Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2020

The road of drug development is rife with detours and disappointments but Seres Therapeutics showed this week that course corrections can work. Four years after its microbiome therapy failed in a mid-stage study, the company reported early positive data from a pivotal test of its treatment for a type of gut infection.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. It’s just math. discipline & focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Add a modest advertising presence.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. from a young age.

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Xconomy

JULY 24, 2017

Users aren’t guaranteed to shed pounds, of course, but a National Institutes of Health study last year found that the app’s most dedicated users lose weight nearly 73 percent of the time. Now, the 25-person company is entering new—and more complicated—territory with.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Mea culpa and get right back into line. Underbelly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Add a modest advertising presence.

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Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

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. Of course the press is going to roast you. Not a freakin’ blog post. Probably the 5 minutes before they wrote their blog post. What is my evidence?

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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. I also know many people who never studied business as an undergrad who appreciated the knowledge that they gained as an MBA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Engage your customers through blog comments, product reviews, and personal customer service. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning.

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Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—?these As a VC I of course want you to come see only me because that means I have no competition and have time to properly get to know you. This goes into the heart of my controversial blog post (coming soon! Come back to this blog over the next 2 weeks and I’ll explain.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. I call this process “ triangulation ” and highlighted it that blog post I wrote on the topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2011

Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. Here are some of the easiest methods we both recommend for creating positive and neutral content: Blogging. These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Twittering. Profile sites.

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Blogging Content Google Sites 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Engage your customers through blog comments, product reviews, and personal customer service. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. A most valuable tool is WordPress or TypePad for blogging. His business has since closed, but his mindset is still out there. But don’t stop there.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. But we of course now live in a “knowledge economy” that has to constantly adapt to changing market conditions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2010

Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. Here are some of the easiest methods we both recommend for creating positive and neutral content: Blogging. These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Twittering. Profile sites.

Blogging 95

Blogging Content Google Sites 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Advertising presence. Join relevant business associations.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

They forget that they became entrepreneurs, according to the “ DNA of an Entrepreneur ” study a while back, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In total, Bluebird is reporting on 30 patients from three different studies: 18 from a study (named Northstar) of patients with beta-thalassemia, five from a study of patients with either beta-thalassemia or sickle cell (named HGB-205), and seven from a study only of sickle cell patients (HGB-206).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Add a modest advertising presence.

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Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Of course the dirty one took the shower.’ I did a study for a large European mobile operator on whether they should bid for 3G spectrum and if so how much was it worth. ” I’ve already blogged about how I work through this process: I triangulate. ’ ‘No. How can you say that? ’ ‘No.’

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. He’s holding back for now, but he’s clearly studying what’s going on in technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. A most valuable tool is WordPress or TypePad for blogging. What’s the problem? But don’t stop there.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Advertising presence. Join relevant business associations.

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Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Hulme, blogging at Cloud Commons , believes that the cloud will spur a jobs explosion, though the jobs descriptions will differ. “Of course, IT jobs within solution providers and at consultancies will remain. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

We now know that the medium has changed the news industry leading to blogs, real-time reporting, integration of text and video, two-way discussions, stories surfaced based on what your friends are reading, etc. Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” But the company insists it will stay the course with its lead product, a T cell-based cancer immunotherapy called CTL019 that Novartis could present for regulatory approval if current trials go well. A spokeswoman told Xconomy it was part of an “internal re-alignment.”

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News San Diego Journal Technical Review 57

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Advertising presence. Join relevant business associations.

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Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. A most valuable tool is WordPress or TypePad for blogging. I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.”

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

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. Of course the 4-hour work week and DL plan is a gross over generalization and meant to be shocking. And, of course, now Twitter. If not now, then when?

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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 was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. I’m not. I couldn’t carry on a conversation.

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