors to us, who weve mentored. We ended up creating these innovation funds, which were granted based on peoples ideas, which ended up going firmwide.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Think about the employees who mentor others, uplift their teammates, or create an environment where all voices are heard. Call out those who took the time to share knowledge, advocate for a colleagues ideas, or create a positive team environment. How employees work is just as important as what they achieve.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Startups will get an upfront investment of $1 million from Sequoia; mentoring on company design from partners and operators affiliated with the firm (eg, founders and other key people from companies that it has backed); and a field trip to a legendary company to see it all in action. “Europe is so fragmented.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ The report offers some great tips and advice to those managing emerging leaders on how to mentor them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

When I say the phrase Burn the Boats, many people reflexively recoil at the idea, confusing total commitment with risk mitigation. The best leaders demonstrate a rare mix of confidence and humility the confidence to abandon their own bad ideas quickly and the humility to admit they were wrong in the first place.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Depending on the circumstances, these levels either promote efficiency with short, clearly defined reporting lines or create a long, perilous climb before ideas reach decision-makers. All staff members are empowered to contribute ideas. In my experience, the latter is the more common scenario. Clarify Roles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 21, 2011

When I first started pursuing the idea that technology can be harnessed to the cause of social good, it was pretty far out. We celebrate the notion that nothing is as powerful as a great idea when put in the hands of a bold entrepreneur, and the lionization of entrepreneurs is a trend.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Equally important is offering opportunities for employees to contribute beyond their job descriptions, whether through special projects or mentoring. Pillar 4: Psychological safety Ensuring employees ideas and concerns are met with curiosity and understanding is crucial for retention.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Knowing how much time and effort you spend planning events and campaigns inspired us to create this resource to inspire you with these successful ideas for end-of-year giving campaigns. We’ve got all kinds of challenge ideas and more in our 200+ Fundraising Ideas article ! Follow this step-by-step guide 1.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Or are you a sponsor and mentor? I have found that the most effective mentors know when to offer hands-on support and when to step away and let the employee struggle to understand a new idea or cultivate a new skill. Do you tell people that they “should” do that thing, or do you “offer” a solution? Are you a boss and a manager?

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TechImpact

APRIL 2, 2014

Finding a coach or a mentor can immediately impact your nonprofit, and yourself. Much of your former stresses may quickly melt away as you have someone there to bounce ideas off of, to help with fundraising ideas, and knows the ins-and-outs of building an effective board. Get a coach.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Career coaches and mentors are great. When my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I launched.orgCommunity one of our goals was to connect our colleagues with people and ideas who could expand their horizons and help them grow. Instead of focusing on your ideas, pay attention to others. The Circles offer a welcoming environment.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

To give you an idea of how long Uncharted was stuck in development hell, Mark Wahlberg was set to play lead character Nathan Drake back in 2010. The role eventually went to Holland, who would have been around 15 back then, with Wahlberg taking on the part of his mentor,

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

The idea of an office, or a physical place in which a person sits down to work, isn’t new. Again, while the idea of an office is now largely being denounced as outdated, it’s important to remember that there are tons of jobs that require bodies in a given location, and there are a ton of people who thrive on that structure and routine.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

The work left for the rest of us One of the more useful pieces examining this idea came out in January from Epoch AI , a small research group thats quickly become the most reliable source of data on cutting-edge AI models. With AI, presumably the need to mentor in-person becomes moot. What does that world look like?

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system. Fortunately, finding colleagues with whom you can share ideas and advice is easy. Seek perspective and the counsel of trusted advisors. When I was interviewing leaders for our Association 4.0 Take Joey’s advice.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

To fit its overseas ideals, SparkLabs boasts an impressive line-up of advisers and mentors — and a dozen more have joined recently, including Sang Cha, who built one of software company SAP’s core platforms, as well as Spindle’s Pat Kinsel who recently sold his company to Twitter, and Ty Ahmad-Taylor, who is Head of Smart TV Services at Samsung.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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The Next Web

MAY 13, 2013

On top of that, there will be weekly pitch sessions with a host of mentors, obligatory startup visits and regular talks from top entrepreneurs and investors from the Bay Area. The first edition of the Startup Dream Team program featured Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and Robert Scoble as speakers, and About.me

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

After discussing a range of ideas, the class was all in agreement: They wanted to open an ice cream store. The ideas started free-flowing: “A big sign in front of the store!” “On I told them they were on to a good idea, and their friends and family would be great targets to seek angel investors. Not just any business, however.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this crucial juncture, the views of venture capital market leaders, mentors and experts carry greater weight, and many of them have publicly and unequivocally advised founders to lengthen their project’s runway and push it into the black. A mentor advised the founder to lengthen their runway as much as possible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to enlist directors with influence to champion the idea. The idea is not to find fault but to discover opportunities for learning how to work together more effectively. Assign senior directors to mentor junior members to help them to become better contributors. Was there anything that undermined our success?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Angel investing, venture capital and mentoring. If you want to work on your startup idea, the bar for starting a company should always be very high. For free resources to help research your ideas, see What startup will you build? Consulting. Sell information products. Education and self-improvement. We hope you will join us!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Even experienced founders don’t know what they don’t know, and having some structure and a group of like-minded people can help you refine your idea and get the product off the ground. However you do it, whether an incubator or an accelerator, you are generally very early with your idea, and that’s OK.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp , an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events, where entrepreneurs present their companies, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp. “If

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Accelerators are often exciting, collaborative and deeply rewarding incubators that help you to grow your startup, develop a product or idea, and find follow-on investors. Even if you have the next multi-billion dollar idea, you need a little business know-how before you get stuck into a full-fledged startup accelerator.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Moon tells TNW that the fund is targeting the gap between early stage ideas and Series A — an issue he is well aware of from his work with graduates of the SparkLabs accelerator program. That’s a very different prospect to the many Silicon Valley-based VCs who refuse to invest in startups that are anything less than an hour’s drive away.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Prompt: “ Please write engaging copy promoting my raffle fundraiser benefitting Community Cares, a nonprofit supporting underserved kids in the community with after school enrichment programs such as mentoring, tutoring, sports and dance classes. We also provide meals to those that need them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can have four types of allies, each of which can have powerful roles in your life: Friend, Mentor, Sponsor and Benefactor. Many of us struggle with the idea of self-love, believing that it may be mistaken as selfishness or narcissism. She explains that you need a mix of each of these.

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