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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Grockit is led by Farb Nivi who was a former test instructor at both Kaplan and Princeton Review so brings a lot of experience to this market. So these guys have both deep domain experience as well as tons of startup chops. Blogging has gone through many iterations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. He was in the inaugural class of 500Startups and became chief evangelist as far as I could tell. Months later I did agree with Christine Tsai that I would come out and talk to the class. Sam had different plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. These include the classes in school that focus on case studies and team exercises, but extend beyond the academic world to professional and industry seminars. Start your own small business.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. She had every bit as much experience and brains as I but she was put in her gender-biased, brand appropriate (for that country & time) place. But you don’t really have VC experience.” Branded again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

It wasn't just a keyword for BMW or Mercedes, it was finding content specific to the BMW 3 Series, or Mercedes C Class. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content. We're providing a much more flexible publishing platform, where you can create different content experience with very little engineering effort.

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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. My views are formed from those experiences. But I’m still biased by my experiences and am willing to admit that. I’m biased, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers. See this article talking about previous class action lawsuits. … have you had similar experiences? … should I avoid blog posts like this that might be outside my normal remit? I hope you’re OK with that. What do you think?

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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. Business experience, on the other hand, is better learned hands-on. I had to laugh a bit reading it. So back to MBAs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that. Enter phone calls. What we’ve heard even more than email is dead is that people don’t make phone calls anymore.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. I was used to being allowed to fly business class and staying at nice hotels. Using Balsamiq instead of SnagIt, Website Optimizer over just Google Analytics and FTP).

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. It was an investment management class. We’ll re-compare notes then. Investors are conformists by nature.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I have much experience in this domain. 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. Experience.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Connected classroom technology can also help customize the learning experience for each student, making lessons more effective. You can now find AI built into educational tools in many different forms, including augmented reality and deep learning, to help teach different skills and personalize the learning experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. I have talked about this before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2016

In my experience, the most common small business accounting system I see in startups is QuickBooks Pro by Intuit. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. Even if you have the money to hire an accountant, you should keep a grip on your business financial affairs.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. No – you buy it because it’s your morning experience. Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties. Blogs and Forums.

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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. TechZulu caught up with the founder Mike Tringe and this is what he told us. What inspired you?

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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. I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? I learned much and had great experiences. I got to experience much of the local culture and customs.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Created by Levi Felix and Brooke Dean, “The Digital Detox” is a handcrafted experience for the brave who are willing to surrender, open their minds and let go through daily yoga, hot springs, and gourmet vegan fare surrounded by nature, a redwood forest and a starry sky only a two hour drive from San Francisco.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. My gut feeling is that it initially started as an experiment – an accident.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

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? In it she observes that only 3% of the comments on this blog are from women. Back to women.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table?” ” I thought, “Nah.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

But this is a high-class problem they solve for me. I’d say less so in my experience. Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. I have been so interested in the experience that I have randomly asked probably 50 drivers over the past few years what they think.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

So suck that every teacher who scolded us for not paying attention to boring classes or making people with ADD feel less accomplished. 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 finished work early in class.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. Today we are in the era of “Customer Experience”. In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. It is now CX and UX (User Experience) that is driving adoption rates and even design aspects.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! (Web I think this list is spot on.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs. The interviewer asks some questions and the interviewee does the same. They all engage in entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. How much experience they have in your sector? As venture fell out of favor all three pulled out of the asset class. I could go on for a long time.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

In order to get the most out of your discussions with your lawyer, take one or more Business Law classes. The money you pay your IP lawyer should be judiciously spent, but you should not attempt to save money by working with someone without the appropriate experience in your technical domain. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. I wrote about my experience in this post and why I enjoyed this event more than most.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

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. These both need to go in a class called models_user_User - your error suggests you havent created this class yet.

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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. Many people go back with lots of new ideas, experience, and energy.

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