Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. What I learned from the article? The distinctive design of his packaging. Here is the article from the LA Times. What touched me?

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

With the new program, publishers will be able to include links in articles, videos, and other forms of content to send readers to products from any of Shopify's merchants — whether they're Kim Kardashian, or a local jewellery designer. Social media marketing and PR gifting will still remain important. Not sold on Shopify?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. I’d strongly encourage you to read it. Avoid the spin, stay heads down and deliver the goods.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This category encompasses a vast array of content, from emails and text documents to social media posts. Here's a suggested approach: Ground Truth Creation: Design a test dataset with established answers or recognized documents to serve as a reference point. Unstructured Data, as the name suggests, lacks a clear structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. Don’t dumb it down for social media. They will call you back.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

In an interview with The Verge last year, Bartasi said she’s taken inspiration from SoulCycle and DryBar, companies whose millennial-focused branding strategies and prolific social media presences have helped them accumulate customers. “We are women designing for women.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. It’s Ok to grab the page title and a summary from a META element like “description&# (or up to 250 characters from an article’s first paragraph) to craft links, for example - but not more!

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Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Check out the feature articles and the upcoming event schedule. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.] The October SCribe Newsletter has arrived.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. Or as the article on Y Combinator suggests, “is your accent too heavy?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. Don’t dumb it down for social media. They will call you back.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

This article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. I recently spoke with Michael Bleigh, Co-Founder and CEO of Divshot. Hacker Downside.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. Or as the article on Y Combinator suggests, “is your accent too heavy?”

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Its certainly something to keep in mind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. Don’t dumb it down for social media. They will call you back.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Federa added that the entire Solana network is designed to keep fees low in the long term. While higher costs of minting on the Ethereum blockchain still pose a serious barrier to entry, minting on the Solana blockchain can cost just pennies.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Great design/ user experience carries more and more weight these days and I have been lucky to touch some of the world’s most visible brands. Droid or iPhone?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. The beauty of social media is that consumers can vote with their “unfollow button&# so it has a natural self-correcting mechanism. Banner Ads. Holy Shiitake !

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2013

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. Don’t dumb it down for social media. They will call you back.

Startup 103

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! There are so many different routes a person can take to enter the industry, such as design, buying, production, marketing, eCommerce and styling to name a few.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution. But that’s not the world we live in today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding. When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up? When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media. There is good reason that most of our business is word-of-mouth.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Two articles, side by side. ” Article 1 discussed the digital revolution and how companies like Netflix and Hulu were taking over. Article 2 posed the question of “Where is advertising going in this new digital age? Working in LA’s talent and entertainment industry and I’m bored? THE REDBULL GUY.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

File Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws with the Secretary of State’s Office. File the Articles of Organization and an Operating Agreement with the Secretary of State’s Office. Design a logo ( 99designs ). Create and manage your social media presence. Master social media marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Such cultures, those industries, are what drives investment, talent, and success to those locations, as the entire ecosystem is designed to foster growth therein that very culture. It’s as subtle, yet important, as the distinction between “social marketing” and “social media.” The eCommerce Game Goes to Austin.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. free weekly Infochachkie articles! In this study, the subjects were required to suffer extreme embarrassment, before they were allowed to join a discussion group that, by design, offered little value to its members. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Web Design Software. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. Interviews. Guest Post. Shopping Cart Software.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I was reading an article by Robert Scoble earlier today about how amazing Spotify and some other news app are on Facebook, and how awesome frictionless sharing is for the Internet. I openly can’t stand OpenGraph. It’s the one feature that stuck with me the most from the F8 conference this past September. What is OpenGraph?

News 104

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Please note that my design suggestions ain’t black nor white. Because you throw away the ability to totally control your traffic from social media, and search engine traffic generated by social media as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Take one topic and break it up into 10 bite-sized articles. Social media is ephemeral. Some search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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