InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. Fan, Not A Fan Boy.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The topic I chose to speak about was “lessons on starting a company&# but I created the sub-title in class “a Silicon Valley heresy&# since my goal was to slay many of the myths I believe exist right in the heart of Silicon Valley! Afterward, I came and spoke to her (and Steve’s) class on entrepreneurship.

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Startup Class Blogging Entrepreneur 312

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

year proved to be a crucial time for the progression of brightblu – Ben, Sid, and Taylor see this as the period that sparked their entrepreneurial passion. Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

We thought we'd get the pitch from Tim Sae Koo , the founder of the company, on how he took the idea from his business class at USC and turned it into a company, which is now part of one of the local startup accelerators in town, StartEngine. Is it worth my time to explore and click through to the site? What is HypeMarks all about?

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USC Startup Web Ideas 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances. Create a user-friendly system for employees and be sure to build in back-office, administrative time into your project fees, hourly rates, or ongoing charges. Maximize cash flow. Streamline management costs.

Entrepreneur 93

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. Heard that knock many times.

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

The successful entrepreneurs I have met and worked with over the years all seem to share that passion for learning, and they see rapid market change not as a problem, but as an opportunity for them to move ahead of the crowd in changing the world. Successful entrepreneurs love to share, but they respond better to pull rather than push.

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Startup Case Study Entrepreneur Class 103

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. Many through history became entrepreneurs precisely because they were unemployable. I blurt out all the time when I’m at meetings where people are wasting time lollygagging. Sound familiar?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. Over time you start to realize whose voice you trust more than others. I caution people all the time from overly following my advice. What is a founder to do?

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. The new team-up has a lot of moving parts: Shopify even termed it a “first-of-its-kind” partnership in its announcement blog post. How the Partnership Works.

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Help Platform Startup Social Media 149

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

The nature of the Internet and global knowledge is such that even if you’ve stumbled on to a super interesting area of innovation there will be many teams tackling the same problem at exactly the same time. We know that if you start with ho-hum founders you’re less likely to assemble a world-class team. Don’t sacrifice. He is hungry.

Startup 399

Startup Class Blogging Company 399

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took. He spoke of broader themes, of better times of what his hopes were for the fraternity. I prepared this time. When Stedman ran the pledge class.

Startup 365

Startup Class UCSD Blogging 365

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. The post is balanced and worth reading.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

As individuals we have choices about how we spend our time. If I asked you whether you want to spend your time on things that are important or unimportant it’s a no-brainer answer. There is something about the adrenaline rush of being under time pressure that excites us and teases out our creativity. I’m not.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2010

During the late 1800’s, American author Horatio Alger wrote 129 novels, most of which recount the deeds of impoverished young people who overcome their modest means to establish independent lives as self-sufficient, middle class citizens. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. _. —

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Santa Barbara Class Ideas Organization 191

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In my bones I’m convinced that entrepreneurs are more nature than nurture although I know both are involved. Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. I have recently written extensively on what I believe the 12 characteristics of an entrepreneur are. That is true of all my blog posts. I’m biased, too.

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Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I always enjoy spending time with Brad as the antidote to the eco chamber. We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You’ve heard that a million times. The truth is you really don’t know how your teammates or your bosses will perform in good times and bad. But I patiently wait, often cajole, never stop trying and back off when the timing isn’t right. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog.

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CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Before you finalize the product is the best time to talk about it and see if you can get some buzz started. This will do more for your first mover advantage than more time in the lab. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I grew to appreciate this approach much more when I interviewed a popular serial entrepreneur, Rich Christiansen a while back, who has done almost 30 businesses wholly by bootstrapping. Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. Act big, behave small.

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Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It was the midst of a recession and I was happy to have any job at all let alone what was considered one of the more prestigious business jobs at the time graduating from UCSD. I had a friend who joined at the same time with an engineering degree from the same university as me and held jobs in the restaurant sector in college.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

A first or second-time fund has an easier time fund raising when they can show a few 4-8x’s in their portfolio than if they always average up. Because tech companies are getting bigger more quickly than at any time in history. Much of this historically didn’t matter to entrepreneurs.

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. Not all the time.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell!&#. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News.

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I’m now the permanent host for TWiVC (until such time as they kick me off). Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. OK, it’s official! What I like?

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Before you finalize the product is the best time to talk about it and see if you can get some buzz started. This will do more for your first mover advantage than more time in the lab.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. But it wasn’t to be.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. It was the biggest bank on the West Coast at the time. DEREK] So you go to UC San Diego, you graduate, you start working for Andersen at the time, which is now Accenture. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

A class we produce here at General Assembly called “Intro to the LA Startup Community” , has turned into a series, each time presented by a different prominent person in the startup ecosystem providing a unique perspective on the tech scene in LA. Sam taught a second rendition of the class in February and over 700 people signed up.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2013

With MailLift, Granite MedSystems saw a 35% response rate–eight times the average response for direct mail. With response rates eight times higher than the average response for direct mail, one can see why MailLift was selected to be a part of the other industry disruptive startups at 500 Startups. MailLift really works!”.

Startup 86

Startup CTO Coach Mentor Class 86

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

A few years ago I interviewed a serial entrepreneur, Rich Christiansen , who has done almost 30 businesses wholly by bootstrapping. Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. Isn’t this contrary to why you signed up to be an entrepreneur in the first place?

Equity 96

Equity Startup Summary Tips 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

You can learn from others in the space, or take a class. It's membership based, and the goal for us is to eventually be sustainable through membership, by putting on events and classes, and so on. How we differentiate, is we're kid friendly, and we have supervision during open project times.

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Startup Tool Ideas Class 227