Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

Your new car is a pleasure to drive, online shopping takes out the pain, and social media makes connection to old friends fun. Get out of the office to visit real customers, attend industry conferences, and network with peers and influencers. Spend more time outside the business, looking for trends.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

snack at our desks…or in the conference room! I closed my presentation with an announcement about “ Eric Greenspan’s OSN101 Conferences &# (coming soon) and our new focus to help our customers take advantage of the real-time Internet. listen to whatever music we want! dress casually and comfortably! have fun…while working!

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News Santa Barbara Social Media Customer 172

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup. Capture your “secret sauce.” Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

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Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But having somebody in-house means they can do many things like help with website copy, running events, writing training manuals and even handling customer support calls. You need somebody who is thinking laterally about how to creatively get extra attention at conferences or trade-shows. Because great PR firms do it for a career.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Use social media for more visibility. It’s time to adopt your customer’s favorite mode of communication, whether that be texting, phone calls, or social media, and not limit your responses to office hours. Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. Adapt your style to the new business work models.

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Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup. Capture your “secret sauce.” Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In addition, like an entrepreneur with a new business, you have to factor in all the indirect costs previously covered by employers, including training, health care, and time off for vacations. In fact, thinking like an entrepreneur is a good strategy today for success, even if you are currently in a long-term employment situation.

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Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

snack at our desks…or in the conference room! I closed my presentation with an announcement about “ Eric Greenspan’s OSN101 Conferences &# (coming soon) and our new focus to help our customers take advantage of the real-time Internet. listen to whatever music we want! dress casually and comfortably! have fun…while working!

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Burbank Yahoo News Social Media 156

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For example, no one learned a couple of decades ago that the biggest opportunities ahead would include social media, ecommerce, and computers on our wrists. You need a plan on how to train yourself, or be mentored, for each step along the way. Proactively prepare for your desired future roles.

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Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup. Capture your “secret sauce.” Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. We streamline strategy development using a Reality-Based approach, then execute cross-media programs including websites, brochures, ads, booths. It has been fun to get to know her again.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Steve Reich

JUNE 26, 2012

” That was the understatement of the week, as I learned by attending YouTube’s Premium Partner conference, YouTube Access 2012. Speakers at the conference drove home one point over and over again: we are here to help you. John Greathouse of Rincon Ventures told me the YouTube ecosystem was “the Wild West.”

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

It was a great training ground to learn the business of venture capital. They're also big influencers in this new wave of social media, with mobile and the internet. The program is training black and brown women, who are very talented, in the venture space, so that they can become part of the talent pool.

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Venture Capital Invest Capital Startup 100

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

xWe spoke with a few companies in the recurring revenue area space, ahead of the Recurring Revenue Conference ([link] which we are helping to sponsor next week. They do not have people who are trained to think about what the experience is for the customer on the other side. That's a big mistake. But that's an illusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had called on Chamillionaire from the audience and asked him to provide some views on how artists view social media, why they use it and where it’s heading. Authenticity - I asked Chamillionaire why he thinks he connects so much with people at tech conferences. He was riveting. We talked initially about ustream.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens. One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures.

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Startup Funding News Press 355

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

From local Los Angeles tech events to worldwide conferences and expos. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy. . We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010.

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Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. I needed to have a plan to be efficient with my time during the 3 day conference. 1 Pre Planning. My goal was to fit in at least 40 one on one interviews with hungry start ups.

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Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2023

I recall a good summary of how to motivate and train a team to accomplish this in the classic book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers.

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Startup Coach Mentor Social Media 95

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. And the easiest way to create a membership site and a training course whether you’re technically savvy or not.

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Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

I recall a good summary of how to motivate and train a team to accomplish this in the classic book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers.

Marketing 130

Marketing Develop Development Startup 130

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Developer.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2016

I just saw a good summary of how to motivate and train your team to accomplish this in a new book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers.

Marketing 89

Marketing Coach Mentor Social Media 89

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Despite the importance of creativity, there seems to be almost no focus on teaching it, encouraging it, training at it & incorporating it into our daily routines. How does social media on Facebook & Twitter change things? I spoke at the NextGen conference last week to a large audience. And that did the trick.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. The 99% conference is aimed at creative professionals and is focused on Edison's "99% perspiration." Delegate and automate.

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