Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There is an exemption from the requirements that these investors be accredited with net worth or income minimums to qualify legally to invest in your company. Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. Angel investment groups or funds. How many angel groups are there?

Equity 156

Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

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Networking Startup Activity Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Go for that black belt in networking.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup .Net 139

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. We could still deliver applicants and deliver passive job seekers to a company, but we could also delivery applicants that already understood what the cultur of the company was, and be able to measure the kind of footprint people were making on a social network.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Most professionals know that networking is the key to building their business and finding new opportunities, but don't necessarily know how to go about doing so effectively. A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Zenvoy (www.zenvoy.com) is looking to change that, with a service that helps match professionals with one-on-one networking.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Really great feedback that’s going to help us build an awesome product. Why did you venture into fitness? How many users? There’s something like 4.5

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. Net neutrality (1:09:00). How investors’ risk differ (0:22:45).

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Elon Musk via Flickr by TED Conference To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Media .Net Blogging 103

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] You want to establish a relationship here to gain access to their network at a later date. They can also help you with an SBA (Small Business Administration) loan, if that path is correct for you. If you are in retail, then a merchant cash advance may help you and grow with your business.

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Funding Entrepreneur Startup Invest 192

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are a lot of users, with lots of different email and instant messaging accounts, who are finding that there are too many ways to communicate with their friends and associates. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. That has a really large impact on early stage companies, who typically don't have a deep network of relationships, and the ability to get to those type of people. Tell us about the new fund?

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Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels.

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Take little to no net profit. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. Act big, behave small.

Organization 111

Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

The area which probably is really attuned to your readers, is we also serve many mid-market, growth oriented companies that are looking to grow and acquire customers, with paid and earned digital channels, paid search, paid media, social, email, and organic SEO, as well as digital PR and content. That's where we're the most impactful.

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Acquisition Paid Search El Segundo SEO 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 60,000 members around the world. As a member of one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization.

Angel 102

Angel Keiretsu Organization Template 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN).

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system. That makes it the first in console sales.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Take little to no net profit. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. Act big, behave small.

Equity 96

Equity Startup Summary Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Go for that black belt in networking.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Social Media .Net Startup 66

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

As discussed in Personal Pitch , entrepreneurs must cultivate the help of Donors during the early days of their adVenture. In most instances, the Donor’s compensation comes from the satisfaction of helping a fellow entrepreneur who is on the front end of her career. Thanks for making me look good.”.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Help Networking Startup 210

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a recent book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Go for that black belt in networking.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Social Media .Net Startup 112

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a book on this subject from a while back, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Go for that black belt in networking.

Startup 101

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media .Net 101

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. Be very careful with everything you write in an email or send in a text message. Lawsuits are becoming so prevalent these days. It is insanely common.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. Pipeline Fellowship teaches women to become angel investors and become a more powerful and helpful voice in the investment world. NON: I very much started with people in my network in the beginning.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Along with Selling (see Be Like Sam ) and Networking (see Making Stone Soup and Personal Pitch ), negotiating is a vital startup skill. ALL of your employees must sell, network and spend the company’s money as if it were their own. Encourage all of your employees to ask, “Is that your best price?” Professional Negotiator.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. <Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> billion).

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Take little to no net profit. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. Act big, behave small.

Tips 96

Tips Startup Summary Entrepreneur 96

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2010

As noted in Net Profit Score , salespeople have used references as a means of establishing credibility with strangers for hundreds of years. Thus, cite quantified results, such as percentage growth in revenue, number of new accounts closed, Net Promoter Scores achieved, etc.

Startup 113

Startup .Net Organization Networking 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 48

Angel Keiretsu Startup Template 48

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN).

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I was learning Ruby on Rails just ahead of the students and wrote the tools to help them manage the servers in EC2. Towards the end of 2006 I realized that EC2 was transformative and that people needed help understanding it as well as tools to work it. But throughout the transition I had my safety net.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

All you have to do is hover over any video or image and drag it to the network or service of your liking. You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM. If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. So we're driven by experts, who help you put together a plan. That's a market of 150 million people.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168