InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I began publishing my blog in 2008. I was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. I was not disappointed.

Newsletter 205

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The entrepreneur– founder explained this problem away by stating that the designers and manufacturers would ship direct after we’d grown to a large enough size. Email readers, continue here…] And the company ultimately died a painful death. [Email readers, continue here…] And the company ultimately died a painful death.

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Design Blogging Course Email 120

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. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

It started a few years ago with the advent of email satisfaction surveys after an online purchase, but now includes interactive Internet ads, as well as custom requests for input on the design of future products and influencers on social media. Use experiments versus designing the ideal ad.

Customer 168

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 168

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

If you can pick up a product and use it with no manual it is well designed. I’m going to write a post soon with my personal product design philosophy, “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&#. You, the king of the overly long blog posts? We spend the previous 15 years with annual releases of bloatware.

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Slides Software Review Blogging Venture Capital 346

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Phishing attacks are attempts by a malicious attacker to get the end-user of a message or email to provide sensitive information. One common type of phishing attack is an email claiming a user’s account is stolen and then asking them to enter their login credentials into a website owned by someone looking to steal their information.

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Startup Email Networking Southern California 96

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. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Join the conversation with Community Forums.

Blogging 105

Blogging eBook Content Web 105

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2010

That means most of us are getting derailed from our work four times each hour, maybe more if you work in a high email traffic office.&#. He also write a nice post on limiting email and managing on the important / urgent matrix from the perspective on a recovering ex investment banker. Chances are they'll love you for it.

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Product Writing Email Tool 301

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers.

Services 121

Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2012

Uncovet (www.uncovet.com), headed by Heather Lipner , said it would help consumers discover the most sought-after items from up-and-coming designers, vintage finds from select high-profile brands and home products. Heather Lipner: I've been in tech and design for twelve or thirteen years. What is Uncovet all about? READ MORE>>.

Userplane 182

Userplane Startup Design Sites 182

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. He doesn’t email you. I’ve been told so. Not the Dave I know.

Startup 309

Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

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. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Join the conversation with Community Forums.

Content 114

Content Marketing Startup eBook 114

Eric Greenspan

JULY 29, 2010

While they’ve been designed to make it easier to communicate, many of us find it adding to our stress. I say, go for it, use em all…but here’s a few of my ideas on each: Email for conversations where tracking, history and detail is important and if you wish to forward to another and the best sales tool of them all.

Email 157

Email Tool Blogging Sales 157

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. Quite often these things get old quickly. That's fairly uncommon.

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

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 trying to build a center-of-mass on the East side, to draw talented developers and designers, to recruit more effectively, and reinvest in the local ecosystem.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

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. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

And anybody who follows this blog knows that I believe television disruption has already begun and it is more likely to resemble Internet content than streaming long-form content to our living rooms. It was founded by Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan & Ben Donovan. Sound familiar? Maker Studios is the ultimate “lean startup.”

Carson 291

Carson Content Los Angeles Press 291

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2011

” 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. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Join the conversation with Community Forums.

Content 102

Content Tips Marketing Blogging 102

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). It is what Seriously was designed to do. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. This is so clearly our future.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

” 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. The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Join the conversation with Community Forums.

Examples 93

Examples Content Marketing Entrepreneur 93

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs. We go through case studies like how Mint.com & Magento drove large audiences through great content marketing strategies. But I still believe Sean Ellis was right.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jason laughed when he told me that he has rattled off inspirational emails to Paul Bricault, Amplify’s managing director, at 11:30 at night only to find an equally enthusiastic response in his in-box five minutes later. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ve also known startups who have worked for months on the infrastructure of their business – front office, manufacturing, product design, marketing, personnel, and sales – then started work on a web site in parallel with their “grand opening.” Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

Web 76

Web Startup Sites Design 76

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Although I do not know all of these folks personally, I am sure they are all men of honor (I tried to find women to add to this list - if you are aware of great startup blogs authored by a women, please reference them in the comments). Twitter's asymmetrical design makes it difficult to remove fake followers. Reality Checking.

Startup 239

Startup Activity Hollywood RSS 239

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Good Design = Beautiful/Cool Design.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

But apart from building traffic, what I find most challenging is incorporating a lead capture strategy that will actually generate some blog subscribers. This means paying attention to factors such as page loading speed, web copy, and design. It’s basically the only thing you need to make future design and layout changes on your site.

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Tool Customer Custom Sites 39

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

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. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

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. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

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

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Their SaaS product saves web developers and designers time, while allowing them to create cutting-edge websites. Relying on their customers'' penchant for design and good taste, the company announced on April 1st that it had created a new "Geo" template for Bootstrap, a leading web development tool. Share and Enjoy.

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Customer Custom Template Startup 195

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

They have a related post: Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs , but I think that looking at my Startup Metrics post provides a bit broader set of metrics to consider. It’s a weekly email we send to AngelList, with 3 high-quality startups who want intros. Great stuff. Good stuff from Jason.

Pricing 150

Pricing Acquisition Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

I’ve also known startups who have worked for months on the infrastructure of their business – front office, manufacturing, product design, marketing, personnel, and sales – then started work on a web site in parallel with their “grand opening.” Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

Web 62

Web Startup Sites Design 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

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. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96