InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Intent : Investor / entrepreneur conflicts often arise when a company contemplates an exit opportunity. Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

TechCrunch Sale to AOL: [link] news/ci_16195749?source=rss& source=rss& nclick_check=1. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. Social Media User's Bill of Rights. link] com/aol-techcrunch-price-25- million-2010-9. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Gripe Pitch. Wiretapping the Internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. In an era of RSS, Twitter, Facebook & new consumption tools like FlipBoard – titles matter. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg – “The dynamic of managing people and being CEO in a company is a lot different than being college roommates with someone.”. Although it may be comfortable to start a company with your friends, it is a mistake, unless your friend(s) happens to be ideally suited to their role in your venture. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Intent : Investor / entrepreneur conflicts often arise when a company contemplates an exit opportunity. Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? VRM - his company - goal is to provide a Level 4 platform. From BBM's web site: media RSS - extensions to RSS subscription format to support time based media, enclosures, copyrights and other meta-data needed for media. What kind of company do you represent?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams. After the sales meetings I would ask the exec afterward, “how do you think it went?&# We used to do this in our sales slides.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

However, the greater degree you can sequentially follow these steps and maintain your discussions with each venture capitalist (VC) at relatively the same stage, the sooner you can spend less time in the company of investors and get back to running your business. Prep Steps. Yes, I am advising you to sandbag your prospective investors.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". Despite these abundant resources, the team's ineffectiveness was reflected by the company's dismal 11% market share. the VP of Sales the richest person in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. That way people who want to get your blog by RSS and/or email can do so. I chose not to write about companies for a long time on my blog. Also, make sure to sign up with Feedburner.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. Public relations at a startup is a sales process. No one has heard of you, your company or your solutions. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. Grant Exclusivity. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

If you find one, you become a company. If you don’t find one, you become an ex-company.". However, sales plummeted once the popularity of the Kingsmen's single spread from Boston, eventually becoming a national hit. Although it sold a couple million copies in Europe, sales in the US were a disappointing 600,000.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Buzz that does not ultimately generate sales is worth little. In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness. 4 analysts, 6 potential partners and 9 institutional investors reached out to the company. Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Rather than hire the clichéd booth babes (which I have always found to be more than a bit sleazy), the company secured the services of a cigar-smoking, bearded angel with an exaggerated New York accent. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop. A company has a personality. Don’t Try Too Hard.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media. We want to make it so you can subscribe to that via RSS, or an email digest, or see when a vote comes up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Do you have sales productivity software? That way people who want to get your blog by RSS and/or email can do so. Blog on that topic.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

the sale of a company or other liquidity event) and spend it on something fun and frivolous. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. I promise I will never Tweet about religion, politics or that killer burrito I just ate.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. It is leads you need to make sales in B2B. These "warm" companies you can call.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A startup leader's primary responsibility is to maximize the return to its stakeholders, which include the company's global and local neighbors, employees, suppliers, customers and investors. Angry people are usually inspired to act against your company's interests. Be boring in public. million units.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

He invested $8 million in a company in the computer networking space. Presumably they are talented if they created a company worth $80 million. In 2006, Steven Dietz, a partner at my firm, GRP Partners, had given me $500,000 in a seed in convertible debt when I started my second company, Koral. My friend blocked the deal.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Idea Mensch.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. PIXELS IN PARADISE | Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma, paid $5.5 Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I now use the Impact Matrix as a venture capital investor to help our portfolio companies objectively evaluate which initiatives they should pursue in the near-term, which they should re-considered in the future and which should be dismissed entirely. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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