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. 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.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

So why exchange a multitude of scheduling emails and be late for the interview, or even worse, flake. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them. Speaking of emailing, use the subject line to your advantage. 6 Always do a demo. 3 Be on time.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. In a few instances, developers spent their weekends and evenings writing inferior versions of Microline's tools that they then released as free, open source alternatives. You definitely have a nice start. Seems like a combo of Mixpanel and intercom.io.". Hacker Downside.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. 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. Thank you, John. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. How Hashable Got Buzz.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. He grabbed all the user email addresses I had collected and started talking to potential customers to find out what they wanted to do. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. We write and create our own content for the game. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. The following day, I again tried asking for access in order to setup everyone’s email. As a journalist, I’m glad it happened to me so I can write about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - Robert’s article is worth reading. Deal with it gracefully.

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Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. I raced home to put my kids to bed, say hello to my wife and then spend a grueling administrative hour doing email. I know you emailed me and I emailed you back. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. I’m going to try to do something for you guys that I’ve always resisted doing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

“You could feel the energy and excitement from getting everyone together, from the opening party to the inspiring panels; the creative pitches at the hackathon, demo day, angel pitch fest, and student pitch fest; and the good-times bonding from the nightly parties to the beach volleyball court. Demo Day / Angel Pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me first address VCs or anybody else who is likely above the age where they “get” Snapchat but whose customers are likely in the age demo who use it religiously. It’s more like writing a Tweet vs. sending a Direct Message (DM) in Twitter, which feels more intimate and intrusive or a FB post vs. a Private Message.

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