Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In the past year alone the company has amassed over 1k hours of educational content and generated over $1 million. Throughout the 90s he ran a consulting business with his brother that helped traditional companies establish an online presence. Among those that have paid for a Stage 32 class, 91% say they’ll do it again in the future.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Jimmy Hendricks about where Deal Current fits into the industry, and how the company grew out of a need of a client. It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

That’s why it’s important to revisit your company’s mission from time-to-time. We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors. Take some time to reflect on how well defined you believe your company’s sense of purpose is.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Maybe you sit and read Inc magazine for a while in the outside patio enjoying the sunny weather before you have to lock yourself in your white walled box chained to the computer working into the late night hours. Let me explain why this company had such an impact on my life. Ask yourself, ‘what does my company solve’?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. 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). And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

I’ve been having this PR discussion with three separate portfolio companies at once so I thought I’d just publish my thoughts more broadly. PR is an insanely valuable activity in early-stage companies. It’s much hard to get funded as a company nobody has heard of. Business Development - Biz Dev is hard.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. I stayed up late every night after a day of meetings doing email until 3am so that I didn’t feel out of touch with our product and sales pipelines. 8-miler in Munich with the CEO of a company we were trying to buy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’ve always been a big believer that just a couple of key individuals make all of the difference in a company’s success. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. Patron Companies. The ingredients are all here.

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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. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. After all, what company can maintain such a small number of unique systems? They keep me at the leading edge of new development as it is productized, even before mass production.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2011

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. Email readers continue here.] Apple, for example, was nowhere near the first to introduce an MP3 handheld music player. I had owned several before the first iPod was released.

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