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. You need somebody who is helping push out information on what is up-and-coming in the company. I write on my blog how I think in my head.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, the dominant system of grading how much influence you have online today is your Klout score, as explained in a recent book, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Provide a unique point of view.

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Social Media Ideas Media Writing 104

Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

This is the startup epicenter of CES 2018, where over 900 startups from around the world showcase their latest innovation to over 170,000 people including distributors, investors, leaders, analysts, media and potential partners looking for the next big thing. I [received] very good advice.

Startup 87

Startup Mentor Artificial Inteligence Research 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Develop an efficient and effective writing style. Blogs are a great way for potential business partners to find each other, and build a social media relationship before getting into the hard negotiations of who gets how much. Your reach with a blog is much broader than traditional business networking channels and industry conferences.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, the dominant system of grading how much influence you have online today is your Klout score, as explained in a new book, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 92

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, the dominant system of grading how much influence you have online today is your Klout score, as explained in a book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Build a team.

Social Media 63

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 63

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

You want to say something informed. I often find somebody at a conference will say “I comment on your blog from time-to-time.” I write lots of people on Twitter. This can be at a conference, via an intro from a mutual friend or similar. Figuring out how to engage is tricky. You want to be respectful.

Networking 150

Networking Blogging Startup Conference 150

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

My Forbes co-contributor Geri Stengel concurs that something is happening in the Volunteer State, writing last month about that state’s emerging women entrepreneurs. In advance of LaunchTN’s flagship conference, 36|86 , June 8-10 in Nashville, Jason shared with me the following three ways an accelerator should add value beyond demo day.

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. PHONE CALLS. Home alarms.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. Coincident has a bigger vision than developing this technology just for the big media companies and ad agencies.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. And it is the most notable media darling not making any money so everyone is asking the question – how will they make money? So did the media. First, I have chosen who to follow on Twitter so the information in my stream is self selected.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content below goes to goes to them as well.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Write it down…. Do you believe non-native Internet users (ages 35 and up) will migrate toward such a tradeoff, or do you think the unwillingness of older users to share private information is relatively intractable? “I Jeff and Brian are informal and very generous with ideas, input and feedback when they have time.

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In this article the focus will be on how to successfully attract media attention. I needed to have a plan to be efficient with my time during the 3 day conference. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them. 1 Pre Planning.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For me, it’s very much showcasing that angel investing is not just writing a check, it’s so much more. NON: At one of our inaugural Pipeline Fellowship conferences, at the end of the day, a woman approached me and told me how she was skeptical about being an angel investor. Pitching isn’t a zero-sum game.

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Four days off the grid – with no clocks, technology or media – a chance to getaway from the fast paced world and truly recharge. These are not networking events, summits or conferences where people exchange business cards, or meet-ups where we create opportunities to make contacts that further our careers.

Pricing 86

Pricing Coach Email Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Information Asymmetry - The biggest problem that presenters face in large (5+ people) is information asymmetry. Congratulations. What could go wrong?

Venture Capital 318

Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li What’s going to happen in the future?' The Dry Run. Want to be Mercenary?

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Our goal is to make the enormous volume of real-time information more manageable for the 99% of companies that lack the infrastructure to process these volumes in real time. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. Real-time information drives commerce.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307