Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

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! You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” Web Summit. Motives matter.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. He was also an undergraduate of the one place that I think is cranking out some of the best young entrepreneurs and investors these days – Wharton.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. This may seem scary, but it’s the reality, and what every entrepreneur has to do at every stage of survival and success. More intellectual capital means that you are worth more today in the marketplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. Dorrian is an entrepreneur. At D Elon said he worried that our most talented entrepreneurs these days were too small minded in their objectives. It is always a stellar event. But Elon Musk stole the show. He is that.0001% He knew me then.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Note: the story takes place in Austin, not Dallas, which I incorrectly reference in the video. Fast forward to Socialstay, my current mobile start up which allows guest centric venues (hotels, conferences, dorms, etc…) to build and deploy custom mobile apps. Do not, whatever you do, step foot on the conference center grounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

He has it on stage, too, at conferences. These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. Many through history became entrepreneurs precisely because they were unemployable. I don’t know an entrepreneur or a VC who wouldn’t cut him in on any deal.” My pal Dave has problems.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2017

Ahead of the Recurring Revenue Conference ([link] which we are helping to sponsor next week, we are chatting with a few companies in the recurring revenue area space. What advice would you give to new entrepreneurs, looking to start their own business? I see a lot of entrepreneurs today, where entrepreneurship sounds so sexy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often have to deal with people who are convinced that they must get me to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before they begin talks about their new venture. Some entrepreneurs avoid the patent process, since patent details become public once a patent is issued. Prepare a high-level pitch.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

gaming and mobile tracks others took advantage of during the course of the three-day conference held consecutively at ROC , Cross Campus and Santa Monica Place. One such entrepreneur was Adam Miller , Cornerstone OnDemand , CEO, who kicked off the conference at ROC. 4 P’s of Success.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Yet you can run a conference and mint money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. This is the easiest one for most entrepreneurs. But most good entrepreneurs do this naturally.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Companies such as Microsoft, Facebook and Google have all established employee referral programs that give employees monetary rewards for referring friends who get hired. Keith, best-selling author of “Never Eat Alone” and “Who’s Got Your Back,” offered this advice: “Conferences are always a great place to start, if you do your research.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s very easy in venture capital when you’ve seen thousands of companies have read thousands of decks and spreadsheets and been to numerous conferences and exchanged ideas with other investors and entrepreneurs to feel like “you know better” and that’s precisely what we try to encourage Team Upfront not to feel or how not to behave.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2013

It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate. Here are some tips from both his perspective and mine to stave off the coming summer “brain drain” and focus on the next step of employment, or starting a whole new career as an entrepreneur: Create and control your Internet image.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2011

It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate. Here are some tips from his perspective and mine to stave off the summer “brain drain” and focus on the next step of employment or starting a whole new career as an entrepreneur: Create and control your Internet image. According to Ford R.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

But I used to jokingly refer to bridge loans as “pier&# loans. They might put the kibosh on company travel and not attend some key meetings or conferences. So my view is that VCs and entrepreneurs need to make tougher choices. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2010

Here are some tips from his perspective and mine to stave off the summer “brain drain” and focus on the next step or starting a whole new career as an entrepreneur: Create and control your Internet image. Contrary to popular belief, business networking is not all done at investor receptions and conferences. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2015

You can spread the word by attending conventions and conferences relating to your field of business. Friends and relatives can also help you by referring you to prospective customers. Sometimes, competitors can refer clients whom they are unable to serve to you. Social sites are a great way to advertise your business.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

They are used by almost all the entrepreneurs I met with and have gained some serious traction in the marketplace. Almost, two years since the inception, he has built up a team and product making a name for himself as one of the city’s most promising entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! I like to tell entrepreneurs to treat it like a sales campaign. I am really surprised how many entrepreneurs pitch me and then I never hear from them again. ENTREPRENEUR NEXT STEPS. They said they’d call references but haven’t?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. After Office 2.0

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air. Maybe a retreat in which the members are flown to a central location and participate in a tech oriented conference? Jeff Potter, CEO Surfair. Potter: Absolutely.

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MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. We talked about how business school historically hasn’t positioned entrepreneurs well for success. I wrote about that before in a post about “ whether MBAs are necessary for entrepreneurs. I hope to be asked back for next year’s event.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Many startups get caught up in the conference circuit. Be very targeted in which events you attend. Choose wisely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

Many first-time entrepreneurs have grown up digital natives so have a really good intuitive feel for technology & design but don’t yet have the business basics down. . Angels, entrepreneurs, VCs, bloggers and the like all get a ton of requests for “just 15 minutes” phone calls. Phone calls. How Can I Help?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Honestly, what’s fun is when we got a conference call with someone really important. Yes, this is my first tech startup, but all three of us are entrepreneurs. Nice Daft Punk reference. We came from an entertainment background and not a typical tech startup background. What were the fun times? VP: The launch parties!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

On the other hand were everybody else including those that tried to make a full time of it like Robert Scoble as well as those that did it as a side job like VCs, CEO’s and start-up entrepreneurs. The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

My long-time friend Jason Lemkin is on the verge of launching a spectacular SaaS conference called SaaStr this week. In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 31, 2015. Some background.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

The asymmetric follower model where we also follow news, celebrities and senior executives at companies is one of the reasons people often refer to this as an “interest graph&# because it is an expression of what I care about. Read this story that is typical of many entrepreneurs with whom I talk. Or how about Google?

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JANUARY 30, 2016

So what we decided was to run our annual meeting as a conference. When we were rebuilding our LP base one of the single most helpful person to me as a friend, sparring partner and reference was Dana Settle of Greycroft. So of course it was natural that we would invite other VC firms.

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