Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. Right now the volume is manageable during an AMA. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others.

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Snapchat Product Startup AMA 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs don’t realize that the words “research” and “development” are red flags to investors, and all such proposals are routinely discarded. Thus smart entrepreneurs often find personal funding for solution development, and save investor funding pitches for the larger scaling-up marketing costs later.

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Research Develop Development Funding 57

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter - Gabriel Weinberg , May 18, 2010 Joshua Schacter has a great AMA thread on HN about angel investing. You Can’t Sign This Deal. I know I do.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech.Co

JANUARY 1, 2025

Breaking through in the startup scene has continued to be an uphill battle for entrepreneurs in 2024, with the number of business failures in the US spiking by 58% in the first quarter of the year. Amae Health Amae Health is a psychiatry-led integrated care provider based in Los Angeles, California.

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AMA Startup Generative AI Platform 121