Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

There are lots of expensive public and media relations firms out there who can give you the full treatment, but I recommend starting with a good book on the subject, like the classic by media training expert Brad Phillips, “ The Media Training Bible.” These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Our call recovered and we spent the rest of the time talking about the development of their management team and their product. Just notice how many VC emails you get after your TechCrunch article or after you were on stage at TC50. In your VC pitch your PR page should take no longer than 30 seconds – Wait. PR is subtle.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2015

Image via Flickr by SideWages.com These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. A good start is a classic book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list.

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Blogging eBook Content Web 105

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. That’s why productivity wasn’t tough for me as a CEO.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. A good start is a book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. But most entrepreneurs don’t know where to start.

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Content Marketing Startup eBook 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Using the platform to expand your reach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Yet if your service is consulting, for example, real travel is required to deliver the product. It’s always valuable to meet new prospect clients face to face, rather than just by phone or email. Most young businesses with a new product plan to attend as many as ten shows or conferences per year across the country or around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. Recently I was reviewing a book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Curation, the most efficient content.

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Examples Content Marketing Entrepreneur 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2011

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. Recently I was reviewing a new book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list. Curation, the most efficient content.

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Content Tips Marketing Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Using the platform to expand your reach.

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Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

There are lots of expensive public and media relations firms out there who can give you the full treatment, but I recommend starting with a good book on the subject, like the classic by media training expert Brad Phillips, “ The Media Training Bible.” These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. The base plan is a book. You lose in either case.

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Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone has to wake up and answer website email requests. Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints. This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing.

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Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0. Modern Social Networking.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. The base plan is a book. You lose in either case.

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Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The Viral Loop / User Email. Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The

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Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2012

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone to wake up and answer website email requests. Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints. Self-service needs to have escape hatches.

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Customer Custom Services Startup 97

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book). Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product?

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We've created a booking engine, with an intuitive user interface that is easy to navigate, but also fun. We also build you a web page, which might be better looking that your own, with pictures and video--anything to help consumers make an informed decision without picking up the phone. There's no upfront free, and no listing fee.

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Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the latest book by business guru Joe Wozny, “ The Digital Dollar: Sustainable Strategies for Online Success ,” I found a good summary of some great strategies, with some practical advice on how to implement them: Understand what’s in a name on the Internet. Engage your audience with social media. Do them all.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

There are lots of expensive public and media relations firms out there who can give you the full treatment, but I recommend starting with a good book on the subject, like the classic by media training expert Brad Phillips, “ The Media Training Bible.” These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

There are lots of expensive public and media relations firms out there who can give you the full treatment, but I recommend starting with a good book on the subject, like the one a while back by media training expert Brad Phillips, “ The Media Training Bible.” It could be a product quality problem, or a major customer complaint on Twitter.

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Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

We were doing this one product called “Small Business Hires”, similar to the employer app we launched today, all web-based. We were trying to raise money for this product, but then the unthinkable happened. We have been able to develop a good product. Let me share an email I got today. My dad got cancer.

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

There are lots of expensive public and media relations firms out there who can give you the full treatment, but I recommend starting with a good book on the subject, like the one just released by media training expert Brad Phillips, “ The Media Training Bible.” It could be a product quality problem, or a major customer complaint on Twitter.

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Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

The Viral Loop / User Email. Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content. The more pages indexed, the more traffic you will get. Search Engines. Social Media.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

They don’t handle Twitter feedback, emails or IM. But DO NOT crocodile into your solution page. They are seldom productive. You have target customers, you have competitors and you have a product to sell. Try to find out who in the organization is most likely to buy your product. Beware of Crocodile Sales.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Customer 314

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. We have spam filters for our email. contextual text ads (e.g. So did the media.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. Don’t be overbearing – just an email saying, wanted to let you know about my new blog.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. See the books I recommend to friends. Quick intro to getting set up on analytics.

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Startup IP Email Report 29

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. So what’s exciting about this new product? This product is literally too good to pass up. You can download them on the first page of the submission process. The list goes on.

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Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

The best businesses understand the difference and that communities are the single best advocates for others to buy your products. the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch.

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Software Startup Tool Platform 234

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Whether it be product development, marketing, sales, negotiating or raising capital, I find myself trying harder to not get bogged down with unnecessary details.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. One of the books that first made me aware of the “creative brain&# was “ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain &# by Betty Edwards. All are known creativity drivers and are covered in the book mentioned above. Many people are visual thinkers.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318