Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Finally, implementation requires a commitment of real money and other resources that can’t be written off so easily as an idea ahead of it’s time. In addition, creating a business requires leading and interacting with other people, including partners, investors, and customers. Create a written plan, with target milestones and metrics.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. We had over 400 attendees, including some who came from the core conference. I think it's a fantastic program.

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Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. But I have to catch a flight to New York for a two-day computer vision conference and 2 board meetings, 2 board dinners and a catch up with my LPs to tell them how our fund is going. everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

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. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

Having a good sales methodology can help you ensure your company runs more disciplined campaigns and focuses scarce resources on your best opportunities. 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. So what’s next?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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.” Are you ready to make it happen?

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Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

Everyone will want you to speak at conferences. The problem is that the scarcest resource in any entrepreneur’s life is your time. &#. “Thank you for writing to me – it’s nice to hear from you (or meet you) via email. Service providers will want to get to know you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

When most people think of training , the first thing that comes to mind is a mandatory meeting in a stuffy conference room with a boring instructor walking through poorly designed slides. The good news is there's a better way -- and it can usually be accomplished with the same amount of time and resources as a "stand and deliver" training.

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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. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. PHONE CALLS. Enter phone calls.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. Real entrepreneurs are quick to make the tough decisions, with proper respect, to minimize frustration, resource drain, and reputation loss.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

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.” Are you ready to make it happen?

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Dreamforce is the conference for sales and marketing professionals. Why am I writing an article about a trade show that occurred nearly four months ago? He was everywhere: at Invoca’s booth, walking around the expo floors and on the streets of San Francisco near the conference halls during peak traffic hours. Good question.

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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.” Are you ready to make it happen?

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online.

Social Media 104

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The biggest problem with over-stealthing yourself is that you cut off some of your most valuable resources in terms of testing your ideas, getting feedback from smart entrepreneurs & investors and helping you figure out the potential flaws in your approach. Say hello to them at conferences. Follow them on Twitter.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Thus I recommend that every entrepreneur start blogging in parallel with solution development for the following benefits: Get customer idea feedback before you commit resources. Develop an efficient and effective writing style. A great solution is necessary, but not sufficient, to build a great startup.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

During the weekend participants with a technical background write code for prototypes, designers create branding and user interfaces, business people model potential revenue sources and test marketing strategies, and everyone engages potential customers. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Mentor 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online.

Social Media 92

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online.

Social Media 63

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 63

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Moving a VC from an A to a B doesn’t mean they aren’t still your top pick, it just means your chances are less likely and your extremely limited resources should be allocated elsewhere. Keeping it to 8–10 helps you manage the public information flow that will be broader if you see 20 firms and also help you prioritize resources.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

It is a waste of what should be valuable resources to you and it is a failure on your part to push yourself to really think about the long-term issues you’re facing. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts. This is failure. These are tactics — not strategy.

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Guide Startup Metrics Conference 196

InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

My response was brief and straightforward, which is common of popular Quora answers (as discussed in How To Write An Effective Quora Answer ). Although my answer was off-the-cuff, the question caused me to consider the issue of raising entrepreneurial children in greater depth, which led me to write this series. No Paychecks.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Resource 270

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

When we think of our neighbors to the North in Canada, we think of bountiful natural resources, open land, and flannel shirts; we don’t necessarily think of tech. The major cities are dominated by industries such as oil, resource exporting, and politics.

Startup 109

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

As a leader you live in a world with limited resources. ” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. They attend conferences and do marketing. I wanted to just write. I like writing.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

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. What are the characteristics of a company that can take full advantage of lynda.com’s training resources and what is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn more about your training offerings?

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

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. What are the characteristics of a company that can take full advantage of lynda.com’s training resources and what is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn more about your training offerings?

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

They might put the kibosh on company travel and not attend some key meetings or conferences. His scarcest resource was his youth and the energy he had to put into startup ventures when he has no kids, no mortgage and no major encumbrances. They might not replace an engineer or two that quits.

Startup 290

Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

When we think of our neighbors to the North in Canada, we think of bountiful natural resources, open land, and flannel shirts; we don’t necessarily think of tech. The major cities are dominated by industries such as oil, resource exporting, and politics.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I said as much in September 09 at a Twitter conference in LA on a panel that Guy Kawasaki was moderating. It also means that the publisher (person writing the status update) can share in the monetization. So how does this all relate to the upcoming Twitter Chirp conference next week?

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Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Your article is the only useful information Ive found about Engage but one thing I dont get is, what methods do you say we have to write? (in Is this error related to what Im supposed to write? The channel is sponsored by the Intel AppUp Developer Program. in the @todo tags) I dont get what are those methods supposed to do.

Software Review 40

Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. He was having his first ever conference and people from the who’s who of VC firms in Silicon Valley would be attending. Next on the checklist.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Some great free resources listed this month that I thought were interesting. Why You Should Write.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still go to after-conference parties and hang out until the end of the night with whomever wants to chat. Over time as I became more senior at Andersen Consulting I had more resources to take taxis everywhere. The Subway.

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. Marketing Muscle. Who’s in?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter as a company has encouraged this by granting DataSift “re-syndication rights,” which means that the company can ingest the full Twitter fire hose and resell subsets of it to other parties who want to consume a smaller stream, which is more cost effective in data licenses and in IT resources needed to consume the data.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307