socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2011

CapLinked said in its blog that its site is temporarily unavailable due to Amazon's hosting service issues. Amazon started seeing errors at its Virginia website at 1:41 AM PDT this morning, taking down such sites as Reddit, Quora, Foursquare, and scores of others.

Manhattan Beach 133

Manhattan Beach EC2 Software Review Blogging 133

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The idea was that websites (think news, blogs) could push out a regular “feed&# in an open, XML format that could be read by an RSS Reader otherwise known as a feed aggregator. I don’t have to remember to log in to everybody’s blogs – if I forget I see the best ones Tweeted and Retweeted on Twitter.

RSS 349

RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. .” Still. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

Venture Capital 387

Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Ironically, the same tools that facilitate connecting with people beyond your current network, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Quora and Facebook, also make it more difficult for highly networked individuals to sort through their inbound messages and determine which are meaningful and which should be ignored.

Networking 241

Networking Software Review Email Press 241

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Quora ( funding led by Benchmark at a crazy valuation: $86 million ). My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - . - Box.net ( raised $15 million led by Scale Venture Partners and included DFJ and USVP. Crazy valuation. But from what I understand A+ team and obviously backed by a great firm. and much more.

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital Capital SEO Yahoo 232

InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Follow them on Twitter, Quora and become familiar with their Facebook presence. Subscribe to their blog. Send them a private message via Twitter or Quora that contains a compelling link relevant to their investment focus. Even the most jaded VC cannot resist authentic flattery. The keyword here is authentic.

Venture Capital 236

Venture Capital Capital Research Customer 236

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. The ability to get inches in major journals (NY Times, WSJ, The Economist) as well as your industry trade journals and tech blogs in invaluable. That’s why keeping a personal blog is so great.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. But the comments on my own blog were so much more balanced with people taking both sides of the debate. For anyone who attacked me on my blog but used their actual names I left their comments.

News 258

News Tips Blogging Writing 258

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Fred Wilson wrote a blog post yesterday called “Real Names” in which he talked about a commenter on his blog who preferred not to comment because he didn’t want to use his real name. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Quora, Tumblr. It’s a powerful concept. I’m already overwhelmed.

Social Network 329

Social Network Startup Blogging Venture Capital 329

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. Luckily I haven’t signed up to Formspring and don’t spend time on Quora.

Email 265

Email Startup Writing Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either. In Adam’s world, I’m rude. Twitter messages? Must I answer all of those? I actually prefer them because they’re only 140 chars (sometimes 280). But sometimes I get busy. I guess that’s rude. I used to spend a bunch of time there. I guess if I don’t delete my account I’m leading people on.

Email 250

Email Writing Conference Mobile 250

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. It’s a Demo Day thing.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Quora is one of the better designed new products of the past few years in my opinion. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. Twitter took a few years until people (or the company) really understood how to use it effectively.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Funnily enough I just answered this question yesterday on Quora when somebody asked, “Why would an early-stage investor specifically NOT prefer a convertible note structure to straight equity (e.g.

Equity 319

Equity Pricing Venture Capital Entrepreneur 319

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you don’t understand the concept of “signaling&# please read the blog post I wrote on Understanding VC signaling. From the debate on VentureHacks, our offline chats and from our blog posts, I think that Chris Dixon and I are pretty much 98% aligned on the topic.

Seed Funding 298

Seed Funding Funding Venture Capital GRP Partners 298

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog. Piaw Na, who spent over six years at Google, writes on Quora that she recommends fresh grads to join a startup instead of big companies.

Startup 102

Startup Social Media Writing Google 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. It’s a Demo Day thing.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Agree whole heartedly. I never understood investing in companies in which you didn’t really understand their products. I create videos. I use analytics. I use social media. I IM and DM and SMS. I Instagram, Cinemagram and Path. I Trello and Salesforce and DropBox and 500px. I try to live a “day in the life of” the users.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 1, 2010 The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. Keep going.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educational technology companies are augmenting the traditional educational system with their online coursework offerings, but they’re also creating a competing universe where students can find alternate learning experiences that may qualify them for a job, even if they don’t have an academic degree.

Education 45

Education Report Demand Research 45

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NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. Remember when Quora started publishing which articles you were reading to others ? Aren’t they screwing over drivers? It’s easy to see why companies like Uber can get mad at the part of the press that can be lazy.

Press 418

Press Journal Startup Competition 418

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Kanye West. Let's recap. That crazy chicken.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. It seems obvious enough – have a centralized place for ideas which can drive more viewership than only blogging on each startups own website. 25:15 Did you follow the Quora scandal? Put offer proper accounting at your peril.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303