Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. Having been through this all before myself I would like to tell a cautionary tale that can happen to the best of us: The Yo-Yo life of the tech entrepreneur.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The following guest post comes from Sean Percival, CEO of Wittlebee , a kids clothing club that sends its customers a new customized box of clothes every month, based on their children's age, color preferences and geographic location. As a general rule of the Internet, by default, Chris must be included in every list-based blog post.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian talked to us about the rewards and challenges of being an entrepreneur, plus how important it is to manage lifetime value (LTV) of a customer versus customer acquisition cost (CAC) in making a successful company. (We We also recently posted a video version of this interview). The big driver for us was the guest list.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

AlwaysOn will proudly announce the sixth annual OnHollywood 100 -the top companies that are disrupting the Hollywood establishment and creating viable business models for the digital entertainment marketplace. This year’s OnHollywood 100 Companies are today’s leaders in in the global innovation community. Museum of Flying.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

He said he wanted to found this company (he had founded a previous company that sold for about $300 million) because he thought the Internet was a big idea. Dorrian is an entrepreneur. At D Elon said he worried that our most talented entrepreneurs these days were too small minded in their objectives. He is that.0001%

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?".

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This post originally ran on TechCrunch. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

That means a slew of companies will be preparing to launch their new products or announcing their companies at the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. ” I get asked many PR questions which is why I started this stream of posts on PR at Startups. .” I get asked often how to best launch at SXSW. Exec Summary.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Greenspan, Founder and CEO of MakeItWork, a consumer facing, in-home tech support service. Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? On Being an Entrepreneur. The following is a short excerpt of what I said, “… being an entrepreneur is very unsexy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?".

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. We’re a busy bunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post.

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APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Enjoyed this post? Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. It is to out friend.

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JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Ryan Costello: We're a software company. We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. How did you start the company?

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JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. I’m going to save that for a future blog post.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

A mis-hire at the outset of your company can irreversibly alter the trajectory of your corporate culture. Serially successful entrepreneurs are typically indifferent as to the specific tactics they must employ to accomplish their fervently held strategic objectives. If you hire sharks, you cannot expect them to act like dolphins.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve had a post in my head for months – maybe longer – about the role of a CEO. It originally appeared on TechCrunch as a guest post but just in case you missed it there. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Selling the company.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Seth attended UCSB but dropped out to start a denim company. . It drives revenue & engages guests." SocialStay gives guests more… more access, more freedom, more pleasure, more connection, more savings, more say…”. Bootstrapping requires that the entrepreneur go out and talk to their users or clients.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Guest article by Richie Hecker, Founder of Bootstrapper Media. For about 50 years, (…cough M) Ad Men, or marketing and sales individuals, have been the kings of organizational hierarchy … and then came the Internet of things and engineers took over the throne.

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JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking. No cookies for guessing which reason they use to market to us.

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JUNE 10, 2014

tech companies have raised more than $620 million in roughly 50 deals thus far this year,” a 78 percent increase over last year and a record for Silicon Beach. According to the Wall Street Journal , these included Ooma founder Andrew Frame purchasing in Bel Air, and Facebook head of market development Matt Jacobson buying in Manhattan Beach.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Our high viewer engagement encouraged us to morph to an interview format in which my students and I ask our guests questions. They eventually turned the failing, four-store cosmetics chain into a global, public company. He began his career at Citrix as a middle manager in its Marketing Department, eventually rising to the ranks of CEO.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

This week was had Jason Calacanis as our guest. It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. What are the three most important lessons investors could pass along to first-time entrepreneurs raising money?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Brian Coryat, Founder and CEO of Local Market Launch and former Founder and CEO of ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) recently winged his talk at UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. I mean, that''s what entrepreneurs do every day. But that''s what entrepreneurs do everyday. And I said, ''I don''t know. In His Dorm.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air. I realize you joined the company after it was up and running, but how did it get its start? Jeff Potter, CEO Surfair. John Greathouse: Hello Jeff. Jeff Potter: Thanks John.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Commitment .

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies. Christina blogs in the Technology section of The Huffington Post [ [link] ]. Follow TZ Tech Law on Twitter at @TZLaw.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Shadrach: I am the founder and CEO of cloudPWR , which is a six year-old software company headquartered in Tacoma. Can you tell us more about what your company/organization does? We want to be the first place entrepreneurs go when they think about starting a company. Shadrach White, CEO of cloudPWR.

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MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

By Dave Lavinsky, President and Co-Founder of Growthink At one point or another, most entrepreneurs find themselves in a place where they could use money. These entrepreneurs often dream about how much they could accomplish if they had millions in the bank. All the marketing they could do. All the people they could hire.

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JULY 30, 2011

The paradox of a business model is not that you have to continue to tweak it until you reach perfection, but you have to continue to remain willing to adjust it constantly based on customer and market information. Ideally, you’ll end up with a core, proven model that you adjust along the fringes on a real-time basis.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company. Harry Lin: Lottay originated before me, I've just been barely two months as CEO, from an entrepreneur, Andy Elliott. Klaus and Steve thought Andy was a great entrepreneur and it was a good idea, and seeded it. Harry, thanks for the interview. What's the idea behind Lottay?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. This post is an accusation. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

This continues my series of posts: 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 The following are the top items based on social signals. That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com.

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