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JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. I know some will read this as an indictment of all introductions and of course it’s not that. Mostly I just wanted to write this as a reminder to founders to be suspicious of people who constantly introduce you around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Of course, this kind of leadership has a big risk, since you have no one to blame if you get it wrong. This may mean attending industry conferences, taking college courses, or reading some key books. It may be time for you to start your own blog, write a book, or volunteer as a speaker at public events in your domain.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr. If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. Must be doing something right!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

We’re expected to be at conferences, events, sales meetings and be publicly visible. Having interesting and frequent opportunities at the top of your funnel is important, of course, but the ultimate score is only measured on the bottom end of the funnel. People expect blog posts, Tweets, panels, speeches.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. 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!,

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Of course, starting and running your own business comes with financial and personal risks, so I always recommend that you do your homework first, and follow some tried and proven strategies to improve your odds of success. Pundits in Latino countries quickly pointed out that the name, ‘no va’ means ‘does not go’ in Spanish.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. 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.

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APRIL 21, 2020

There are large sums of money to be invested and if investors can get comfortable with “downside protections” they’ll still write checks. Of course I believe the market has slowed down massively. I spoke about that more in this deck that I wrote for the SaaStr conference in early March 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are ten common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Write down your top 5 core values and review them often. Of course, most professionals are optimistic, so they tend to over-commit and underestimate work requirements. Find time in your work schedule for networking, working lunches, and business conferences, where you can test your ideas, learn, and generate support.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. ” Funding IS the story. Funding is news.

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JUNE 20, 2013

The other worthwhile exercise is to write down what your competitors uses as its USPs – even ones that you don’t think are really valuable to customers. And of course you also need your outbound marketing campaigns to emphasize your USPs so that prospects are already asking about them before the sales reps even start their meeting.

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JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Many pension funds are simply too large to write small checks and favor the ability to write $50-100 million checks to funds. Of course strongest industry players don’t stand still. Why is this?

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MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? ” Of course not. They’re different. More strategic.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever. There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. Of course I do!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. How does it work? Take us through your features?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. PHONE CALLS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are 10 common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! I run a conference – could you speak? I never get grumpy that people write. And of course I then see some public forums where somebody complains that they wrote to me and I never responded. If you do randomly write me I have advice. “But WAIT !!!

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

They got us invited to the Fortune CEO conference in Paris held at Versailles. We headlined at the Red Herring Europe conference (they were the equivalent of TechCrunch today). Just don’t believe what they write about you. Write a blog post or a journal about how you feel while you’re there. Not so much.).

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

So I know I’m getting myself into a bit of trouble by writing this. Of course they “need&# the title to convince customers, biz dev partners and VCs that they’re to be taken seriously. They talk about the need of the CEO to be chief evangelist, speak at conference, lead executive recruiting, etc.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For how to market your blog in order to get site visitors I suggest checking out the Marketing Show and if you can attend the next Pub Con it is one the best conferences to learn about getting web traffic. One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But of course all of these things are intertwined. Obviously you need to be mentally flexible enough to spot if your instincts were wrong and a change of course is necessary. Of course it’s great to bring in outside experience to complement your team but it must be done judiciously. Know what you believe is important.

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JULY 24, 2016

What you Before Sets the Course for How Well the Day Goes Make sure you send your financial and operating metrics no less than 72 hours before the board meeting — even better if it can be a week in advance. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—?these If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Of course if I’m not ensconced in deep, thoughtful work then by all means I answer the call. Getting Rid of Folders - A friend of mine, Dmitry Shapiro (founder of Veoh), teaches a course called WeekendU.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And covered we did.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans. ” I love businesses that don’t lend themselves well to VC Panels at conferences or Demo Days. Getting excited about a company at a conference and investing is a sucker’s bet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Of course, she assumes that you are confident and courageous, and willing to capitalize on all your strengths and opportunities to market yourself. Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Reporters are always looking for content, so they rarely turn away professionals they meet at conferences or events.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Of course when they get there those individuals are no longer young and after years of mental and physical atrophy they lack the ambitions to get these things done. Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? And, of course, now Twitter.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

McGraw-Hill Campus has long been known for its course integration system that allows university faculty access to all of McGraw-Hill Education’s leading educational content and technology right from an institution’s very own learning management system. Apply to conference Startup Alley’s and competitions.

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MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans. ” I love businesses that don’t lend themselves well to VC Panels at conferences or Demo Days. I spent time on college campuses. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. .”

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — —. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. Meredith Publishing.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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MAY 26, 2011

I don’t really care if I’m wrong as long as I’m not dogmatic if evidence later shows we need to change course. Brad Feld and I were discussing the topic at lunch at the most excellent Glue Conference this week in Boulder. He encouraged me to write this post and after smoking me out on Twitter I had no choice. So here goes.

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MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls. And let the entrepreneur decide the course of action. They see how hard she does her job. They know her personally and know she cares about her constituencies even if she has to make tough trade-offs from time-to-time.

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