Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I have much experience in this domain. Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. In fact, it my experience the best technologists are akin to artists. They don’t love documentation. Experience. Sometimes they are introverts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Based on my experience and data from the field, over seventy-five percent of new startups fail, even with venture backing. In my experience, the key steps I look for always include the following: Testing the idea against customers who have money to spend. The number is much higher for those who choose to go it alone, without help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2018

I’m talking about using the new digital channels of blogging, social media, and influencers more creatively to “pull” people to your solution, and make them advocates. In my experience, the goals communicated by most change initiatives are either overly lofty, uninspiring, or nebulous. This is the new art and science of marketing.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I also blog at [link] and you can find me on twitter: @gilbola. More likely it would be people with more experience. Tony, it's great you'd ask since I've got a blog with a post about different networking events in the LA area. These are one-offs that I mention in the blog rather than make the master list too cluttered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2016

When you anticipate losses for the first year or two, it is more important to properly document all expenses, including tricky ones like business travel, business meals, and your home office. In my experience, the most common small business accounting system I see in startups is QuickBooks Pro by Intuit. Invoicing and payments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. The customer experience is more than the service.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

According to Andrey Doronichev, head of YouTube mobile in a blog post today said, “All diehard YouTube fans starting today can download the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPod touch from the App Store. However, Google on Monday updated the iOS app allowing users of the Drive app on iOS devices to edit documents in the cloud.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Grockit is led by Farb Nivi who was a former test instructor at both Kaplan and Princeton Review so brings a lot of experience to this market. So these guys have both deep domain experience as well as tons of startup chops. Blogging has gone through many iterations.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

Monzo has a distinct tone of voice too – in fact, its tone of voice document is readily available on its site. As of its 24 January 2020 blog post, 1000 customers have been involved in the US testing process. While its brightly colored cards may be a talking point, it’s not all style over substance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. The customer experience is more than the service.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Here’s a quick thought experiment for Adam since I’m assuming somebody will forward this to him and he’ll be annoyed with me. By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either. I’m sure he’s way more versed on the research in corporate psychology than I. I’m not an elitist a **e. Some people get REALLY annoyed with me for that.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

And from experience I know that saying something so simple will bring the trolls out. The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more. This can be your star Chief Architect who loves to code but hates having to handle the admin like testing, documentation, recruiting, etc. go on, click it ).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I'm a glass half full kind of guy, and it's more of my personal blogging channel. An example of that, is I do a lot of running, and I did a video where I ran 100 miles over the month, and documented the process, and that inspired other people to do the same thing. Adorian Deck: It's pretty much a full time thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. The customer experience is more than the service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. Unfortunately most people do.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. From websites to apps, philosophie creates engaging and efficient digital experiences for many different industries. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table ! Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Of course, you may not have the time or desire to read through every document in your space, but it’s not so hard to find and follow some key influencer blogs on social media. Find mentors and advisors who have more relevant business experience, insist you see things that aren’t on your radar, and spot what’s coming around the corner.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2015

All content – whether a wiki, blog, document, IM or video conversation – is centralized, making it accessible by every employee through a simple, intelligent search. Its socially powered collaboration platform eliminates cluttered workflows by consolidating and standardizing existing apps and tools in a central location.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. will allow visitors to create an ever more personal experience. U sers can now interact in real time on documents, collaboration, including making changes. Examples include Second Life and Funsites. Extended personalization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

But for startups with limited resources and experience, I always recommend a soft launch or toe-in-the-water approach in a local market -- and scale up later. In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. will allow visitors to create an ever more personal experience. U sers can now interact in real time on documents, collaboration, including making changes. Examples include Second Life and Funsites. Extended personalization.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I personally have only had positive experiences with Sequoia in my meetings with Roelof Botha , Mark Kvamme , Mark Dempster and others. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

For example, there are a dozen blogs like this one for every area of expertise. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. If you have real experience in key business roles, or you are an expert in any one, then you have a good set of modern credentials.

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Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! (Web FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! I just started working on a new idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Kerry brings experience from all parts of the marketing mix. Early-stage and first-time entrepreneurs often value advice in the full marketing mix including blogging, content marketing, positioning, branding and customer acquisition that a senior marketer has done for years. Partner Leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Always keep in mind that a business plan is a “living document.” The way your plan is written can give you the edge you need when pitching your dream. ##### Today’s guest blog post is by Mahesh Raj Mohan, a freelance writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon. He possesses 15 years of experience as a professional writer.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic.To Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

With the first test looming, the entrepreneurial student borrowed notes from three rather scholarly students, consolidated them into a single document and sold copies to other students for $5 each. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Originally intended as an experiment in personal connections, Facebook has turned into a powerhouse platform that can be leveraged by just about any industry you can think of. From gaming, to advertising, to branding and marketing, there’s no online business plan that Facebook can’t be used for at this point.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

— Guru is developing technology for museums and other cultural institutions and creates engaging educational experiences that can be viewed on a variety of mobile devices. The startup uses artificial intelligence-related technologies to help manage the process. was founded as Catalyst eClinical.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

She pursued many inquiries through experiments with yeast, what she called a “unified principle of life.” They aimed to put yeast experiments at the center of drug discovery for neurological diseases. . ” ASH THURSDAY.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

million articles and documents from JSTOR (Journal Storage), a subscription-only service that distributes scientific and literary journals. Swartz had been open in sharing his battle with depression, often writing his thoughts regarding suicide on his blog. He allegedly broke into M.I.T.’s

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Such a lawyer will not go out of their way to screw you, but when crafting the investor documents and in future investor-related issues, your lawyer’s allegiance must be to your company. At the very least, you or the appropriate member of your team should document the primary deal points in bullet-point form.

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