Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Sometimes in my personal life, sometimes on a website I’m working on, sometimes it’s a customer service issue. My inbox was getting filled up with emails about it. I coached them through it over email and then fixed how the site operates to eliminate the issue for others. About my company(s): [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. The Truth About Building Starutps from msuster. The Truth About Building Starutps from msuster. You have secret doubts about your co-founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

That means showing that they value each person for who they are, take interest in their development and growth, and care about excellence and results. You must take the initiative to talk to customers, suppliers, other employees, and understand the process. The key here is to adopt a “ proactive personality.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

With the multiple technologies of team videos, smartphones, email, and the pervasive Internet facilitating total communication, there is no need for the delay and information loss of multiple hierarchy levels in business. In this age of world-wide markets, you need all the help you can get to attract loyal customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is a hot topic I’ve been asked a lot about recently. When is it appropriate for a VC to call your customers? I have seen some entrepreneurs go into first meetings willing to share almost anything about their company. I have seen others who seem guarded and cloaked about what they’re working on. So why are we here?”

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Sometimes in my personal life, sometimes on a website I’m working on, sometimes it’s a customer service issue. My inbox was getting filled up with emails about it. I coached them through it over email and then fixed how the site operates to eliminate the issue for others. So I moved to the next task.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Sometimes in my personal life, sometimes on a website I’m working on, sometimes it’s a customer service issue. My inbox was getting filled up with emails about it. I coached them through it over email and then fixed how the site operates to eliminate the issue for others. So I moved to the next task.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. Explain what you mean about branding in the employment area? Talk more about that outplacement content? That's been very effective. They wanted to get help getting their resume out there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. It’s never good to let a team member or customer request be ignored until the last minute. Determine where email and social media add value. Get products out the door and shipped.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. There is a lot to say about retaining control. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2019

Your biggest challenge may be members of your own family, some of your best customers, or a key business partner or investor. You have to manage your business with more people not like you, as well as a more diverse set of customers. Don’t assume others are intentionally being difficult.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. It’s never good to let a team member or customer request be ignored until the last minute. Determine where email and social media add value. Get products out the door and shipped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2014

Entrepreneurship is more about building a business than inventing a product. It’s more about the quality of the execution, rather than the quality of the idea. They exchange more emails, texts, and tweets every day. Yet many know less and less about how to really connect, and get people to commit to their business or product.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By now you will likely have read Andy Dunn’s scathing post about Venture Capitalists in which he decries the industry’s masses. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. And Coach Campbell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Entrepreneurship is more about building a business than inventing a product. It’s more about the quality of the execution, rather than the quality of the idea. They exchange more emails, texts, and tweets every day. Yet many know less and less about how to really connect, and get people to commit to their business or product.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

I thought about trying to spell it differently (like Guy Kawasaki always says Bull Shitake (as in the mushroom, but slightly misspelled) but somehow it lost the same effect that this saying has always had for me. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care. He had a family. Me: “LOL.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Flexible business models, including value-based pricing, bundling, and custom proposals are the places to begin.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

In fact, it is prohibited to speak about work or careers at our retreats. Once you are at the retreat, you do not need to worry about anything. We handle all the logistics and details, provide you with an entire schedule of customized activities, and make sure that your experience off-the-grid is everything you are looking for.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Tyler Crowley, of Sqweal, Launch, ThisWeekInStartups, Open Angel Forum, and Mahalo, stopped by to give a quick coaching session on pitch prep. Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Sunday morning rolled around and it was down to crunch-time. What a SWLA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. It makes customers feel special, and gives you the opportunity to highlight your broad experience and credentials.

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 30, 2012

Two short pages is the max, and always make sure you customize it for the job you’re applying to. What hasn’t been said yet about preparing for an interview? The reason is simple, over tens of thousands of years our brain evolved to make quick decisions about the things we see. Send a thank you email later that day.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. If you haven’t read my post about that, you should. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. Raising money is hard. Of course much of it is conflicting. Create scarcity. Why buy me? Why buy now?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

But that isn’t what this post is about. This post is about what happens BETWEEN board meetings. I’ve written before about how to turn this equation around and run more effective board meetings. They mostly understand your company, your customers, your competitors and your market but never as precisely as you do.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

So often I find myself coaching others on how they behave on social networks. If you get to know me and I hand over my email address, don’t add me to a mailing list and spam me the next three days. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

Business is more about people than product. In my experience, and from the thoughts of others who have “been there and done that,” here is my list of the top elements you should be looking for: Focused on customers and team, rather than “me, myself, and I.” You need positives to radiate to the team, partners, and customers.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

For instance, whenever someone at your venture saves your company money, send a company-wide email acknowledging their accomplishment. Although some of these emails will highlight relatively small savings, these communications will serve as a reminder that every member of the team should remain alert to identify money saving opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2021

In that context, I remember the classic book, “ Leadership Material ,” by Diana Jones, containing a wealth of insights, compelling stories, and examples taken directly from her coaching sessions with current business leaders. Either can get you valued and followed, or rejected by your team and your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2017

In that context, I just finished a new book, “ Leadership Material ,” by Diana Jones, containing a wealth of insights, compelling stories, and examples taken directly from her coaching sessions with current business leaders. Either can get you valued and followed, or rejected by your team and your customers.

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