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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

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. On a phone call it’s too easy to be distracted and thumb through paperwork, stare out the window or glance at your computer screen. But it’s only Tuesday.

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. You likely are writing your first one of these. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. That's fairly uncommon.

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

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It will be a follow on from my “App is Crap” or “Web Second, Mobile First” blog posts but in short, video, updated, digestible formats. It’s more like writing a Tweet vs. sending a Direct Message (DM) in Twitter, which feels more intimate and intrusive or a FB post vs. a Private Message. So, too, Snapchat.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. was starting.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList. From there Rob decided to make a small investment. To finish with a quote from Fred, “I am on AngelList.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. with the clips.

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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

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Here’s my experience, my “ah ha&# moment and why I think, although still nascent, it’s one of the most powerful websites on the web right now. Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. really understand it. Quora “Lite&#. New followers.

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