Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? A few reasons. You should read this post. My view for VCs.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. How should I best prepare for that?”

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. The second thing it allows them to do is save money, because the app helps them with couponing, through partnerships and local deals we have.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. Microsoft as a company also donates its products and services to help those less fortunate. It’s not just about Windows. And that’s just a few of the scenarios.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2013

John Bradberry, in his book “ 6 Secrets To Startup Success ” explores many of these attributes, especially passion, and defines some useful principles to help enthusiastic entrepreneurs squeeze the most out of their passion, while not being trapped by it. These principles will help keep you from falling into the passion trap.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Course Ideas .Net 103

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

At the beginning of the index, Guy writes, “I hope Robert Cialdini checks this index.” He then helps readers evaluate their results with some amusing “grades.” Like King, his writing style is breezy and engaging. The time spent reading Enchantment will net a significant return. No doubt, he did. Prototype Your Work.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

Highlight your interest in helping and giving back. Going out of your way to help a customer or help a good cause pays big dividends these days. You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. Customers need to believe that you are one of them. Don’t be seen as a business taking without giving back.

Social Media 58

Social Media Customer Custom Entrepreneur 58

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Her response?

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So her wedding story had a happy ending.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2012

John Bradberry, in his book “ 6 Secrets To Startup Success ” explores many of these attributes, especially passion, and defines some useful principles to help enthusiastic entrepreneurs squeeze the most out of their passion, while not being trapped by it. These principles will help keep you from falling into the passion trap.

Startup 97

Startup Entrepreneur Course Ideas 97

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. ” The Details.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. Neither banks nor investors will help you on this one. You can be on budget, and still run out of cash. Your startup may be profitable, but broke.

Startup 114

Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

One of the things AngelList helps us do is raise our brand, have a pre-existing relationship with many, many entrepreneurs and give us access into great deals. 3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? “The most important thing for an investor… is access to deals.

Startup 273

Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I’ll help you raise the fund. That’s hard core.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

By far the most effective technique for improving your writing is simply carrying out user readability tests on every piece of content, and really listening to feedback. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Usability problems kill conversions. Keep sentences short.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

Invested in “ Catch a Fire ,&# which is a business that helps people (mostly women) connect with pro bono opportunities where they can put their skills to use. “There are so many places you can go on the Net where you can find your community. In the next generation everybody (including women (are going to write code).&#.

Startup 311

Startup Sales Venture Capital Entrepreneur 311

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2011

John Bradberry, in his new book “ 6 Secrets To Startup Success ” explores many of these attributes, especially passion, and defines some useful principles to help enthusiastic entrepreneurs squeeze the most out of their passion, while not being trapped by it. These principles will help keep you from falling into the passion trap.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Course Ideas .Net 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. Neither banks nor investors will help you on this one. You can be on budget, and still run out of cash. Your startup may be profitable, but broke.

Startup 64

Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 64

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

As discussed in Personal Pitch , entrepreneurs must cultivate the help of Donors during the early days of their adVenture. In most instances, the Donor’s compensation comes from the satisfaction of helping a fellow entrepreneur who is on the front end of her career. Thanks for making me look good.”.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Help Networking Startup 210

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Groesche got me intrigued with Miselu’s grand vision so I couldn’t help but ask him for a quick interview on the product: Tell us about presenting the product early at SXSW? The feedback we got will help us iterate and next time we show, we will have an even bigger impact and better product. What are your next moves?

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Really great feedback that’s going to help us build an awesome product. Why did you venture into fitness?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2010

As noted in Net Profit Score , salespeople have used references as a means of establishing credibility with strangers for hundreds of years. Thus, cite quantified results, such as percentage growth in revenue, number of new accounts closed, Net Promoter Scores achieved, etc. Start by writing a draft of your reference.

Startup 113

Startup .Net Organization Networking 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. Can’t hurt.&#.

Startup 295

Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. I was learning Ruby on Rails just ahead of the students and wrote the tools to help them manage the servers in EC2. But throughout the transition I had my safety net.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They’re essential in helping us get our jobs done because they specialize in something we do not. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. If you’re raising your B round, you’ll likely get huge benefit from your A round investor helping with introductions. Middle Men. Middle People?

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. Pipeline Fellowship teaches women to become angel investors and become a more powerful and helpful voice in the investment world. I am very aware of the power Pipeline Fellowship can have in other countries.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The founder & CEO, Jason Spievak, got the company from zero to one, helped me recruit his replacement CEO and then went on to help Apeel Sciences raise its Seed Round & A rounds (led by Upfront) and now they are also a unicorn. I look back at how the success of Invoca has played out for all of the various constituencies.

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2021

From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. This helps you stay on top of where your business is going, where it could do better, and why it fluctuates. Write down agreements. Keep a monthly profit-loss.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Writing .Net Commerce 121

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. For others they swear by music.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There is an exemption from the requirements that these investors be accredited with net worth or income minimums to qualify legally to invest in your company. Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000.

Equity 156

Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156