Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. I have written about Deflationary Economics (one of my most read posts ever) & The Innovator’s Dilemma before. Disruption of Education.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But underlying all that, in a sense, is education. We have long run stories about STEM education, educational technology, and more—and even put out a special Xconomist report on the future of education. Xconomy’s editors from across the county will be contributing to the education channel.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Educational. Easy to digest.

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Phil Becker writes: On Wednesday, September 24, I had the opportunity to moderate a truly interesting and educational dinner meeting of that Tech Council's Marketing SIG.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I sat down with Kati Morton (who does YouTube videos on mental health) to talk about ADD. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Most of you business professionals that I know have at least thought about or talked about starting their own business, to get more control, make more money, or to get more satisfaction out of their life. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. On my blog I’ve been hesitant to take the topic head on. But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Owned media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Yet we have all heard stories about the high turnover, unstructured work environment, lower base pay, and unpredictable expectations from the top. Some people love to gripe about management, the pay scale, and career opportunities. Educate yourself one notch up. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So when they spoke about character development, repeatable gaming experiences, bringing games to multiple platforms (in the industry we call this “ Transmedia “) and physical products my ears naturally perked up. So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. The results? Plus physical. Parents & kids.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 6, 2010

I don’t generally blog about politics. If you agree with my views I hope that you’ll find your own ways of becoming more vocal about it. This isn’t a personal blog, it’s a business blog.&#. Actually, it’s a personal blog where I talk about business topics. This is one.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Tell us about the new fund? Obviously, we feel great about that. Mark Suster: It''s a $200M fund. It''s the single best.

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Xconomy

JULY 8, 2019

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century. Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons. We champion a storyline about an underdog who failed many times but through grit and determination have risen above the odds. Many are no doubt trying to change this culture.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Wpromote said that entrants will be asked to write a blog post on any topic of their choice about the field of digital marketing, which will determine the winners of those three scholarships; the winners will be featured on Wpromote's digital marketing blog. Wpromote is led by CEO Mike Mothner. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

As an advisor to business professionals and entrepreneurs, I often hear about an innovative new solution that could lead to business growth or a new business. It was no surprise to me that all the investors he approached were less than excited about his plan for growing a new and nutritious algae.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010. And to solve a problem he cares deeply about in the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. I’m not talking about the overwhelming weight of responsibility of thinking about extreme global poverty. And his stated goal at his young age is to get an education so his kids can grow up in a better neighborhood.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. They need a stronger campaign about consumption rather than sending Tweets.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. It was a no brainer, and because we knew about the program, we were really excited to do it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. My blog has always been a mixture of what was on my mind and a blend of venture, startup life, tech views and current society events that related to my interests: Venture, startup & tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Educational. Easy to digest.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. But without a passion for what you do I am dubious about your chances for success. If I had to put a number on it I’d say 1 in 20 pitches – maybe 1 in 30 – are by an entrepreneur who comes across as truly passionate about her project.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people. blogging, in a sense. If we had a blogging platform then, we would have been blogging. Again, the story wasn''t about how our product was just knocking it out of the park.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . When they meet Marissa – you want them talking about you more than the others. Can you please call Stacy to ask about our BD deal?

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2019

This is our most special event of the year—the eighth year we’ve held it—and it’s limited to about 100 VIP guests. We’ll tackle big trends, challenges, and opportunities in areas like venture capital, software, genomics, digital medicine, education, and diversity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. For us, based on the quality we want to ensure our clients have, and the high touch element, it's really about convincing everyone that the problem is real, and hard.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

However, what about Kwame Brown and Eddy Curry? I must admit, I furthered this anti-college narrative with a provocative article about college dropout successes. Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Neither candidate has said a lot about how he or she would address cybersecurity issues as president, although Hillary Clinton has offered more details than Donald Trump. “I He’s talking about updating everything from e-mail servers to mainframes and network infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Owned media.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. 10 Blogging Tips. Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - They’re human.

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