Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions.

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Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Of course, even startups can get into serious trouble by talking about products and direction with no intent or ability to deliver. Optimize your web history and presence.

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Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Of course reciprocity matters so they would all leap into action. Underbelly.

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

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. “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” 5 years ago. The monkey on my back. ” Yup. Heard that knock many times.

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

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. By the end of my sophomore year I had taken on the role of education for our new freshman pledges and by the first quarter of my junior year I led the pledge class entirely.

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Startup Class UCSD Blogging 365

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up.

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Startup Case Study Entrepreneur Class 103

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

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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. Of course triangulation is a mathematics term that is used in sailing and other activities to help you better navigate when you don’t have your bearings.

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

Of course not. We know that if you start with ho-hum founders you’re less likely to assemble a world-class team. Find people to “punch above their weight class”. I wrote an entire blog post about this in the past highlighting my belief that you should hire people who “punch above their weight class.” He is hungry.

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Startup Class Blogging Company 399

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever. LA should be LA.”

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

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

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. Of course I don’t believe this argument. There is of course much nurture and culture weaved in. So it is with entrepreneurship.

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Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

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. I don’t know.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Creators can take any course of interest on-demand by purchasing it through our website. How does it work? Take us through your features?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. Jonathan shared that experience in his blog post so I won’t repeat it.

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Startup Technical Review Product Blogging 303

Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

A new program to prepare high-ranking women in the biotech industry for corporate board seats has unveiled its first class of 20. Participants will also be paired with coaches and will network for board seats after the course is over.

Training 40

Training Class Organization Course 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

With modest variations on Paul’s pattern, this new class of mentors-plus-capital programs has grown to include TechStars operating in Boston, Boulder, and Seattle, Austin Capital Factory , deep in the heart of Texas, LaunchBox in the DC area, and a number of others. He blogs at www.startwithmoxie.com. The entry screenings are tough.

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Incubator Mentor Capital Startup 80

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Of course, even startups can get into serious trouble by talking about products and direction with no intent or ability to deliver. Optimize your web history and presence.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2016

Of course, these days you need a personal computer or laptop dedicated to your business with some basic software tools. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. This is an especially important category. You can't walk in with a bag full of receipts.

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Startup Patents Tool Organization 65

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Of course, even startups can get into serious trouble by talking about products and direction with no intent or ability to deliver. Optimize your web history and presence.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies. Of course when they get there those individuals are no longer young and after years of mental and physical atrophy they lack the ambitions to get these things done. And, of course, now Twitter.

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Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog. So he went on to become the CFO of Fab through their growth years dealing with warehousing, inventory management, facilities, CAC/LTV analyses and of course fund raising. I liked David so much I eventually persuaded him to join BuildOnline as our CFO. Back together.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. A Helpful Login Class Some code examples are provided by JanRain Engage. With this in mind, I created a class that might be useful. Dont forget to complete the class - look for the @todo tags. Well come back to this in a moment.

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Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance. I’m not. I couldn’t carry on a conversation.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Trying to work without this person is like wanting to build a world class sky scraper but not having a great lead architect and civil engineer. Of course I’m generalizing. But barely. Your Howard Roarks.

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CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties. Over 50,000 journalists use HARO to find experts to interview for TV, newspapers, books, magazines and blogs.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I, of course, knew nothing about business. What was nice was that I got to take some of my practical skills from consulting and apply them into class discussions with operational leaders. When I decided to start blogging again (I had done so as an entrepreneur) I thought about how to brand myself. I was “technical guy.”

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later. Luck has got to play a big role here!

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

As Alex points out in this blog post there’s a ton of options out there in a severely fragmented industry. “ I was taking a class at Michigan about lean startups; it was a great environment that I treated like an idea marketplace. And of course, one day, the Blackberry dies and erases everything.

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Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. And what I mean is, I told this story in a blog post I wrote called, “ Is It Time to Earn or Is It Time to Learn ?” Which of course it won’t, right?

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Obviously to understand a “class&# of people you have to make broad generalizations. I’ve talked many times on my blog about how they’re the lifeblood of most businesses – even those that pretend like they’re above it all. Of course that’s not true. Here are mine.

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Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

As drug pricing remains a national issue , Gilead set a price at $72,000 for a 12-week course, cheaper than Sovaldi and Harvoni, which includes sofosbuvir and a second medicine. Niraparib is a PARP inhibitor, a drug class that has rebounded after some setbacks.

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Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Some borrowers would prefer to deal with the original lender if a problem arises during the course of the loan, he said. Another oft-mentioned concern about peer-to-peer lenders is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn.

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San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40