Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

The story on Uber has been written about ad nauseam, which is why I’ve been reluctant to weigh in. I love Uber and I don’t believe there has yet been a real scandal. This story has been repeated by many parents I know and by many 20-somethings in LA. Grievances – yes. But scandal? I’m not so sure.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. So I’ve always advised people that if they do launch at a big show, the most important public relations work they do is after the conference. Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Robert’s article is worth reading. Maybe 10. . Maybe 10.

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Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I’m just telling you the depths of how this decision makes me feel. The were exonerated after an admission by the real perpetrator confessed in 2002 and DNA evidence proved it. Journalists aren’t quick to make these types of statements. The morning after. I Tweeted vociferously last night in my stupor and despair.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. Their post links to a great post by Jason Calacanis ( here ) on how to make the most of your booth experience at the show.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

THE FULL STORY. If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. There are 2.9

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I was trying to tell a real story about grit and risk and determination and seeing the markets early but struggling to persuade others. I was trying to tell a real story about grit and risk and determination and seeing the markets early but struggling to persuade others. Don’t call me a hater for saying so.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

The only thing that makes our 7-second commute to work interesting is avoiding the inventory of computer mice stacked in our living room. John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when. and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you. If you don’t read it and you care about tech & entrepreneurship, you should. West Coast”).

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Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. What does that mean?

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

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MARCH 11, 2016

As the human ear ages it loses its ability to hear high-pitched sound frequencies (above 15-16 kHz) through a condition known as presbycusis that starts at 18 years old. Thus begins Snapchat and why you don’t get it. That’s the point. So get over it. Snapchat will be used for both like the Internet (and TV) are.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

The only thing that makes our 7-second commute to work interesting is avoiding the inventory of computer mice stacked in our living room. John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? With which other investors?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. But as a source of deal flow it is last on my list and both entrepreneurs and VCs should be careful about working with bankers on an early-stage (seed, a-round) deal. [no, What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

it would make more sense than “me.” So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. Last month they turned the tables on me.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. We were based in London.

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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? What do you offer the studios, and why would they want to work with you to make those clips available?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I’m looking for somebody who is good at planning but doesn’t try to do the work of the VP Finance. Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. ON LEADERSHIP.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

Originally, I played around with some upworthy titles including: Keeping it Real with the Homies of Rap Genius. The Fresh Princes of Bel Air, the Untold Story of Rap Genius. Internet Talmud : The Rap Genius Story. Internet Talmud : The Rap Genius Story. Gimmicky clickbait be damned, this is a bit of an untold story.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Silicon Beach Fest, created by Digital LA and presented by engage:BDR, is the first startup / entertainment fest in LA with programming by tech community team effort including companies (Digital LA, engage:BDR, StartEngine, TechZulu, PromoJam, PageWoo, venues (Hotel Erwin, Viceroy Hotel, Cross Campus, Coloft, CoWorks, Working Village, io/LA).

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996).

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