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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. We always look like it’s only fun in our Instagram photos, don’t we?

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

“We should couple innovation with biosecurity,” DARPA program manager Renee Wegrzyn, said Tuesday at the SynBioBeta conference in South San Francisco. The first round of pitches are due this week. “We need new safety measures that don’t slow us down.

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Quickly Enable Social Logins with JanRain Engage

SoCal Delicious

Also, as any changes to each login will be handled by JanRain, you wont have to keep updating your authentication code if changes are made by the login provider. Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. Now click the "Generate Code" button. Once the code is on your site, youll need to test it.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Of course tech companies with free products don’t want to take a phone call from end users. You’ll note, of course, that Apple will happily take calls from you. Higher conversion rates (10-15x online conversion) and higher value at closure (up to 2x higher) due to up-sell & cross-sell potential. Believe me.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. academic scientists, which is necessary to a point, of course. Press conferences are given and military recruiting is done in virtual, online worlds. and "new media" to connect with audiences.