Eric Tachibana

Slideshow about Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs by Eric Tachibana

This spreadsheet provides a step-by-step example of building a financial model.

Advice for buyers and sellers of start-ups to help with the due diligence process

Slideshow about Enterprise Social Networks 101: for clued-in MNC managers by Eric Tachibana

Slideshow about Youtube Rants - 10 best rants on Youtube by Eric Tachibana

Whether you are in an industry led by multi-national firms that require many specialized knowledge workers doing related and dependent tasks to work together to create synergistic value, or if you are a fast-moving, hip start-up, it is necessary for us to have a lot of meetings. In an average week, I probably spend at least 40% of my time working with between 3-10 people at once, and usually across locations. I am sure you are the same. As such, having excellent meeting skills can make a huge difference in how well you deliver in your role and we deliver as a firm.

As a hiring manager for a large multi national bank, Director in several small and mid-sized companies, and as a University professor, I am asked the same question time and time again by students trying to choose between jobs...."If I have a few offers on the table, how do I select which job to take?" Well, rather than repeat myself over and over again, I have put together an example hypothetical rubric that I think could help guide a robust decision-making process.

This is a thought piece written primarily for me - to get my head straight about how I will raise agnostic children, given a religious school environment

Slideshow about Practical Operational Risk Management - MITPM Conference by Eric Tachibana

A deck used to strike up a conversation about Exit Planning at an Angel's Gate Offline Workshop.

More help with writing status reports

Some advice on writing good progress reports for business managers.

After setting firm-wide strategy and goals in a start-up, it is useful for each department to do the same in order to ensure strategic alignment from top to bottom. Here is an example, though slightly dated, it still is a reasonably good example.

Forecasting & developing future innovation with Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing A presentation for FST Media Banking Technology and Innovation conference, Kuala Lumpur

Slideshow about The new risk context for MNC banks and possible mitigating approaches by Eric Tachibana

HOW TO USE THIS Cascading objectives from the top of an organization all the way to individuals is a difficult, but importanbt task for a leader. The task becomes doubly complex when you are in a horizontal function, like a region. This template is used to sanity check alignment. The rows should represent objectioves streams - objectives of matrix stakeholders. The columns are individual personal objectives across a team. Column AU shows a Team Leader how well aligned her team is to all the stakeholder priorities.

Slideshow about 8 Reasons to fail regularly by Eric Tachibana

Ideas on how to recognize employees who do a good job

My off-the-cuff perception of deals that fit within an angel investor's sweet spot.

Just a case study with a nice format

I am often presented with completely heinous proposals. They are too long, too detailed or not detailed enough, focus on the wrong points or simply fail to ever get to the point. In an effort to improve the baseline, this is just an example of how I’d personally like to see administrative proposals presented.

A deck that counts down - for use in training sessions where you need a timer

A guide for line managers at eXtropia, a small company of about 40 people that was going through a common growth phase of start-ups

Most companies have a process/roundtable during which senior managers makes decisions about end of year compensation and promotions. As a line manager, your role is to make recommendations on behalf of your team members. At the same time, other managers will be doing the same, so being prepared/convincing can make a big difference in the outcomes. This deck can be used as a worksheet to help prepare for those roundtables.