Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Partly out of the fact that in 1 week I depart for England to speak at LeWeb, attend our DataSift board meeting and generally make myself available to the DataSift team to meet their customers, partners and employees. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Email updates frequently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2014

Also dont confuse a business advisor with a business coach. An advisors aim is to teach you what to do and how, in specific situations, unlike a coach who helps you develop your generic skills for deciding what to do and how. The advisor helps the entrepreneur fill an experience gap, and a coach helps fill a skill gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper. This is classic Fred.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Whenever I heard why we didn’t feel a sales process at an important customer was going well (or if we lost) I would get involved myself. They are as good at selling you as they are at selling your product to customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Ask your customer why you lost. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Ask your customer why you lost. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2011

That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. " The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). The first search turned up a MySpace page. Three for three. Google never forgets."

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Google Social Network Networking Coach 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business Running a small business as an entrepreneur is a never-ending challenge of new products, customers, competitors, and an unpredictable economy. Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don''t know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. Not according to my sources. It led to hiring Eric Schmidt. There have been a lot of management shuffles at Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I like to debate with them how they will land customers and how they deal with the press. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I hustled.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Took some time to crunch the numbers and evaluate our findings before re-circling back in 2009 and beginning what started as a blog. A blog with our reviews of the scene, locations, etc. We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching.

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Startup Technical Review Blogging Demand 75

Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

The system coaches patients through their rehab exercises, monitors their performance, and enables physical therapists and physicians to track a patient’s progress. With all the hype around digital health solutions,” Smith said, “we owe it to prove the technology to customers in terms of utilization and dollars saved.

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Technology San Diego Funding Coach 74

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I like to debate with them how they will land customers and how they deal with the press. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I hustled.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Our model does not involve commissions or revenue share with our customers, unlike the traditional publishing model, where you give out your knowledge for a small fraction of what a publisher gets. a month for two Genies, and unlimited users or customers. Milo Sindell: In terms of business model, it's a subscription service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2010

That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). The first search turned up a MySpace page. Three for three. Google never forgets."

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Google Entrepreneur Social Network Networking 50

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Early-stage and first-time entrepreneurs often value advice in the full marketing mix including blogging, content marketing, positioning, branding and customer acquisition that a senior marketer has done for years. We also run internal events often where we connect entrepreneurs to share knowledge. Partner Leverage.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

We handle all the logistics and details, provide you with an entire schedule of customized activities, and make sure that your experience off-the-grid is everything you are looking for. Do you do corporate retreats, coaching or even? In addition, we do in-house team, management and employee consulting/coaching.

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 30, 2012

With so many sites and blog posts dedicated to interview advice, you might think that there is no need for another one. In this blog post I will focus on key things the interviewee should address and avoid. Two short pages is the max, and always make sure you customize it for the job you’re applying to.

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Blogging Startup Google Course 76

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Customer Service Workshop Fast Company joins the customer service revolution across the US. About Us Advertise Articles by Topic FAQ FC Expert Blogs Events Subscribe Manage Subscriptions Privacy Terms of Service Contact Us Multimedia About Company of Friends Copyright © 2010 Mansueto Ventures LLC. Learn more.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

You Need to Find Your Mojo A Chip On Your Shoulder A few years ago I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. Or some teams who start driving revenue paper over the fact that they aren’t acquiring customers profitably. I think it’s an important read. Mental toughness matters. Confidence matters even more.

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Startup Press Entrepreneur Funding 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

To understand what most VC’s want between board meetings I think it’s useful to start with a quote from Mark Solon ’s blog for which I’m in complete agreement (along with agreeing with his entire post, which was brave, honest and accurate ). Make sure to ask them what they want. VC’s Want to Help!

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