Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
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. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable. ” Or, “I sent u an email.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 15, 2017
Communicate frequently and proactively The most effective CEOs that I’ve observed send regular, short, board update emails every few weeks or monthly just to give the board a sense of what is going on. If they need to dial in make sure they’re on a web conference and you can see them and vice versa. It happens. It’s human nature.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
If you receive an email requesting details on your plan from someone you don’t know, you should respond with a CDA, as well as begin a more serious cross-check with reliable sources. The same is true for people who may approach you at networking events or industry conferences. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2013
Here are my top tips (and I still use these with Mark!). Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list. Also, pro tip.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 4, 2009
They generated an enormous amount of inbound leads through PR, email blasts and heavy efforts with analysts such as Gartner Group, IDC, Aberdeen Group, etc. If you’re not ready to buy then you go into an email database. Your goal as a website is to elicit my email address out of me with as little else required as possible.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 22, 2010
So I’ve always advised people that if they do launch at a big show, the most important public relations work they do is after the conference. If you’ve got good ideas for a story – shoot it over to them in an email. Many other great companies are not. - You’ll be depositing all the way and earning trust.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Business Etiquette Tips for dealing with VCs and Corporates at Conferences. With the LeWeb conference about to start in Paris I thought the timing of this post would be appropriate. Right after Techcrunch50 Michael Arrington wrote this great post on how to interact at business events and conferences.
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