Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

And being persistent I believe is the most important attribute for success in an entrepreneur (assuming of course that you have all the other requisite skills). Of course at one end of the bucket are entrepreneurs who are persistent but just aren’t polite. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The Ant of course “Because she showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”. Guess who the lion fired first?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

Note: If you enjoy my posts please subscribe to my newsletter by adding your email below. She had emailed with a partner at a big VC fund and he had passed the request to a junior associate. Of course you have to be careful with this. This is part of a series I’ve been writing on fund raising. I knew she’s come see you.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I’ve always thought about writing a few posts on features in products that drive me nuts. We all use email in our daily lives. For the most part you send emails to one or many people and you include them all in the “to&# field. Naw, of course not. Is this evil? Here’s where I use it: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2010

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

As executives we’re all seemingly accessible at any moment to anybody via email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Text. Having interesting and frequent opportunities at the top of your funnel is important, of course, but the ultimate score is only measured on the bottom end of the funnel. Get non-core things out of your way.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

It is possible, of course, to recruit great people as an underground startup but it is 10x easier when qualified candidates whom you may not even know read about your company and are excited by your vision. Enterprise Sales – The very first thing a potential customer does when you email or call to set up a meeting is Google you.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. And of course the other place I inform myself is on Twitter. I should know. People looooove lists.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s March 1st as I write this*. I hope that if you see yourself in any of thee archetypes below you can see a plan for staying the course and having a successful 2021. How you eat less and eat better is, of course, the hard part. The year is two months in. Anybody would forgive you if your plan slipped. End of story.

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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. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

I thought I’d write a post about how to talk about valuation at a startup and give you some sense of what might be on the mind of the person considering funding you. Of course, unlike cars there is no direct comparison across each startup so these are just some general guidelines to try and even the information field.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. If I check Twitter it’s usually because I’m waiting for a meeting to start and I never write posts during the day. He’s committed to getting through every email. I read 95% of my email.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2017

So last year I talked with my wife about how few “nuclear family” trips we had been able to take given all of the extended family trips that were so important to us and we committed to doing 2 nuclear family trips per year until Jacob is in college (and of course we plan to continue this for years after and we have Andy for 8 more years!).

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Of course not. Email readers, continue here…]. Here’s a quick nod to the folks at Colour Graphics for urging me to write this insight. Why Is niche marketing important? This is easy. So, what other benefits are there to niche marketing? Here are just a few to consider…. You’ll have less competition. – Dave.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

So I recommend a high-level “state of the company” email a couple of times a year but a message that you assume might get shown to others. This is no different than a public company where of course most investors are not given detailed financial and performance information and when they are it is quarterly and after the fact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 4, 2018

And finally, there are the thirty-plus sad exits that were complete write-offs for the investors, sometimes regaining some portion of note-holder or creditor money in the process. Of course, a “big hit” successful outcome is preferable for all. The great exit and celebration. Sometimes, there is embarrassment or shame.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The Ant of course “Because she showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”. Guess who the lion fired first?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I felt excited to write because it’s a cathartic outlet for me and saves me from doing email. I had a bunch of topics teed up now that I’m back in LA after 2 weeks of constant travel. But no words would come out this weekend. After watching the terrorist activities in Beirut and Paris and blog post seemed trite.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Remember that the goal of an email to a VC or an introduction from a trusted mutual connection is simply to get you the meeting. You want to send just enough to get the meeting (and of course a great deck sells better than a long email) and not so long that you don’t leave a chance to wow the person in your actual meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Email is efficient. I email often. I always follow important emails with a call. You CANNOT do this on email. Of course in-person is best for true relationship development but that’s not always practical. A very common experience … One person emails some thoughts. I’m not. Well, I am.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Or an angel investor starts emailing the CEO of a company with all the people they want him or her to meet. I know some will read this as an indictment of all introductions and of course it’s not that. Mostly I just wanted to write this as a reminder to founders to be suspicious of people who constantly introduce you around.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday. The carrot and the stick. Second: Market risk. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many. So I often try to stay off of email during the day. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Of course if I’m not ensconced in deep, thoughtful work then by all means I answer the call.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

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. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter. That’s boring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

It is being temporarily taken off course the whole trip. And, each time the elements take it off course, it corrects and gets back on the right path. You’ll be blown off course every day. And each time your path starts to take you in the wrong direction, you must correct and get back on course toward your goal.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As of this morning Clinton still holds a lead in the popular vote but even that as I write is only by 0.2% And I want to blame Clinton for using that damn email server but of course I know if it weren’t that it would just have been something else. Of course we need to do this. And yet he won. Their voice will be heard.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion. Most bloggers wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make a full time income from writing their blog. This means more people sign up for your email list when you have the pop up box than when you don’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. Every year we try to write up and publish our thoughts publicly both to help other investors & entrepreneurs and also to test our thoughts in the public market of ideas. Every year at Upfront we try to analyze the venture markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Of course – some people can be remote. He of coursed required me to lobby on his behalf as well. He sent me a few nice emails. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I never took a business course, never wrote a business plan, and never raised any outside capital. Email readers, continue here.] Frank Peters made his money writing software for Wall Street. I consider this trip the anniversary of the company’s starting up, and made the trip 11 years in a row. And it wasn’t easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2021

For example, you would never use the same words and tone in an email, text message, or on social media. Of course, delivering messages is not just saying the right thing, but also listening, writing, body language, and practicing what you preach. Be aware of the demographics and role of all recipients, and play to it.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

And finally, there are the sad exits that were complete write-offs for the investors, regaining some portion of note-holder or creditor money in the process. . I can tell you with great enthusiasm that the high gain exits are by far the most enjoyable in every way.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Of course when they get there those individuals are no longer young and after years of mental and physical atrophy they lack the ambitions to get these things done. Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? And, of course, now Twitter.

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