Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. In my post “ Measure twice, cut once ” I’ve outlined how to plan before you start raising. Should You Start with Your “Safety Schools?”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We spoke with Michael Tringe , one of the startup's co-founders, to learn more about what the company is getting set to launch. We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. What is CreatorUp all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I was speaking recently to the team at NuOrder , an LA-based company we’re an investor in about “realism in startups” — an impromptu talk I have given to any of our portfolio companies who ask. I answered in the same way I always do so I thought I’d just write it publicly. “I Of course I also have to the concept. I fall in love.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies. You’re on the DS (deferred startup) plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. I was reminded of a number of these by a recent book, “ The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters ,” by Richard A. Showing up still matters. This is not about clocking in to work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. start-ups are overvalued. How good they were at follow up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. start-ups are overvalued. I spent time on college campuses.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. ‘People say we’re crazy’ As venture capitalists wake up to the business opportunity, they’re seeding startups that help influencers go from hobbyists to professionals.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

It’s good advice; the theory being that entrepreneurs can discover the flaws in their business models sooner, make course corrections and move in a more favorable direction. Perhaps like many businesses, mine started out painfully slow; wage-wise, I think it was three years before I earned $30,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! The same kind of tasks that a startup team has. I met for coffee with one of my favorite “startup advisors” in LA. I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. He has a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Of course you know Gangnam Style , which is now the most viewed video in history at 1.3 Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. And of course we had, TheMan. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Friend, uber-popular startup blogger and investor extraordinaire Mark Suster took no prisoners in his opening remarks. Green disclosed that his Crash Course web series received over $70k of pledges ($30k in the form of monthly, recurring grants) within the first 7-days the site was launched. Filling The Screen. Opening Keynote.

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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. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. But let me start with some data. When you put a phone number in an online ad two unexpected factors go up.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

In fact, if you don't have a regular meeting on the books, preferably over video, you could end up not seeing your employees at all. According to a study from the Harvard Business Review , remote workers have a tendency to feel left out and even ganged up on when check-ins aren't part of the typical work schedule.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? Of course, to be fair, science content usually doesn’t make or break movies. And I’m like “Wow, I suggested saying that! This is great!”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

But when I read thoughtful pieces on the future of technology I start to imagine where our lives will be in 10 years. Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. We’ll see.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

And a key point is that when it comes down to “negotiations&# you need to turn up your personal heat and dial back the middle man. Let me start with an example. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I said, “If I start with your position I have nowhere to go but down.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. Yes, of course in moderation and certainly not every day. I’m going to make this post pretty high-level because my goal is to help anybody who wants to get started quickly. you name it.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

TechZulu recently sat down with east coast transplant Olenka Polak to talk about startup life in Los Angeles. Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO. ’ OP: Of course we had to do a lot of research to figure out if this was a viable solution.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Creating Your Application Start by going to JanRain Engage and signing in. Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. Then click "Get Started" and you can start deploying the widget. Adding the Widget On the "Get the Widget" screen, youll be asked for your token URL.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

Of course they then added Chris Dixon, Ben Evans and many other great public voices. I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. Startup Lessons'

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’ll try to get write-ups shortly but for now here is an overview of my interview with Nanea Reeves – President and COO of textPlus. There is a tangible understand that comes from engineers talking with real customers that simply can’t be gleaned from intuition or staring at computer screens.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

Increasingly local entrepreneurs are finding they don’t have to “take the trip up North” quite as often because on a weekly basis venture firms are down in LA — it’s only an hour’s flight. But there is clear evidence that the overwhelming majority of startups will raise their first dollars from LA-based venture capital funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. I live in the city of Santa Monica. In our regions?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I just had to line up behind him. We then started talking about Dave McClure. At first I was cynical about his ability to have 500 startups (or some fraction of that which is still larger than any VC has). I started to realize that Dave is able to do it because he approaches VC differently. I appreciate it. Show Notes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2021

How I Shifted from Just Counting Calories to Supercharging My Fitness Workouts This is part of a weight loss and fitness improvement series that I’m writing to share how I went from 222 pounds and unable to bike more than 20 minutes on a Peloton to 153 pounds and running 8–12 miles / day in just 18 months. I was gamifying myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

As the human ear ages it loses its ability to hear high-pitched sound frequencies (above 15-16 kHz) through a condition known as presbycusis that starts at 18 years old. So even though it’s a playground I have mostly to myself right now – I figure every gathering is a bit more fun when your peers turn up. So get over it.

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