Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. Start with your own judgment, but don’t hesitate to ask for advice from a seasoned investor. Start the search with business networking. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Look for diversity in outside activities.

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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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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your customer’s attention and their business. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Using the platform to expand your reach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Include links to your profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

As I did a deeper dive reflection on the topic I started thinking I wanted: Anonymity + Authority. Friendster started and was the place you had to be yourself. Of course they can be duped. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Quora, Tumblr. Think about it. They wanted to know who you were. Let your hair down.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

It’s never too early to start marketing to define your brand. Thus I recommend that every business publish a website and start a blog even before they have a product to sell, enabling the following benefits: Get Google to work for you in highlighting your site. Hone your writing style for all communication.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

When added to my volume of Facebook messages, LinkedIn requests, blog comments and Tweets my head is definitely below water. I scan it for the most important messages to be sure nothing urgent has popped up. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. And covered we did.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. For a long time, I had a line which was, ‘Whenever I hear the word marketing, it makes me throw up a little bit in my mouth.’”. Write Your Own Playbook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your customer’s attention and their business. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Using the platform to expand your reach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

Start with your own judgment, but don’t hesitate to ask for advice from a seasoned investor. Start the search with business networking. Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests. Look for diversity in outside activities.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s April report on the state of the U.S. The LinkedIn report does note that the number of those moving into San Francisco has dropped by 41.7 Source: LinkedIn. The Bay Area Workforce: Holding Steady. San Francisco Skills Gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

I sat standing 1 foot away from somebody who’s been in prison for 15 years of his life and I had 60 seconds to open up to him about something that causes me pain in my life while he stairs into my eyes I found myself going deeper than I would with even friends or family. She was smart (she started her career in private equity!)

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Good idea & plan: You must start with a good idea and a PowerPoint deck (my outline is here , scroll down mid way). And a great product starts with the founder. Their name alone is enough to get meetings set up. The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. I get that. That’s OK.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

Sometimes those motives are positive (they really want the chance to work with you, they think you have unique skills) and sometimes they are less positive (their first-tier of “go to” referrals passed on the deal, they don’t want to write another check themselves, etc.). I wrote here about why I avoid party rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I would start by asking the candidate, “How did you decide on these five people” as part of your review process. I usually start with, “Obviously Stacy has made it far into the process or I wouldn’t be calling you. I usually try to disarm the person I’m calling this way. You expected no less.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In order to reasonably assess the size of your addressable market, you must perform a bottoms-up analysis which is based on a number of elemental assumptions. Public relations at a startup is a sales process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Include links to your profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites SEO 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

Start with your own judgment, but don’t hesitate to ask for advice from a seasoned investor. Start the search with business networking. Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests. Look for diversity in outside activities.

Startup 54

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 54

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. But a healthy percentage of successful startups have potential buyers “showing interest.” Not as an enticement to get a buyer to pay up after the deal. Think about it.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

LinkedIn is by far the world’s largest professional network with more than 380 million members in over 200 countries and territories. making connections, looking for jobs, staying up on news, etc.) The integration of massively open online courses (MOOCs) makes strategic sense, which is likely why LinkedIn acquired Lynda for $1.5

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I mean they just had their formal product launch in April 2012 and was a runner-up in NBC’s Education Nation Innovation Challenge in October 2012, which hails in comparison to the recent contractual partnerships they are forming with education pillars. Apply to conference Startup Alley’s and competitions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

When you consider that ZipRecruiter not only hooks into those three, but a host of up and coming free job boards (SimplyHired, JuJu, Olx, Yakaz, etc…), you quickly realize that the high priced paid job board model is probably unsustainable over the long term. Anyone want to set up a health insurance plan?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

When you consider that ZipRecruiter not only hooks into those three, but a host of up and coming free job boards (SimplyHired, JuJu, Olx, Yakaz, etc…), you quickly realize that the high priced paid job board model is probably unsustainable over the long term. Anyone want to set up a health insurance plan?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. The Motive for Speaking Up. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” All of these are false.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

This includes support for Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and over a dozen additional services. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have.

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Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

We’ve hung out periodically over the past few years and I have enjoyed debating many startup topics. They switched to a flat rate model and sharing went up immediately. to $12 conversion went up! Sure, of course I am. Sign me up.&# Awesome. All viral adoption starts with one thing – great content.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. Over the past 12 months, I've had roughly 284,000 people come visit that site and get exposed to things I write. This is that post.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. And of course you have Hollywood. In our regions?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

Let’s start with the most important fact that wasn’t discussed. But of course customers will have to do some technical work to migrate products and will lose DataSift functionality that Twitter / Gnip does not possess directly. Facebook, LinkedIn and increasingly YouTube. billion people. Again, no big surprise.

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