Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. People often ask me why I started blogging. I never really expected a big audience or ever thought about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So when they spoke about character development, repeatable gaming experiences, bringing games to multiple platforms (in the industry we call this “ Transmedia “) and physical products my ears naturally perked up. Domain knowledge gives entrepreneurs an “unfair advantage” over newbies. (on The results?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

I find myself struggling to fully relax at bedtime, with my mind spinning about the world that lies ahead and the infinite amount of weekly decisions I’m having to process. But at the margin if there are things you can do to be compassionate about severance or medical benefits or helping people navigate government assistance?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

Why You Need to Be Sure You’re Not the Sucker ” I talked about how VCs (or other investors) get deals sent to them and how to interpret a referral. I wrote here about the importance of proprietary dealflow . I wrote here about why I avoid party rounds. I’m certain we’ll talk about it soon enough.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Fred Wilson wrote a blog post yesterday called “Real Names” in which he talked about a commenter on his blog who preferred not to comment because he didn’t want to use his real name. I wrote about Job Hoppers. Think about it. It’s a powerful concept. They did the same over at HackerNews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Anchor blog in your domain name.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. This post is about the “P” or pain. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. Click here.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. The second most referenced author on my blog, after Kawasaki, is Robert Cialdini, co-author of Yes! For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.” I was not disapointed. Tricking The Jedi.

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2019

For example, if you have a bicycle courier service that you want to be known as speedy and reliable, define yourself as “the FedEx of urban couriers.” (See “Manage Your Mantra” two weeks earlier in this blog.) There is no one who will ever be as passionate about telling your story as you. How do you define yourself?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Scarcity – less is more. First Moment of Truth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2010

You read about Mark Zuckerberg or the guys at FourSquare, Twitter or Zynga. But that’s a bit like reading about your state lottery winner and feeling bummed out because you haven’t won despite years of trying. if you don’t have the reference and want it you can click the image above). Startups are hard.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Great by Cliff Allen Business Networking Online who I had blogged about previously in Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. I see Visible Networking as a series of conversations around blog posts, and encouraging a group of people to actively participate. Right now the conversation is about visible networking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

We all could learn a bit more about balance , as Brad Feld has outlined. 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. I would love for prospective investors in Dave’s fund to call me personally to learn about “the real Dave.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

.” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. In many ways that can be way more telling.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. And I've talked about lots of things you can listen for as a non-technical person to determine if this will be a good CTO candidate. Often it's only about 20 minutes. It will be spent: Finding out more about the reality of their background. Any suggestions on what to do?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. It will also allow you to refer back to past experiences without risking an erroneous decision based on a false memory. Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. And I've talked about lots of things you can listen for as a non-technical person to determine if this will be a good CTO candidate. Often it's only about 20 minutes. It will be spent: Finding out more about the reality of their background. Any suggestions on what to do?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

– During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask him what he wanted to talk about. If he had spent any time reading my blog, he would have understood that I am not a fan of consultants , especially at startups. – I do not expect everyone I speak with to be a fan of my humble blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

My favorite two quotes of the weekend were: “Never trade your cat for somebody else’s dog” (referring to selling your company for stock to another privately held company – quote was from Alan. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web design typically refers to the process of interface design and graphic design. Web development refers to the design and creation of the database, code, and dynamic elements of the site. Freelance Sites - he considered using one of the freelance sites, but was concerned about the quality he would get.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Getting noticed is not about ego or being the center of attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I have often written about how lonely it can be to be a CEO and and have very few people with whom you can talk about difficult situations. I wonder sometimes if founders even know about the hours their lawyers or advisers put in on evenings, weekends, vacations. He called to try and put things right.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. A positive news story means NOTHING about the core performance of your business. Our call recovered and we spent the rest of the time talking about the development of their management team and their product. Is that why you called?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Getting noticed is not about ego or being the center of attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post by MG Siegler that really struck a chord. The title was “The Jerk,” which is a reference to both the Steve Martin film but more precisely to Robert Scoble’s interpretation of Steve Jobs having just read his biography. ” but I cared more about the outcome and the lesson.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. For us, based on the quality we want to ensure our clients have, and the high touch element, it's really about convincing everyone that the problem is real, and hard.

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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). Reality Checking. Share and Enjoy.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Tell me a bit about your background. I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. You are writing about the essentials of business. And how it relates to what you are talking about in [link] ? Networking is about meeting people and getting to know them.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 As Michael notes, "While we wrote a blog post about the theme, it went viral thanks largely to the tweet button front and center on GitHub. What’s the fun in a joke that only one person knows about?". We didn''t ask people to tweet it, they just did.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Scarcity – less is more. First Moment of Truth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

Entrepreneurial thinking is all about being proactive, rather than wait to be pushed. Most employees I know have no idea what their business life costs, since they have never had to worry about costs as employees. Start tracking your costs as well as income elements. Market your business expertise.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

First off, what is Namesake all about? Today, we have people watching live streams on Namesake, we have people with programmatic questions, we have people about where should I go in Las Vegas, and we have stuff which is very news driven. The chatter is overwhelmingly positive about the experience. And, it is a social network.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. It actually wasn’t the point of my post – my point was just to get people thinking about the issues of size and age in the first place. And they don’t. million investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. That notes only told part of the story.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

Carrier grade” refers to networks for carriers that meet high expectations for network availability, security, quality, performance, and scalability 1.Any Network providers may frequently tout the phrase “high availability” when referring to reliable networks, but this is not synonymous with carrier grade. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). million in savings in less than five months while spending about $50,000. Focus first on the social media trinity. These give good customer connection and SEO.

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