Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2020

Pull some examples from your private life, prior jobs, or academia, where you demonstrated personal initiative, determination, and results in overcoming challenges. These days, with the pervasive presence of social media, blogs, and online access to information, it’s easy to get your message out there, and engage a following.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

More important than finding a community, is creating one, with your blog and other social media engagement. Social media activities span the gamut from curation to gifting, building relationships and groups, blogging, service actions, to lead conversion. See some recent examples in the 10 of the Top Social Media Campaigns of 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. .” From this I learned the best times to post and how frequently to Tweet a blog post.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. Another one of his big themes has been B2B crowd-sourcing and he had a company in mind already even before he joined – Deliv. Take for example retailers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? I am a VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. If you want to see that discussion it is here and its especially fun because we also debated Google Groups, which went on (after the interview) to buy Dmitry’s company so he now works there.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. Create something people can engage with – Examples include videos you can put your image into. Good comment community = viral blog.

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2019

If you are the largest company in your niche, you might want to define yourself by relative size, which connotes success and staying power. If you are the quirkiest of suppliers in your niche, you could create a campaign around your company’s counterculture. Sometimes it is best that you do it first. How do you define yourself?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Let me give you a real world example from this week. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 25, 2016

By being a visible example. A friend and fellow CEO states that he publishes each of his mistakes in his company internal blog along with the lesson he learned. “If How do you teach your work force that mistakes are OK as long as they learn and don’t repeat them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2020

For example, top bloggers today, including Rand Fishkin and Gary Vaynerchuk , find no need to advertise, as customers come to them for value from content alone. Startups that haven’t updated their website since rollout, or publish a new blog once a month or less, won’t be followed for valuable content. The key is consistency.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. Some practical examples. Of course he wanted to talk a lot about his product and company – he was looking for money after all. ” Be authentic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2015

” by an expert and friend in this space, Arnie Kuenn, who offers guidance and examples on new and modern approaches for the rest of us: Build a blog. Search engines and people love blogs these days. This shows your knowledge and positions your company as a thought leader. You are the company you keep.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

But some CEOs then try to have more junior people in the company take the interview. Heck, even in a big, successful company like Salesforce.com the CEO, Marc Benioff, still takes many of the interviews himself. You need somebody who is helping push out information on what is up-and-coming in the company. Always more appealing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Here is an example from pw0ncakes. Here is a n example from Brerrabbit , whoever that is. I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. But the comments on my own blog were so much more balanced with people taking both sides of the debate.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The company has stated that it plans to spend a total of $500 million on podcasting investments, meaning it still has a few hundred million to burn. The greater podcast industry is consolidating, and Spotify’s acquisitions are an example of how that’s changing the podcast format itself. What this Means for the Underdogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

A step in the right direction is to take advantage of the new tools available at a very low cost, including sponsored podcasts, blogs, visibility in online communities, and Twitter influencer support. Scale quickly on good feedback, and move on if you get little engagement. Sometimes it’s as simple as updating your website format and videos.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”. I help internet companies make money. I usually.just focus on revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. And as you may have gotten a taste in my Entrepreneurshit blog post, I spent too much of the year on the road, in random hotels, stuck in airports waiting out delays and dealing with the same stresses you deal with – fund raising.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But today, online companies that sell services rather than merchandise also need to be concerned about state sales taxes. Online service companies need to be aware of these potential tax traps so they are not surprised when a state tax agency comes knocking on their door.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Here are the key elements I see: Make your company culture virtual. Use marketing, blogging, and industry conferences to get the message out. Use marketing, blogging, and industry conferences to get the message out. Building and maintaining a winning work culture is no longer just a function of the office.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it. Fred Wilson wrote on his blog this week about learning from failures here and quoted Obama’s speech from tonight: you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Start-up Lessons.&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

More important than finding a community, is creating one, with your blog and other social media engagement. Social media activities span the gamut from curation to gifting, building relationships and groups, blogging, service actions, to lead conversion. See some recent examples in the The 10 Best Social Media Campaigns of 2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

” by an expert and friend in this space, Arnie Kuenn , which offers guidance and examples on new and modern approaches for the rest of us: Build a blog. Search engines and people love blogs these days. This shows your knowledge and positions your company as a thought leader. You are the company you keep.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Netflix announced the changes to its company via a blog post. A blog post! You don’t handle major announcements via a blog post and no touch points. Not a freakin’ blog post. Probably the 5 minutes before they wrote their blog post. Major change by blog post again ? What is my evidence?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Csathy was most recently CEO of Manatt Digital Media, and also was President and CEO of Sorenson Media, CEO of Sightspeed, President and COO at MusicMatch, in addition to serving at companies like Universal Studios and New Line Cinema. Peter Csathy: I'm an entrepreneur, a builder of companies. How did you decide to start the firm?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

You can remove items from your article or blog, but people do notice, and may escalate their concerns on another forum. Remember that your company reputation and your personal one are two different things, but they are inextricably intertwined. Resist cancelling existing social media accounts. Be selective in how you communicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For example, no one should be convinced that Elon Musk is following someone else’s lead as he charges ahead with Tesla, SpaceX, and other initiatives. Every person and every company needs a set of core values. It may be time for you to start your own blog, write a book, or volunteer as a speaker at public events in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

I used to love blogging. Blogging proved to be a great way to hone my ideas, have public conversations with people and as it turns out – build meaningful relationships through public dialog that spilled over into the real world. Somewhere along the way blogging changed. Fred Wilson said as much in his blog post today, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. Another great example is Bill Barhydt of m-Via.

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