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Obtain Impactful Recommendations And References Leverage: Social Norming To Get Into Graduate School Or Score A Job

InfoChachkie

The reference was in the form of a gold tablet that stated, “By the strength of the eternal Heaven, holy be the Khan’s name. This golden reference effectively communicated the Emperor’s sentiments in absentia. Modern-day references are effective because they rely upon a powerful principle of influence, Social Norming.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

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Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

Both Sides of the Table

Some people jokingly referred to it in its early days as “Fakester” in contrast to Friendster. You originally had to have a.edu email address to even join. Of course they can be duped. Where you can talk about topics that it might not be appropriate for a VC to discuss in writing. Along came Facebook.

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Better Business Bureau? For who?

Eric Greenspan

I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. That’s how we do business at Make It Work.

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An Entrepreneur Platform To Put You Above the Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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What Does a Startup Have To Do To Get Noticed?

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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