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. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Finally, implementation requires a commitment of real money and other resources that can’t be written off so easily as an idea ahead of it’s time. Build your own personal brand image through blogging, industry forums, and networking. Build a strong team around you and learn from them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. They’re tasked with doing … marketing. You get a lot of traffic – not always results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

Be a great resource for others. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. But make sure the time you spend is quality time, focused on your objectives, and balanced in relation to all your other business requirements. People don’t follow followers or repeaters.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

So you can spend $5-10k / month for a small external agency or $50-75k for an internal resource who is full time. You need somebody who is thinking laterally about how to creatively get extra attention at conferences or trade-shows. It’s OK to push out extra ones on your website or blog. I opt for the latter usually.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Other firms like Google bring massive resources to design or engineering and as as corporate VC can offer things normal VC firms can’t offer. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. It is clear to me that both approaches work. Partner Leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. Use blogging, outside publication, and speaking or mentoring opportunities to establish credibility and stand out above peers. Develop the courage to move on.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s why I believe executive coaches are so important for startups who have the financial resources to afford them. Anybody who follows this blog knows that my mom was the most influential person on my entrepreneurial career. We sat down the three of us.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? Maybe you can blog about that? Just posted a blog about that: [link] I've been struggling a little with making the numbers work out for some social media activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Thus your services business success totally depends on you, your skills and resources, and your ability to bring customers to the table. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Moving a VC from an A to a B doesn’t mean they aren’t still your top pick, it just means your chances are less likely and your extremely limited resources should be allocated elsewhere. Keeping it to 8–10 helps you manage the public information flow that will be broader if you see 20 firms and also help you prioritize resources.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 23, 2012

“Some say data is the new black,” laughs former Linkedin data scientist, DJ Patil on stage during the Mesh Conference in Toronto, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Data can be a very safe and constructive resource, whether for the organization or returning back to the individual.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 5, 2010

There are different resources that can help you figure out what social media is all about. Books, websites, webinars, teleclasses, conferences, and more… all geared towards the topic of social media – Use all of them to understand this unknown.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Thus your services business success totally depends on you, your skills and resources, and your ability to bring customers to the table. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The biggest problem with over-stealthing yourself is that you cut off some of your most valuable resources in terms of testing your ideas, getting feedback from smart entrepreneurs & investors and helping you figure out the potential flaws in your approach. I talked about that in detail on this post about how to blog as a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Trade show and conference participation. Most young businesses with a new product plan to attend as many as ten shows or conferences per year across the country or around the world. It’s amazing how much more you can learn face-to-face, compared to an analysis of aging statistics alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Thus your services business success totally depends on you, your skills and resources, and your ability to bring customers to the table. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

Be a great resource for others. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. But make sure the time you spend is quality time, focused on your objectives, and balanced in relation to all your other business requirements. People don’t follow followers or repeaters.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Sometimes I make a blog entry. Building relationships, partnering with social media experts on events (SBTwestival and 140 Conference Meetup), learning at events, building a following, testing any and all formats/venues, integrating social media into our radio show. Anything that's been particularly successful?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Be a great resource for others. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. But make sure the time you spend is quality time, focused on your objectives, and balanced in relation to all your other business requirements. People don’t follow followers or repeaters.

Social Media 92

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Be a great resource for others. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. But make sure the time you spend is quality time, focused on your objectives, and balanced in relation to all your other business requirements. People don’t follow followers or repeaters.

Social Media 63

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 63

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. What are the characteristics of a company that can take full advantage of lynda.com’s training resources and what is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn more about your training offerings?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. What are the characteristics of a company that can take full advantage of lynda.com’s training resources and what is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn more about your training offerings?

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Most people are really glad to have this premium resources, and it's risk free. It turned out to be 40. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2010

CellFrog Announces Embeddable Conference Calling. Awesome Resources on WPF and Silverlight with Billy Hollis. Regator: Finding Quality Blogs So You Don't Have To. Zemanta: Taking The Research Out Of Blogging. Hot New Mobile Devices and Window Mobile Development with Loke Uei Tan. Thrive and End Bad Debt in America.

Technical Review 40

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”. The co-working space occupies the top floor and mezzanine of the building, and includes shared desks, offices, conference rooms, kitchen, and rooftop deck.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

workers regularly participated in video conferences. MPLS allows for automatic network configuration, making it less resource intensive than traditional methods of physically configuring circuits. Ask About Voice, Data, and Video Communication Support. In 2016 alone, over half of U.S. As you scale, those demands will only increase.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

The channel is sponsored by the Intel AppUp Developer Program. While a direct port of your applications features and user interface would be simple, a bit of due diligence up front may necessitate minor changes that will ensure what you end up with at the end of the porting process is what you had envisioned.

Software Review 40

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Genentech, Merck, and Bristol-Myers Squibb are all vying to treat lung cancer with immunotherapy drugs, and they rolled out data at a medical conference earlier this month. —Data from atezolizumab and other “checkpoint inhibitors” will soon be part of Xconomy’s new cancer immunotherapy trial resource.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Blogs are getting re-blogged, Instagram being what it is and Vine being six-second videos. Reading a blog post and reading a book are two different things. You have a limited amount of resources. Honestly, what’s fun is when we got a conference call with someone really important. Do I see it as a problem?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. . BrianSolis.com is ranked among the top of world's leading business and marketing online resources. .

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

Since I know not everybody reads Twitter I thought I’d collect them here in a blog post. Founder focus is the single most important resource that needs to be spent wisely  —  @msuster 9/ Don't spend undue time at conferences. There’s many more concepts I could have written about.

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Software Review Technical Review Pricing Metrics 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s). He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. It just so happened that there was a conference coming up run by a guy named Ismael Ghalimi, a very well respected software executive who also was keeping a blog at the time for companies in the space.

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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. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. It’s why I still go to after-conference parties and hang out until the end of the night with whomever wants to chat. The Subway.

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