Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. The other thing that struck me, is because it is only men, they tend to write with lots of testosterone.

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Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. But some CEOs then try to have more junior people in the company take the interview. In a startup this is a mistake. Some final thoughts on PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). In a startup this is a mistake.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. Mark Zuckerberg – “The dynamic of managing people and being CEO in a company is a lot different than being college roommates with someone.”. No one ever accused Mr. Gates of being a master programmer.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. Our sources put the company’s funding somewhere around $6 million in its recent funding round. It worked. .

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Pitching stories and getting your name out to various companies and editors requires a lot of work. I have run newspapers, magazines, and websites and I have written for them all. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours. Freelancing is a tough gig for many writers.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Frank Addante

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

(my first article of a weekly column that I'm writing for Inc Magazine) A five-time entrepreneur makes the case for launching a company in Silicon Beach. He's not the only fan.

Startup 45

Startup Los Angeles Writing Entrepreneur 45

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. So many companies suck at managing their booths. So many companies suck at managing their booths. We were hot.

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Startup Press Venture Capital Journal 310

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 15, 2012

I remember when I first saw one advertised in a magazine when I was on a flight from England to the US. I was the proud owner of a Psion, founded by the company Bill Gates once famously said he feared more than any other. Most people I know who gave up their Blackberry’s just write shorter emails and respond to less.

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Email Startup Marketing Competition 386

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

We help companies reward their employees with perks. Perks are one of the most cost effective ways for a company to recruit and retain employees. How extensible do you see BetterWorks’ business model with later stage companies, where dental plans do matter? “We Those companies are spending up to $300 per employee per month.

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Summary Tips Sales Entrepreneur 246

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. We spoke with Sunil Rajaraman, CEO and co-founder of the firm, about the company. We're targeting any company producing any short form video. What's Scripped?

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Make sure to tune in for all the live action. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2016

There are some persistent truths which are rarely challenged due to their successful track record in successful companies. There are three things we know about startup business plans: one, you will write one eventually. Two, you will come to rely on your business plan, no matter when or why you write one. You Need Capital.

Startup 40

Startup Writing Ideas Capital 40

Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2016

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction. I SIS confirmed his death in its Dabiq magazine in January.

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Artificial Inteligence San Diego CTO Hire Outsource Development 62

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

I’ve tried over the years to write many times about the realism of the downsides of being an entrepreneur because there is a complete cognitive dissidence between what you read about yourself in the press and what you feel internally about where you’re at in the journey. . — Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015.

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Press Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 16, 2015

It is leading you to the bookstore, past the magazines, past the thrillers, mysteries and travel guides and directly to that coffee table book about World War I aircraft your father has been talking about buying for six months. Could you write instructions for them to build a piece of furniture? What Can Augmented Reality Do?

Design 40

Design Writing Entertainment Technology 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Make sure to tune in for all the live action. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

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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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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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

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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Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 82

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

It generally takes an oppressively long time to work your way to the front of The Herd, just as it takes many years to rise to the top of most Big Dumb Companies (BDCs). In a 2010 TechCrunch article , Ron Conway discusses the success and failure rates of the ~ 500 companies he had invested in during the prior 12-years. Be honest).

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

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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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

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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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. ” That way you aren’t hitting him up on an important topic when he might be stressed out about company layoffs, fund raising or some other major stress at work. But I’m sure many would apply if the situation were reversed. Work Travel isn’t fun.

Tips 418

Tips Startup Email Blogging 418

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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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

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.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2011

Maybe you were reading the latest magazine and breezed right pass an advertisement offering a 10% discount if you scanned their code. With QR codes, a company is able to promote their newest line of clothes with just one promotional media. There are companies that have seen the future of QR codes and the great potential they hold.

Advertising 87

Advertising Content Template Technology 87

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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Press Google Course Writing 415

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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. Although a new company, it is already gaining momentum—being featured in European CEO, Playboy, and Da Man Magazine.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We really enjoyed what their company has been doing and hope you like what Joey has to say. Plenty of companies have helped solve the problem of distribution for artists. Growing a company from $19M to $48M is no joke! Do you think your company could be where it is today had you gone a different route?

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Startup Design Advertising Search Engine Optimization 80

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. We worked out a plan to merge our company with another European competitor, raise money from both sets of investors, cut the cost base and live to fight another day. We were based in London. We were weeks from bankruptcy.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

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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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics.

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Class Writing Web 2.0 Offshore 334

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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