InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. We just knew that we were onto an idea that no one had thought of and we had better be in the press first because, of course, there is a first-mover advantage. Number one is sales. Life is sales. Flip Burgers.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. Many people agreed and added that even the best sales meetings are also discussions and not pitches. A few weeks ago I sat through two very contrasting presentations and wrote this blog post right afterward.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. Or a quick flip.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? Especially with DVD sales declining, we offer an interesting way to help studios. more) READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I ended up doing consulting work for high tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the software messaging area, and then came back to Los Angeles doing corporate sales for 3M, of all things. I got the bug from that startup, plus the hard work and work ethic of bootstrapping. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. I could link to a bunch of blog posts that come across this way but prefer not to single anybody out.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Repeatedly organize yard sales in which you sold your broken toys, books you wrote and illustrated, along with overly sugared lemonade and burnt cookies. Like a successful entrepreneur, Winston did not believe his own press clippings. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie.

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