Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Thus, we click!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. On the first day of class, Professor Greathouse told his students, “Take a look around the class, these are the people you will most likely start a company with,” and boy was he right. Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 15, 2013

Scaling also requires: (i) adequate capital, (ii) an infrastructure that supports internal operations and the efficient and economical delivery of the company''s value proposition, and (iii) an execution, process-oriented executive team. Photo credit: Flickr born1945. Share and Enjoy.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. Share and Enjoy.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Once people who do not know you and have no vested interest in your company's success begin expending their time, money and resources to leverage your value proposition, you are gaining traction. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Gaydos, Buzz 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. Follow Eric on Twitter at [link]. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Solution – In most failed ventures, the only asset of value upon dissolution is the company's underlying intellectual property (IP), as further discussed in Worthlesss IP. However, as a company's growth accelerates, the core team members are often handicapped by disparate locales. Share and Enjoy.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 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. Go With Your Gut.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

I’ve talked about how Twitter is a new form of RSS (curated RSS), it’s a a new form of IM / SMS , it’s a place where business is conducted and it’s a place where advertising will drive leads due to the link sharing nature of Twitter. I think they’re missing something. I instantly loved the guy.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. The company was recently ranked 3 rd on ProductHunt and to date has over 3,500 sign ups. The company also tries to find the best deals in town. ChatbotsBuilder (Boston, MA).

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. I recall a lengthy Harvard case from my days at Wharton that explored a large company's convoluted decision process to move from wood to fiberglass skis.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

The following guest post is from Laurie Barkman, Marketing Lead 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. Follow Laurie on Twitter at [link]. Share and Enjoy.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

I now use the Impact Matrix as a venture capital investor to help our portfolio companies objectively evaluate which initiatives they should pursue in the near-term, which they should re-considered in the future and which should be dismissed entirely. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? spread over three different companies (and) we brought it all together. Marten continues his story by describing the company's first major challenge. You must never let a big, fat American company do this to you.'

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AUGUST 22, 2012

He’s also collecting inspiration for the office space at Circa (his latest company). • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Sean Percival (hey, that’s me!). Yes, I put myself on my own list. I’m apparently that shameless.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Company. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages. Opportunity. paper cut vs. bleeding artery)?

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JUNE 18, 2012

Some first-time entrepreneurs mistakenly believe that they are not entrepreneurs because they have never invented anything nor have they come up with a novel idea upon which a company could be built. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Mark framed his comments around the culture he built at Citrix, which has been augmented (and complicated) by the significant number of acquisitions the company executed during the past decade. Most companies associate respect with hierarchy. A company culture is how a company gets things done. The Magic Formula.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. What's Your Story? Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Share and Enjoy.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I did this twice in my career and it allowed me to assess the people, culture and veracity of the company's value proposition before I joined full time. Ostensibly, your purpose is to learn general information about the company, its culture, etc. Boss Reference - Your potential boss will check your references. Share and Enjoy.

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MAY 6, 2013

Jim Andelman, my Partner at Rincon Venture Partners , aptly describes the genesis of the Series A crunch, stating that: "Over the next 12-to-18 months, a lot of good companies that have been Seed financed are going to have a tough time raising a Series . A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. A from a new outside lead.

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JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." In contrast, the operational experiences required to take a company from its founding through a successful exit are additive to early-stage startups. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

• Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 25, 2012

Facebook is a big, smart company. Companies like Facebook need a true self-serve platform which lets their advertisers only get and pay for the calls they want. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Shameless plug coming here.)

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. 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. And as a result we have bred a culture of companies that have been quite innovative on making money. company called Applied Semantics.

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MAY 14, 2012

Along with GoToMyPC, companies like Netflix, Classmates and ZoneLabs were learning from each other. This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. Share and Enjoy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". Despite these abundant resources, the team's ineffectiveness was reflected by the company's dismal 11% market share. the VP of Sales the richest person in the company.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern 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. Follow Courtney on Twitter at [link].

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Corporate Refugee without entrepreneurial experience, but has proven his leadership capabilities at a big company. With the Sales Guy, the venture capitalist might extrapolate that he will over-promise the company's capabilities and ultimately deliver a sub-standard product to market. Share and Enjoy.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

As an early executive at MySQL, he helped build the company into the world's most used open source database. MatchON Sports it was one of the biggest dot com companies in Finland and it went straight ( into) the wall and went bankrupt. Marten has enjoyed a celebrated entrepreneurial career. For Marten, self-deprecation comes naturally.

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JULY 18, 2012

Make It Work was an amazing company. With over 38,000 cult-like testimonials, one cannot dispute the company delivered a valuable service in a way like no other company has come close. In doing so, I will assume all of the personally guaranteed loans and lines granted to the company. We failed because we tried.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A startup leader's primary responsibility is to maximize the return to its stakeholders, which include the company's global and local neighbors, employees, suppliers, customers and investors. Angry people are usually inspired to act against your company's interests. Be boring in public. Photo Source: Flickr Môsieur J. Share and Enjoy.

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MAY 27, 2013

Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. In an era of RSS, Twitter, Facebook & new consumption tools like FlipBoard – titles matter. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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JUNE 24, 2013

In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness. 4 analysts, 6 potential partners and 9 institutional investors reached out to the company. Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site. 230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

source=rss& nclick_check=1. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. TechCrunch Sale to AOL: [link] news/ci_16195749?source=rss& link] com/aol-techcrunch-price-25- million-2010-9. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Gripe Pitch. TechCrunch Disrupt Start Battlefield Namesake Pitch. Wiretapping the Internet.

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