Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. He was also an undergraduate of the one place that I think is cranking out some of the best young entrepreneurs and investors these days – Wharton.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!].

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. business plan entrepreneur investor startup value' Marty Zwilling.

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Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? Of course I believe the market has slowed down massively. We of course need to understand markets and market dynamics but many people understand this from an analytical perspective. Not anywhere nearly as hard as being an entrepreneur. It’s hard being a VC right now.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!].

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days. The key is to determine if your company’s solution is a feature, a point solution product, or a platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. ” Of course not. I am a VC. I hand out money. More strategic.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. As discussed in Hiring Entrepreneurs, the impact of each new hire during your startup’s early days is tremendous. Get Good Advice — And Ignore It (aka: Know When To Throw Away The Rule Book).

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Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

Invest more heavily in platform services. Greg truly is a prolific deal maker and is amongst the most helpful people to entrepreneurs in our ecosystem. Create diversity of thought, experience and backgrounds in our senior ranks. Build out our junior staff including pulling through some younger professionals into the investment ranks.

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Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

The very mention of the word fundraising can illicit some powerful emotions among entrepreneurs. On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. Introducing SeedInvest.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So you have a startup idea, perhaps some level of execution or traction, but you or your co-founders are doing it blind; you trudge along with a little advice or knowledge you’ve picked up in torrented audio books after finally having made that decision to quit the 9-5. co-founder, Dan Dato.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts his pitch by touting his new technology. Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. First, you’ll need a platform. I was an entrepreneur. Unless, of course, I’m posting comments on a blog like TechCrunch or the Washington Post. I’m very particular to Disqus as my commenting platform. I put much time into it.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. We also did a company in Northern California, Weoutta, which is a consumer app for making future plans, which is built on top of a pretty robust data platform.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts his pitch by touting his new technology. Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them.

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Customer Custom Technology Marketing 95

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2017

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts an angel investor pitch to me by touting his new technology. Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and avoid new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them.

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Technology Customer Custom Marketing 53

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Do you have any advice for emerging entrepreneurs regarding how they can be frugal without compromising their company’s value prop? Seth attended UCSB but dropped out to start a denim company. .

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Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2011

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts his pitch by touting his new technology. Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them.

Technology 89

Technology Customer Custom Marketing 89

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

It’s intended in a discussion with an entrepreneur to get them to question whether there is really amazing underlying value in the product or service they’re offering. But of course tens of thousands of people saw the headline while probably 10% of them or less watched the video. Sure, it’s intended to shock.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. We like to be able to see the concept.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. entrepreneur get started small business social media' But don’t stop there.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. But I’m investing on the assumption you will be successful, of course.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

She then told the class of young entrepreneurs three stories, each of which underscores the powerful combination of humility, confidence and conviction. Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . Arrogant Greg's Quick Demise. I really took the same approach. Putting It All Together.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The intent of our Spotlight events is always simple: to provide a live platform to showcase the very companies that our driving our tech/start up industry, to show our hometown investors a handful of worthwhile companies, and to give other founders some inspiration and innovation for their own companies. Bill received his B.S.

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Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The company’s original service still operates as LessonPaths.com – a platform for self-learning students and curators. Kris walked a different path (no pun intended, okay maybe a little) as an early dotcom entrepreneur. Getting accepted into the Kaplan/Techstars program was of course, huge for them.

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Startup Competition Entrepreneur Google 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. Find out what other people are doing, and what works for them. But don’t stop there.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

I wrote several of the characteristics when I did the Top 10 (11) Attributes of an Entrepreneur. Back in 2006 Facebook made a conscious decision to encourage the platform ecosystem even if it meant creating large businesses like Zynga (Slide & RockYou were the initial big players) that could make a lot of money off of Facebook.

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Entrepreneur Yahoo Startup Technical Review 330

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

Since, I am constantly reading to learn I would always ask questions about advice from the books. He thought, ‘of course they haven’t read them, when would they get time?’ And there lied a problem for an entrepreneur to solve. Almost every time the response would be, ‘that sounds great, I haven’t read them yet’ ”.

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Startup Social Media Content Web 2.0 76

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. Direct points of contact with appointed 500 Startups partners or EIRs and Pager-carrying-surgeon levels of attention for advice and mentorship. The crowd of investors were very supportive, with lots of laughs and cheers.

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Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback. You get in a line with executives on one side and EITs (entrepreneurs in training) on the other. You can go. You SHOULD go. Here is how. You can make excuses — many do. How many of you were raised with 2 parents?

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. Find out what other people are doing, and what works for them. But don’t stop there.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time for every startup to assess the metrics, technology, and platforms they’re using to manage the business.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 650,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 85,000 angel investors in 190 countries. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Dare I steer off the course from the tried-and-true PowerPoint ritual? Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy. Consumer approach to software for business users.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2016

By now if you follow me on Twitter you probably know that I do near daily “Snapstorms” or a collection of short videos (usually < 5 mins in total) with entrepreneur advice on Snapchat. Every platform has its unique strengths. Of course YouTube has huge traffic, but it’s different. Snapchat is similar.

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Snapchat Course Media Venture Capital 150