Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2015

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” business entrepreneur online reputation startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

Of course, there has been no shortage of articles about Pinterest lately. While both of those things are relevant to my interests, this article is about neither. is a well respected author, photographer and consultant but he’s also generally a great guy to follow on any social network. I guess I was right. Chris Brogan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” business entrepreneur google reputation startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email. Enter Xobni.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” Proactively build a positive reputation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2012

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” Proactively build a positive reputation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in a prior article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” Proactively build a positive reputation.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

Guest article by Eva Hibnick with General Assembly LA. Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. During his presentation, Sam Teller gave people tips on how to connect with high profile people, who are inundated with emails.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Idea Mensch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. They can add photos, video and even a blog article to improve their profile. How does it work?

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

File Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws with the Secretary of State’s Office. File the Articles of Organization and an Operating Agreement with the Secretary of State’s Office. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. As I like to say, in the era of social networks and transparency if you can’t figure out how to get introduced to a VC then hang up your cleats now.

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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. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. This must be a boon for entrepreneurs of fast-growing tech firms – right?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Our Twitter handle has become our identity, on par with an email address. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric.

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