Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

As executives we’re all seemingly accessible at any moment to anybody via email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Text. We are over-intro’d and at the same time under-resourced in terms of staff to handle the barrage of in-bound requests. It’s why sometimes I respond to emails in 5 minutes at other times I go dark for a week at a time.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Second: Market risk. . Fourth: Financial risk. .

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2017

Trusted, close resources include sophisticated relatives, friends and business associates who know how to structure a deal as a win-win for you and for them, while allowing you to retain control over your vision and execution. So how does the statement above fit into this sandwich of alternatives? Trust works both ways.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Just add more ants, hopefully as resourceful as the first? Why not see the obvious? Or is it more complex?

Course 156

Course Writing Report Startup 156

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Go find a new technical resource. Don't stress over format. Don't stress if you are doing it right.

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. I raced home to put my kids to bed, say hello to my wife and then spend a grueling administrative hour doing email. I know you emailed me and I emailed you back. everything. But it’s only Tuesday.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Nowhere is this more apparent than working in a startup where you are definitionally under-resourced and trying to make big accomplishments in compressed periods of time. Or an angel investor starts emailing the CEO of a company with all the people they want him or her to meet. That’s why focus is critical.

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Innocal Conference Help Study 255

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter. That’s boring.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk. Will the public respond in numbers to buy, license or rent your offering?

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Once people who do not know you and have no vested interest in your company's success begin expending their time, money and resources to leverage your value proposition, you are gaining traction. In a like manner, proudly profess your traction to your target VCs until they either write you a check or ask you to look elsewhere.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Just add more ants, hopefully as resourceful as the first? Why not see the obvious? Or is it more complex?

Report 120

Report Writing Startup Course 120

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2008

The firm's site now allows users to email, write, or make calls via Skype and Jaxtr to their political representatives. You2Gov launched in July, and offers online forums, voting and polling, and other resources to people interested in politics. READ MORE>>

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 16, 2009

But flying without a map of some kind seems just plain too risky. [Email readers continue here.] Assess your current resources and attempt to calculate the resources needed to accomplish the goal. Write these steps down in any form for now. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next insights.

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Summary Resource Writing Email 149

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] Using your attorney or accountant to find who is close to the decision maker sometimes works. After all, you have a paying relationship with these resources, and asking for help is not considered a daunting request.

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Ideas Sales Competition Venture Capital 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. It’s true that some solutions are really hard to quantify and the most obvious example people point to is email. You can’t quantify the value of email yet everybody needs it!”. Maybe they don’t?

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] A business plan is yours alone. In addition, it helps you focus your ideas and determine how to best manage your available resources including capital, cash, and people. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Keep control by writing every check personally, and manage receivable and payables tightly. Examples abound of startups who had to pivot for success, including Twitter moving from podcasts to social commentating, and Yelp moving from email to online. Your customers and competition make unexpected moves.

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Startup Entrepreneur Examples Customer 131

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Keeping it to 8–10 helps you manage the public information flow that will be broader if you see 20 firms and also help you prioritize resources.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

The problem is that the scarcest resource in any entrepreneur’s life is your time. “Thank you for writing to me – it’s nice to hear from you (or meet you) via email. Yet we all feel guilty not doling out time for anybody who asks – especially if we were introduced. I feel the same way.

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Startup Venture Capital Writing Conference 305

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2015

Automated mailing tools are a major resource for entrepreneurs. For example, one of the most important things an entrepreneur needs to do is collect and use the email addresses of customers and potential customers. Automated mailing tools can send out emails to different classes of people based on their engagement with the business.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Technology Email Tool 40

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). Helpful Resources for Getting Social Media Traffic : The Social Media Manual and Promoting Yourself on Twitter (by geekpreneur ).

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. We’ve been there. We’ve all been there. ENTER THE #HASHTAG.

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Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

From analytical reporting tools to helpful integrations such as email and Slack prompts, you'll be able to run your whole business, not just your remote work teams, in a more efficient manner. In a more relaxed setting, it's that little bit easier to throw caution to the wind when opening and email attachment or clicking a link.

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Tips Software Review Study Email 157

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. Companies like Zefr, Scopely, and others I did not write a check, because you have a different mindset as an individual investors. Two, is I missed a bunch of deals because I did not have a fund.

Invest 145

Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. Do I have to write up the overview? Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. Can you help me get funding?

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CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. Do I have to write up the overview? Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. Can you help me get funding?

CTO Hire 259

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Here's an example of that kind of email. They often can help a lot in navigating to expertise and to possible resources.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about. Joey Flores: For starters, we're smart enough not to believe anything until it is in writing. How did you know they were serious? So now that the company is back, what's next for you now?

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Leave comments on their posts, link to them from your site… do that and when you approach them to write about you, you’ll find a welcomed reception. Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Partnerships : : Web 2.0

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

But if you commit one simple day of your life I literally promise you that you will email or Tweet me a “thank you” and tell me you’ve been moved. I promised her I would write about this experience for the LinkedIn platform so I didn’t write about yesterday’s trip here. I will write about that as soon as Caroline is ready.

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Writing Startup Design Training 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We have a number of curation and publishing tolls that let our users write metacontent and annotations on the content, and to create fresh content feeds they can place on their website, in a newsletter, on mobile, or on social. It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. That's expensive, and takes a lot more people.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

My response was brief and straightforward, which is common of popular Quora answers (as discussed in How To Write An Effective Quora Answer ). Although my answer was off-the-cuff, the question caused me to consider the issue of raising entrepreneurial children in greater depth, which led me to write this series. No Paychecks.

Entrepreneur 270

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Resource 270

Alon Schwartz

APRIL 7, 2014

Trying to improve your leadership skills is like trying to write a song. Read emails all the way, find the typo in the copy, ask if that line on the page should really be there? It drives me crazy when leaders and managers refer to employees as “resources”. Computers are resources, pens are resources; people are not.

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Resource Mentor Ideas Writing 82

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

It is a waste of what should be valuable resources to you and it is a failure on your part to push yourself to really think about the long-term issues you’re facing. Literally stop the meeting, let everybody do their quick emails and then restart with no devices. And half the time you know they’re zoned out and checking email.

Guide 196

Guide Startup Metrics Conference 196

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

This experience made me want to dig into my archives, re-write & publish this piece. Instead of references, I like to give a list of every entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with and an email address. There are online resources that can help – One small hack – go to LinkedIn and do a search for the company name.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Capital Help 298