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. Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. If your favorite angel investor is sending you what looks like a form email it likely is. Probably more.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. As you know, Justin’s is 8-15 year-old girls and he built his music & persona around this demo. I know what you’re thinking – link bait title, right?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Historically you are your email address. Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” Nearly every day now I see public figures telling people their Twitter identity in stead of Facebook, email or other forms of identity. Who are you on the web? ” Sure.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Each video, especially those on the front page of a site, must be compelling, to the point, and short. If you are selling a product, a one to two minute demo that is well edited will work wonders for viewer retention.

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Eric Greenspan

AUGUST 13, 2014

Here’s some clever methods to do so: When signing up for a trial or a demo, NEVER buy right away. Wait for the email that says “Join today and save with this coupon” or “We miss you. You’ll almost be guaranteed a “come back and try us for half off” email. Ask for a discount.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

The presenter comes out of the meeting proud at having gotten through all 30 slides (and maybe even a demo) with a bunch of smiling faces and nodding heads and no discussion. After the sales meetings I would ask the exec afterward, “how do you think it went?&# I’m not actually sure what the answer is.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Yeah, my email address is Brad@Feld.com. Distribution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. And that leads me to today’s post.

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Eric Greenspan

AUGUST 13, 2014

Here’s some clever methods to do so: When signing up for a trial or a demo, NEVER buy right away. Wait for the email that says “Join today and save with this coupon” or “We miss you. You’ll almost be guaranteed a “come back and try us for half off” email. Ask for a discount.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

He began messaging and emailing me to try and get me to come out to the event, which he was now turning into a conference called Web Summit. I don’t have the patience to sit through a bunch of demos, panels or keynotes. It was then that I learned why Paddy is so good at his job.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Email info@techzulu.com and we will add you as one of the stops. Space may be purchased using the “Demo Table” ticket. If you have a startup office in the area and want to be part of our tour of awesome Silicon Beach companies let us know! Don’t Have An Office? No worries! Tech Crawl Venues. Tech Crawl Map.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here are some of our top recommendations to get you started: Email Finder Tool – Voila Norbert. The result will appear in a panel below the search fields, indicating if it’s a 100 percent confirmed email address. It will create a personalized email campaign based on your answers to simple questions.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. Imagine the “typical&# deal – somebody comes into a VC’s office, they’ve never met, they’re highly referred by a friend and they’re pitching a product demo and a PPT.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I attended the Facebook Fund Demo day about a month ago in Palo Alto and it blew me away the pace of innovation and the focus on monetization that came out of this group. million even before the demo day to help you integrate your social network with dating ambitions. This is one book-end of the cycle. Seems an obvious fit.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

We track and record every call, email, post and tweet and we constantly bring our sponsors into the mix to share in the exposure. Jeremy demos various new programs and websites and shows all kinds of tips and tricks, DIY and other cool stuff. After Tech News, we run Jeremy’s Desktop.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film. Many VCs simply wait for referrals to come to them via email or introductions they get at conferences or demo days. My response was swift, “No! You don’t get it. I want YOU to come.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Twitter hashtag activity resulted in 4 demos. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Buzz that does not ultimately generate sales is worth little. In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

So why exchange a multitude of scheduling emails and be late for the interview, or even worse, flake. Yes, a ton of people won’t respond to your cold call custom emails, but the number of people who do respond will be a lot higher than the response rate of an archaic monotonous press release. 6 Always do a demo. 3 Be on time.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. Most emails were nothing short of a report. I can’t even begin to imagine what investors feel like when they’re being pitched by so many people, week after week, or some CEO’s that receive 2000+ emails each day.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

An Australian company, who demoed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012, has given us a more “newsworthy” option called Sound Gecko which enabling us to listen to articles on the go. It’s 3 simple steps.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Email readers continue here.] It took weeks for the team to assemble code from various sources such as customer sites, beta test locations and demo machines. Reading the list of protections is both impressive and frightening, since most of us never think of such risks, and it is overwhelming to have them pointed out in one reading.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Email mfgorman@gmail.com if you’d like to demo your gadget, hardware, accessories, etc. If you want a booth, email wonji@nearwoo.com, including a fun activity for the public. If you’d like us to list your event, apply by emailing info@digitalla.net with details about your event. Register for a 5-6?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Prototypes and demos attached.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. You definitely have a nice start. Seems like a combo of Mixpanel and intercom.io.". Hacker Downside. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Prototypes and demos attached.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo. For example, if you were to send someone 10 emails per day and that person never responds, Hashable would know the connection isn’t as strong as the numbers may indicate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Just a month ago they were all email you! There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. We’re just going to have to change our focus a bit. Team losing a bit of confidence in you.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. It’s a hot but still relatively nascent market area.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. What: A Startup Demo event. Organizing even simple events like dinner or drinks is a time consuming and frustrating experience. Event Details: When: Wednesday, Sept 22nd, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Price: FREE. RSVP: [link]. . .

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

At least once a week, and email would go around to the whole team, on who has the latest version of XYZ contract, or do we have an NDA with so and so. We were doing a demo last week, and the quote was�does this really do what you say it does? Why is this needed by companies? So how'd you end up starting the company?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The myShopanion is an iPhone app that just recently launched at DEMO and intends to help bridge the gap between online and real-world shopping. Includes social functionality such as the ability to share product detail and pictures on Facebook and Twitter, as well as by email.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

He grabbed all the user email addresses I had collected and started talking to potential customers to find out what they wanted to do. 4) You have a seemingly quiet demeanor, yet you are quite the prankster – your Citrix Online April Fool’s email prank still ranks as one of my favorites. “From day one we focused on customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Get A Demo Table). Please email us reach@techzulu.com. We’d like you to participate in this important conversation. Now all we need is YOU to: Join us! Suggest a speaker! Partner with us! Looking for speakers in these areas: Gaming Execs. Journalist. Gaming publishers. Gaming developers. Game Console/Gadget manufactures.

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