Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. Whether we like to admit it or not, PR drives behavior with customers, investors, employees and competition. In a startup this is a mistake.

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Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. TechCrunch article. Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article.

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Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Put simply – if you invested early in Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. For starters some funds are small and thus while they put $750k into your company to own 10% of your company they might not be able to write another $2 million if you then raise a $20 million round (10%). ” Some do, some don’t.

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

That student is Erin McCann who formerly worked in sales at Google, so she has some ground to stand on in her assertions. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support.

Startup 319

Startup Sales Course Competition 319

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! The more you play around with ideas and you write them down, the better. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable? NOTE: competitors validate your idea, if you lose heart after one Google search, you are not sufficiently passionate about the idea.

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Ideas Guide Startup Santa Barbara 266

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. As a result many funds are OK with big bets. In our regions? eBay and others.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If I write back, and tell them to stay at the Marriott in Del Mar, we would detect the Marriott Del Mar in your message, whether that's on Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, in a text message, in an email, or whatever, and convert that into a link to one of our merchants who are part of the Wildfire network. What does that look like?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in Forbes. Modern-day entrepreneurs use Evernote, Google Keep, etc. The more you play around with ideas and you write them down, the better. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable? Slow Hunches Lead To Breakthroughs. You’re As Smart As Your Network.

Ideas 69

Ideas Startup Technical Review Santa Barbara 69

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Eliminate Voicemail – I’ve read many articles on productivity over the years and most will tell you to severely limit the amount of inbound phone calls you receive. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. I was a Google Desktop user for years.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Get yourself in a big demo day competition. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! And who cares, right?

Press 357

Press Startup Yahoo Venture Capital 357

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 What’s The Worst Mistake?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo!

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! If the BDC has no competitive incentive to market your solution, there is a real risk that it will put your technology “on the shelf” and move on to the next entrepreneur whose technology must be kept out of reach of the BDC’s competitors.

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Marketing Sales Competition 183

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

So by now everybody know that 30% of all of the Tweets from the first week of July were about Google+. One story is, “Hey, maybe there’s something to this Google+ product?”. It’s where Google goes to create real Buzz (I know, I know). Or how about Google? Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Partnership on AI , formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and its 2014 acquisition DeepMind. Horvitz, is pictured above at left with founding members of the partnership, Francesca Rossi, IBM; Yann LeCun, Facebook; and Mustafa Suleyman, Google/DeepMind.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technical Advisors Research 40

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Who do you view as your biggest competition? 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

In the articles I made it clear that I’m not a doctor and if you have severe ADD you should consult a professional. I’m not going to try and defend IF (intermittent fasting) here but if you want to learn more about Bullet Proof Coffee or IF just Google it. Turning the Urgency Addiction into a Competitive Asset.

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Tips Startup Help Mobile 150

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175