TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. We want this test to require repeated requests to an external service (MySQL or MongoDB, for example) so that we exercise the frameworks data mapping code. For example, on the Java platform, Jackson was used for frameworks that do not provide a serializer. Code examples.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

His personal blog with some great example is here. I’m a huge believer in Info Graphics and the ability to create deeper understanding of complicated topics through visual means. As “Big Data” becomes more pervasive the power to visualize will become increasingly important. And Jess is awesome at his trade.

Startup 394

Startup Newsletter Course Equity 394

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. Tom Peters No single thing in the last 15 years professionally has been more important in my life than blogging. But from a value perspective, it really comes down to the numbers I showed for my eLearning Technology blog. This is that post.

Social Media 222

Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. .” From this I learned the best times to post and how frequently to Tweet a blog post.

Writing 326

Writing Buzzfeed Blogging Social Media 326

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MARCH 14, 2013

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. Consider this blog post titled, “ Christmas 2012 Shatters More Smart Device and App Download Records.” Final example. Why would I want to have a POV rather than talking about my cool new features? I am a VC.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

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MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. ” ( as I did very early talking in favor gay marriage - it seems that if you’re an NFL player you don’t have this same latitude , for example. I have a blog and a voice.

Blogging 329

Blogging Technical Review Examples Startup 329

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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

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. Take for example retailers. You may have some drivers with larger cars and stronger bodies who transport white goods or TVs for example.

Startup 331

Startup Competition Examples Invest 331

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JANUARY 23, 2011

And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. The ability to get inches in major journals (NY Times, WSJ, The Economist) as well as your industry trade journals and tech blogs in invaluable. That’s why keeping a personal blog is so great. And no irony.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

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MARCH 15, 2010

Let me give you some examples: Tristan Walker : I first met Tristan online when he was merely human (e.g. He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog. Brad Feld : I first learned of Brad Feld like many of you – through his blog. before having 300k followers!). Strange, huh?

Social Network 347

Social Network Networking Blogging RSS 347

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JUNE 12, 2013

Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. Some practical examples. It’s why whenever he does ask my answer is “yes” before even knowing what he’s asking. ” Be authentic.

Venture Capital 407

Venture Capital Press GRP Partners Blogging 407

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JUNE 3, 2010

Here is an example from pw0ncakes. Here is a n example from Brerrabbit , whoever that is. 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.

News 258

News Tips Blogging Writing 258

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JANUARY 28, 2012

” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. I loved the idea of “mobile first” but something always bothered me.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

We’ve recently launched a video series called T3:Today’s Tech Trends to further support our shows by adding a video component that can be shared directly from YouTube, our blog or embedded in the radio show website, blog or any other website/blog willing to carry the free content. This show can be found at [link].

Social Media 220

Social Media Media Blogging Social Network 220

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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. Another great example is Bill Barhydt of m-Via. They recorded it.

Organization 280

Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it. Fred Wilson wrote on his blog this week about learning from failures here and quoted Obama’s speech from tonight: you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Start-up Lessons.&#.

Startup 247

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Writing 247

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Example What do I mean? Here’s the block that you see when you look at a blog enabled by Disqus (a third party commenting tool that can be embedded in blogs and other content): It allows you to authenticate yourself using Facebook Connect , Twitter Oauth (sign in with Twitter), OpenID , and Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Let me give you a real world example from this week. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs?

Venture Capital 352

Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

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JUNE 27, 2011

I think a great example right now is turntable.fm. Market to Your Target Audience – I’ve seen a lot of startups who like to write blog posts on life as an entrepreneur. I talked about that in detail on this post about how to blog as a startup. You’re reading their press releases or blog posts.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

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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. Example: I was recently in China and had three public appearances. Zone of Effectiveness – The examples that Covey talks about here are things like exercise and planning.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Example here: [link]. What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts? I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. In addition to we’re taking GumGum and their very cool advertising opportunities to market. The client has to win.I

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

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AUGUST 4, 2009

For example, if you follow me but not @deblanda an I send her a message starting with an @ then you won’t see it at all. Sometimes I’ll see people who want to make people aware of a blog posting. Most people don’t seem to know this. Anyone who follows both of us will see the message. When does this come into play?

Tips 291

Tips Social Media Social Network Venture Capital 291

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MARCH 1, 2011

There has been all sorts of discussions about marketing on blogs lately. Foursquare is a great example of this. But when I write a blog post I always allocate a certain amount of time to having debates in the comments section. I think nothing is worse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or blogs than being one-directional.

Entrepreneur 398

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 398

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

For example, I have had rigorous debates about the need to crack down on explicit online content – even in the face of lower growth. I read this story on Ivan Kirigin’s blog that shows that Quora was posting which articles you’re reading to other people without your consent.

Blogging 328

Blogging Content Press Startup 328

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. He is both.

Product 348

Product Startup Design Blogging 348

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MAY 17, 2011

I talked specifically about it in the context of raising VC / establishing credibility over on the Sales School blog where there’s a video & a transcript. My story was to tell the example of Gregory’s speech and my subsequent one. They’re going t0 publish all 4 parts of my talk. We live in the era of authenticity.

Startup 365

Startup Class UCSD Blogging 365

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OCTOBER 19, 2014

I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. But since I have a blog and the history of my falling in love with Andrew & Petri’s vision was public and is relevant to how we make decisions I wanted a chance to tell all of their stories.

Funding 373

Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

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AUGUST 10, 2009

I’ve posted three people’s examples to the left. While you’re at it put in a link (if you don’t blog or want to link to your company at least link to your LinkedIn or Facebook profile). UPDATE: People have made the fix and say they still don’t appear in the search results. Anything.

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Tips Social Media Social Network Santa Monica 216

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. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Since then, the two left to start a brand new startup, SendLove.to (www.sendlove.to), which launched Tuesday, focused on allowing users to rate public figures in news stories, blogs, and elsewhere. As you know, the comments at the foot of every blog out there that is really kind of a big waste of time. Who do you see using this most?

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

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APRIL 4, 2011

For example, I highly recommend a set of board metrics that the CEO communicates to board members at every meeting. For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. SEO is seldom “free.”.

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Metrics Startup SEO Custom 346

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. Let me give you an example. I suspect Mr. Wadhwa used hyperbole in his TechCrunch blog post to get more readers to look at his work.

Startup 289

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

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AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. But for the sake of my example – say 20%. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ). You also need to get other people around you.

Startup 365

Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

A lot of the feedback we got from those users was that community was a killer, we love these communities, can we put them on our own site, on our own blog, can we skin the community so that it's in our own look and feel, and can we put all these features on our own site. So that's what the Lunch Network is.

Content 242

Content Software Review Technical Review Sites 242

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JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here. This post is about the “P” or pain.

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Custom 367

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AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. For example: 1. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. What is a founder to do?

Startup 407

Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

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MAY 24, 2016

I remember the same disdain from people when I started blogging or using Twitter. A bit like a blog that is put out regularly but not overly edited or self-conscious about word choices or typos. So it provides me with a less crowded audience than publishing on: blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Why would a VC do that?

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Snapchat Blogging Venture Capital Writing 200