Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

He has it on stage, too, at conferences. I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. My pal Dave has blogger Tourette’s. Not much more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Services Startup Training Writing 61

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A serious threat to our online way of life has emerged in the form of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). Commonly referred to as “Wicket,” it’s an irregularly scheduled meeting organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the UN’s telecom regulatory agency. Got your attention?

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Writing Conference Google Technology 102

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. 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. That changed very quickly.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

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. .&# It’s called a bridge loan because it’s meant to provide enough capital to bridge you from your last round of funding until your next round of funding.

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Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

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. In the boxes he writes: 1. Manage the present. Selectively forget the past. Create the future.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. With the rise of digital coupons, so came a rise in consumers using their mobile devices to reference coupons visually on their smartphones. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

He spoke of his competitors to the South and a recent visit to Las Vegas to a ‘lead gen conference,’ which made him wary of the ‘lead gen’ model solely. Perez returned from the conference with a fresh idea to solving problems in the contractor industry and is building a new platform to expand with.

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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. Write them in advance and request meetings.

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Conference Startup Technical Review Writing 289

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets. But then I went to the Parnassus Group’s Twitter 140 conference run by Steve Broback and Brett Schulte.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. Christensen, “We subsidize their education in fields for which there are no jobs” he said in referring to the fact that many courses at universities are still taught with skills that aren’t relevant to the 21st century needs of the US workforce.

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Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. Write out the reason you’re calling, your key points and “the ask” in advance and your time allotment so you can always refer back and make sure you’re tracking to your plan. It’s what you want. Let’s be explicit about it.

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Startup Writing Help Email 364

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. Write out the reason you’re calling, your key points and “the ask” in advance and your time allotment so you can always refer back and make sure you’re tracking to your plan. Take notes.

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Startup Email Writing Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

It seemed to save all of the bloggers from coming home at the end of the day from whichever conference they were attending and have to turn in long-form content like a journalist. The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad. Now we could all sleep more.

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Blogging Venture Capital Startup Social Media 219

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. This morning, 7/19/11 we will hold an open Twitter conference on job creation in America. That’s what I plan to talk about at the TweetMyJobs conference.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274

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. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution. Or how about Google?

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