InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. I became acquainted with Tige, when I was researching examples of exemplary online customer service. Had guests who were scheduled on board.so that really last.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Greenspan, Founder and CEO of MakeItWork, a consumer facing, in-home tech support service. Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

Serially successful entrepreneurs are typically indifferent as to the specific tactics they must employ to accomplish their fervently held strategic objectives. Obsess On Your Customers'' Experiences, Not Your Colleagues'' Politics. Obsess On Your Customers'' Experiences, Not Your Colleagues'' Politics. “We Image: Wikipedia.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. I became acquainted with Tige, when I was researching examples of exemplary online customer service. Had guests who were scheduled on board.so that really last.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Enjoyed this post? Putting customers first. Legendary customer support.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Be prepared to take a fall.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? On Being an Entrepreneur. The following is a short excerpt of what I said, “… being an entrepreneur is very unsexy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. That’s blogging to the echo chamber unless they’re your target customers. I was an entrepreneur. So I wrote a post, now what?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

So what’s an entrepreneur to do to get his new business noticed these days? Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, contacts, connections, and followers, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers. Make your customers your platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2012

My latest interview with tech entrepreneur Andrew Draper helped me realize what an important part passion plays in the whole tech entrepreneurial process. Now listen to how this tech entrepreneur handled his loss of passion and how his two new startups, Scratchpad and Snapable, took off.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Guest article by Richie Hecker, Founder of Bootstrapper Media. Sean Ellis, who coined the term, fully defines it in his post , but mentions, “Everything they do is scrutinized by its potential impact on scalable growth…” and “have a burning desire to connect your target market with your must have solution. He currently resides in NYC.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve had a post in my head for months – maybe longer – about the role of a CEO. It originally appeared on TechCrunch as a guest post but just in case you missed it there. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

In the corporate world, events are more than just an event�they are opportunity to connect with your customers and turn potential customers into buyers. Our software is used for attendee management and for inviting guests. With such big clients, how do you handle the inevitable requests for customization? READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It drives revenue & engages guests." SocialStay gives guests more… more access, more freedom, more pleasure, more connection, more savings, more say…”. Without their buy in, we don’t get the opportunity to interact with end customers. Bootstrapping requires that the entrepreneur go out and talk to their users or clients.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars (two million six hundred thousand in today’s dollars) into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Let me tell you a short story at my own expense.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. We’re a busy bunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Marketing your startup can be one of the most daunting tasks an entrepreneur faces on their journey to world domination. You don’t always know what customers are going to go crazy for until you show them something new and gauge their reaction. Post your answers in comments. You need to be unique and compelling to be noticed.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Below is a guest post in which Seth tells the story in written form. Both the video and Seth’s post are excellent primers regarding how to deal with guerilla marketing gone wrong. Fundamentally, being an entrepreneur is a constant exercise of turning lemons into lemonade. Lessons Learned.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. Guest: interview with a special guest, ranging from world-reknowned business entrepreneurs to leaders in technology law and policy. Christina blogs in the Technology section of The Huffington Post [ [link] ].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2011

Your business model is how you get customers, grow and make money. The paradox of a business model is not that you have to continue to tweak it until you reach perfection, but you have to continue to remain willing to adjust it constantly based on customer and market information.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

We want to be the first place entrepreneurs go when they think about starting a company. I participate as a guest speaker to Professor Andrew Fry’s class each semester, as well. The post Why Tacoma’s Thriving Intellectual Workforce Is Attracting Startups appeared first on Tech.co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

By Dave Lavinsky, President and Co-Founder of Growthink At one point or another, most entrepreneurs find themselves in a place where they could use money. These entrepreneurs often dream about how much they could accomplish if they had millions in the bank. And as they sit and dream, most entrepreneurs think about venture capitalists.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air. Greathouse: One of the appeals of Surf Air to me, beyond convenience, is the ability to take a guest on a free flight each quarter. Jeff Potter, CEO Surfair. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

The caveat is that these young entrepreneurs have to drop out of college to do it. Don't equate "startup entrepreneur" with "future millionaire" or visions of a buy-out by a big-time corporation. Ask satisfied customers to spread the word on yelp, tripadvisor, Angieslist, etc., Customer service is free.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This post originally ran on TechCrunch. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. Having been through this all before myself I would like to tell a cautionary tale that can happen to the best of us: The Yo-Yo life of the tech entrepreneur. At least not externally.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

We told you about young twins behind Social network LAGbook , Today we caught up with two 19 year-old entrepreneurs from Naperville, Illinois. When your company is just starting out there is a lot of work to do not to mention trying to grow your customer base, which in this case means gaining traction with users. Juckins and Jeremy A.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. This post is an accusation. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. You may choose some where your customers aggregate, others where you hope to find biz dev partners & still others where you want to meet investors. Feel good in knowing that while they’re at the latest conference, you can be back home stealing all their customers !

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals. So I asked her this: “What do I do with my 1,000th post?”. Here’s why.

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