SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

See definition: ad hominem. 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. I have thick enough skin or I wouldn’t blog.

News 258

News Tips Blogging Writing 258

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2012

Because the fact is that you are about to enter into a new game where you are definitely not at the top of it, and probably don’t even really know the rules. Once you have a lead, compose an email that is smart, grammatically correct, brief, and eye catching. Pinpoint, then Email. Email The Explorer Blog.

Mentor 164

Mentor Email RSS Education 164

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Take AVC.com, the blog by Fred Wilson. He wrote a blog post that always stuck with me about how there are regulars on his blog who hang out there a bit like “Cheers&# just having a chat with a metaphorical beer in hand. I picked questions that I had already covered in depth on my blog and answered them in shorter form.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many. When added to my volume of Facebook messages, LinkedIn requests, blog comments and Tweets my head is definitely below water.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

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.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. However Gmail is only private email conversations. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take.

Funding 373

Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2012

The following guest post comes from the blog of GraphEffect. What James added on to this quote by the end of his speech is that while 99% of advertising might not seem to sell much of anything, it definitely does if you can see how people influence their friends. I an investor in GraphEffect via Rincon Venture Partners.

Advertising 145

Advertising RSS Blogging Networking 145

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

I ended up passing on the Twitter investment, but I put out a blog post at the time--I was working for CBS--asking if someone would want to build it, and a kid named Soren MacBeth emailed me back saying he'd build it, which started the idea of StockTwits. If we continue to do our job, it's a very sustainable business.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. You need to do it yourself. Be unabashedly aggressive.

Startup 96

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. He responded by emailing the COO and asking him to lunch. I get emails all the time from people asking me on a first date and saying, “how about if I buy you dinner.” A guy I would love to work with – maybe even hire myself.

Venture Capital 397

Venture Capital Startup Email Networking 397

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. And that leads me to today’s post.

Startup 319

Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. You need to do it yourself. Be unabashedly aggressive.

Startup 92

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). 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’m not. Some of it is important, no doubt.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Jason Nazar

JUNE 11, 2011

Enter Leslie Wade, who put this list together for me below in an email (including the cute commentary), and I feel compelled to share it with the world since she’s not yet doing her own blogging. Others listed are in the area and definitely great spots, but may not be ideal for groups. Great wine list, great cocktails.

Los Angeles 108

Los Angeles Angel CitySearch Hollywood 108

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

Organization 280

Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

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.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

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. If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did. If it’s below 50% I will almost never go and see it.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. You need to do it yourself. Be unabashedly aggressive.

Startup 90

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. As Alex points out in this blog post there’s a ton of options out there in a severely fragmented industry. One thing I’d noticed, there were definitely more idea sellers than buyers. FETCHNOTES WAS CONCEIVED IN A CLASSROOM.

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. While we might not see Jeff, Paul and Chris as often as we once did, they have definitely become role models for Kluge as well. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. If you are a non-technical founder, you will definitely need help to do this. " I personally do this via a quick call and follow-up with email/LinkedIn connection, etc. Finding out what skills they think they have and how they match with what you need. Don't burn bridges.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

As the authors make clear in the book’s preface, their goal is to create a “definitive guide to venture capital deals” and “demystify the venture capital financing process.” Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. No Often Means No.

Venture Capital 205

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time.

Media 55

Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time.

Press 105

Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The most basic definition of business is a solution to a problem. Once you’ve answered these questions go ahead and contact them in a short email. Over 50,000 journalists use HARO to find experts to interview for TV, newspapers, books, magazines and blogs. If these companies have email lists even better! Blogs and Forums.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. If you are a non-technical founder, you will definitely need help to do this. " I personally do this via a quick call and follow-up with email/LinkedIn connection, etc. Finding out what skills they think they have and how they match with what you need. Don't burn bridges.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

For example, there are a dozen blogs like this one for every area of expertise. When your customer phones or emails you, his timer starts, so it behooves you to return his call or email quickly. Scheduling of a meeting at the end of the next week definitely tags you as a consultant juggling many clients.

Startup 90

Startup Slides Email Customer 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The best way to 'game the system' is simply to develop a genuinely interesting and useful product, or blog post, open source library, etc., You definitely have a nice start. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Hacker Downside.

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198