Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. They also had much experience before that.

Funding 373

Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. So your goal should be a steady stream of news across many different news outlets and your own blog.

Startup 355

Startup Funding News Press 355

Both Sides of the Table

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. The power of large screen real estate. The power of a keyboard.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

Here’s a screen shot of my home page on awe.sm. As it is I have been able to determine who drives the most clicks for my posts and how many page views each of those commensurate readers stick around for once on my blog. No brainer. Do I get more clicks if I ask a question in my Tweet text before my link or make a statement?

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

A tiny mobile screen leaves little to no space for advertisements and makes it nearly impossible to fill out information when purchasing a product or service. Photo Credit: Tech The Best , Tech blog. Photo Credit: Let's Not And Say We Did , Personal blog. Click here to watch it for free” link to their non-Netflix friends.

Netflix 191

Netflix Blogging Mobile Advertising 191

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

The inspiration for this blog post via a recent Tweet , Hunter is a force of good at Youtube and Google. His boards include some great collections of dream cars and iPhone home screens. He also recently blogged his feelings on Pinterest mania. Instead, let’s talk about the men of Pinterest. Hunter Walk. Evan Sharp.

Blogging 178

Blogging RSS Social Network Screening 178

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

The technology blogs will be aflutter with continued criticisms of in-stream ads while mainstream consumers continue to click on links provided by the celebrities they respect and will buy products accordingly. This has proved far more effective than small crappy banners at the bottom of each screen.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2013

If you have ever played with WatchWith , GetGlue or Viggle or any of the other multitude of upcoming Second Screen apps that sync with Twitter, you already know what it is like to watch and tweet at the same time. Twitter and Blogs. The post The New Twitter | TV, Music and Blogs appeared first on TechZulu. Time will tell.

Blogging 75

Blogging Entertainment Social Media Screening 75

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. As an entrepreneur people who aren’t going to respond to you and it’s your responsibility to politely and assertively stay on people’s radar screen. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I almost don’t want to tell you because I love the product and would love for them to stay under the radar screen from investors. And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. – and why it would become a powerhouse. Count that two lessons from John. His latest passion?

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2012

By the way, I should point out that the four top articles on the site when I took the screen shot were all great: The Long Grind Before You Become an Overnight Success - Vinicius Vacanti , September 12, 2011 Hacking Angel List | VentureArchetypes Blog: Seed Stage Capital - Seed Stage Capital , July 13, 2011 Hiring a CTO for Your Startup - SoCal CTO (..)

CTO Hire 175

CTO Hire Newsletter Content Sites 175

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts. I think Dave has blogging Tourettes Syndrome when he hears the word VC. We then started talking about Dave McClure.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I know many people think I blog all day long. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. “But WAIT !!! How the hell can you tell us you don’t have time for email?” ” I never said that.

Email 314

Email Product Startup Writing 314

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. This can be a blog article that helped you make a particular decision or a link in a Tweet that you found helpful.

Networking 241

Networking Software Review Email Press 241

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Authority + Social Proof + Traction in getting rounds done quickly = perception that this is a company that should be on my radar screen / I should pay attention to.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Santa Monica-based Jacked, a provider of second screen information for sports broadcasts, said Monday that the firm has inked a deal with the NBA. According to Jacked, it will provide an interactive, second screen companion to a number of NBA teams. The deal also will have participating NBA teams.

Statistics 100

Statistics Santa Monica Screening Web 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Poor machine, screen, connection, chair. If your developers have a better machine, screen, internet connection, or chair at home than they do in the office, then there’s a problem. Developers don’t communicate well This one is going to take up it’s own blog post. It implies that it’s something really easy to do. “I

Develop 280

Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. Sam in the perfect example. So I had a sense that I knew who he was. I thought that was the end of it. Nice kid, but I see lots of nice kids.

Startup 372

Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. I look carefully at who is speaking before me.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. That’s always stuck with me. We’ll see. In our industry it must be 90+%.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. If this will be a hands on role, then you need to conduct some kind of Technical Screening/test. Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content. We want to make sure the marketplace is for professional content, so we screen to make sure the seller is a professional or small business owner, or a startup or entrepreneur.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. If you never read it, please do. The momentum had shifted.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: Frequency was borne out of a frustration of mine, which is having to visit many different places to consume video, from a combination of social networks, to blogs, to apps. Blair Harrison: I think the most important thing at the moment, is the end screen experience is one of the most important thing.

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. If you never read it, please do. The momentum had shifted.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2009

Contrary to the common belief that Southern California "should be an easy place to raise money" with all of its' entertainment and real estate wealth, it is a very difficult place to raise Venture Capital for technology start-ups.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Southern California Invest Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I attended events. I hustled.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! Stay on the radar – You need to find a very polite way to persistently be on the top of the radar screen of your VC. You’re just trying to stay on the radar screen. They have probably seen 4-5 new companies this week minimum.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Startup Email News 277

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. If this will be a hands on role, then you need to conduct some kind of Technical Screening/test. Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Microsoft is set to buy multi-user large display touch screens this summer the firms announced Monday. Microsoft is probably making the costly screens available for the public and embedded with their Windows 8 operating software and some hardware additions. Windows 8 also works well with the PPI screens.

Screening 66

Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

Suddenly I look at the screen and 45 minutes have passed. I’m just your guide but you’re going to feel great when this is over. Make sure your hips are straight, your knees are aligned and your feet are pointing forward.” He then reminds me, “You didn’t turn up for a 60-minute ride only to give up in the final few minutes.

Coach 538

Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Initial traffic was driven by word-of-mouth, specifically blogs and a bit of luck. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I attended events. I hustled.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. The entry screenings are tough. He blogs at www.startwithmoxie.com. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion.

Incubator 80

Incubator Mentor Capital Startup 80