Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2011

I have long wanted to write about FNAC (feature, not a company) because it’s part of my normal lexicon to push teams that present to me to think harder about where the economics in their industry is coming from. It somehow implied that they “weren’t a real company&# in some people’s eyes.

Email 270

Email Writing Blogging Competition 270

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Growth like this, this early in a company’s lifecycle rarely happens. Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Make your emails actionable. ” Or, “I sent u an email.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Poor thing had to write this parable and broadcast it through social media, just to get her point across. So the lesson is obvious.

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Course Writing Report Startup 156

Berkonomics

MAY 22, 2014

Bill Payne has been actively involved in angel investing since 1980, funding over 50 companies and mentoring over 100 more. The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D).

Writing 199

Writing Invest Entrepreneur Equity 199

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, I don’t. Co-founder discontent.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

My pal Dave occasionally presents “headline risks” for investors. I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back.

Startup 309

Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] Using your attorney or accountant to find who is close to the decision maker sometimes works. Do you have any contacts or friends within the target company? It takes careful presentation, lack of ego, and a real focus on the implementation tactics to make this work. But what power.

Ideas 120

Ideas Sales Competition Venture Capital 120

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It also applies to other parts of my life such as presentations. I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides. I left that presentation and sat down in a coffee shop.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

A couple of years ago an entrepreneur had requested a meeting with me to present his business. She responded back that (paraphrasing), “he had gotten stuck at a conference with a very important potential advisor to his company. I wrote him the following email. Let me give you an example. Recently a team flew to meet me.

Conference 369

Conference Startup Century City Email 369

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system. Guess who the lion fired first? So the lesson is obvious.

Report 120

Report Writing Startup Course 120

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

During the early 2000’s, my team grew the company to one of the largest SaaS businesses of its day, with sales of $70 million. In November of 2015, Citrix announced that it will spin out the “GoTo” Division, of which GoToMeeting remains the flagship product, as a standalone public company. Sorry, that was me. Don’t despair.

SaaS 100

SaaS Yahoo Advertising Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You still need the presentation to back that up.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you looking for employment at a company or just wanting to expand your connections, don’t be afraid to email or tweet someone and see if they want to go for a coffee or a beer. You never know when a company will need your skillset, even if they contact you months or years later. Reach out to people you want to meet.

Design 91

Design Networking Social Media Google 91

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. That's the first time organized, institutional, managed capital is coming into a company, right after friends and family. Two, is I missed a bunch of deals because I did not have a fund.

Invest 145

Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

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. I’ll write a post on how to give feedback to employees and then I’ll get emails from people telling me they forwarded it to their whole team.

Buzzfeed 354

Buzzfeed Content Tips Blogging 354

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. The Company. Who do I write the check to and where do I send it? Business Plans are dead. Opportunity. paper cut vs. bleeding artery)? Photo Source: photosteve101.

Venture Capital 211

Venture Capital Summary Technical Review Template 211

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

.&# VC’s will want to learn about what you’re up to and later stage VCs will have their 23-year-old analysts call you to tell you how interested they are in your company. “Thank you for writing to me – it’s nice to hear from you (or meet you) via email. I suggested something like the following.

Startup 305

Startup Venture Capital Writing Conference 305

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. This will bring back some conscious thought to digital gift giving instead of the current non-emotional email that links to a gift card. “We What we’re trying to go with the birthday story is trying to replicate the unwrapping of a present,” said Hagger.

Startup 126

Startup Venice Social Network Tool 126

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 16, 2010

A couple of years ago an entrepreneur had requested a meeting with me to present his business. She responded back that (paraphrasing), “he had gotten stuck at a conference with a very important potential advisor to his company. Basically, don’t be cavalier about rescheduling meetings. Let me give you an example.

Startup 346

Startup Conference Century City Email 346

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this age of constant change, I usually find myself writing about what has changed. I’m talking about being present mentally and engaged, with a full focus on the business work at hand, and contributing to the team. Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company.

Customer 90

Customer Custom Social Media Satisfaction 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Dress to fit into the company culture, no more, no less. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image.

Startup 102

Startup Slides Email Customer 102

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. We’ve been there. We’ve all been there. ” Huh?

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. Email readers continue here.] Actually, there are two legal duties of board members.

Class 179

Class Coach Invest Sales 179

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. And that leads me to today’s post. Specifically, 1.

Startup 319

Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. If your last company was Apple, Blackberry, AdMob or JAMDAT and you have some experience in the sector then I know that your product will have your experiences baked into it. He’s a star.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

James Tamplin and Andrew Lee are the co-founders of the company, and sat down with us last week to talk about the company's service, and how it came about. So I thought of some ideas about getting the phone back if the battery wasn't present. All you need is an email address. I always wanted to start a company.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Dress to fit into the company culture, no more, no less. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image.

Startup 85

Startup Slides Email Customer 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. They also make M&A activity more difficult and with lower outcomes.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2011

Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Dress to fit into the company culture, no more, no less. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image.

Startup 93

Startup Customer Custom Slides 93

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. Al Eisaian: There's a common theme with the last three companies I've been involved in as far as startups. Al Eisaian: It's been angel funded so far.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Hearing that your company almost died. I had to lay off 60% of the company in one day. Let me share an email I got today. on the app.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Dress to fit into the company culture, no more, no less. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image.

Startup 90

Startup Slides Email Customer 90

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.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. I always thought it was a great symbol of Big Dumb Company ignorance: carpet bombing the world with unwanted and unneeded disks. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188