Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 10, 2013
I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. Stop reading their press releases or hearing their founder talk about he is crushing it. believing our own hype.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 17, 2012
She was lamenting that some startups simply see their PR company as merely somebody who corrals the press when you want to get some inches. She felt that her firm provides significantly more value as an advisor than simply a press shop. And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 27, 2013
After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. I mostly like to have coverage in the tech press where most of my customers (entrepreneurs) and business partners (other VCs) are. You should focused on getting coverage where your users are.”
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
And when the press releases and the attaboys wear off it still comes down to real work. You have to figure out when to be the up-beat coach, “It will all get better, stay confident, keep the course” or the honest voice in one’s ear, “Listen mate, you’ve been protecting your head of product for far too long.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. And while the press always likes to mention the other big media investors who participated in the investments (Time Warner, Canal+, Astro, Singtel, Elisabeth Murdoch, Robert Downey, Jr. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 2, 2014
It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches. Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members.
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