Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Entrepreneurs get so used to friends and family congratulating them on their press coverage that they forget sometimes that this isn’t real. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising. Press coverage really matters – The good news – your press coverage really does matter.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Venice-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat is the latest victim of the hacking of Sony Pictures by a hacking group, which is believed to be backed by North Korea. press to profit from juicy corporate tidbits stolen and released by the hackers. READ MORE>>. snapchat sony hacker guardiansofpeace north korea'

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2011

All of us are pressed for time, always attempting to balance the overwhelming demands of business with the basic wants and needs of family. In earlier insights, we have examined the need for and care of your corporate vision, and how to develop and nurture that vision through to creation of a corporate culture, goals, strategies and tactics.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I took pictures of neighbor children, developing them in my bedroom closet, selling the prints to those neighborhood families. Email readers, continue here…] What drove my brother and me to perform, to risk so much, to skirt bankruptcy, to press on again and again? My entrepreneurial start. I was twelve.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Email updates frequently.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Design/Dev Hub (Launchpad LA) : Design + developers, UI, UX panels. Press: Techzulu @ Coloft. TechZulu interviews; press lounge. GET INVOLVED!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. But having lived through 3 downturns in my working career I have developed a point-of-view. He’s committed to getting through every email. I get way too many emails – many of them unsolicited.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This was my second TCDisrupt conference, however my first attending as press. The visible press pass label is a people magnet – most people you pass want to talk, discuss, pitch. I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. Most emails were nothing short of a report.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 2, 2017

In my book, “Extending the Runway” (Second Edition, Berkus Press 2014), I explore the thesis that there are five basic types of resources an entrepreneur must exploit in growing a successful business: time, money, process, relationships and context.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

But even if a VC is nasty a rant email back isn’t the right way to channel your frustration. You got your tech press and your parents are proud. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. Your lead developer quit to join the new hot thing. The best revenge for rejection is success.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. We ended up developing products for 120 carriers in 40 countries.

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StartUp Beat

MARCH 29, 2018

Spokespeople from Electric said the funding will directly contribute to developing the company’s fast technology that provides a customer support channel to small- and medium-sized businesses. The press released added that Bessemer Venture Partners partner Bob Goodman will be joining Electric as a partner.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For instance, if you were trying to establish a partnership with a BDC, the front door would be a direct inquiry to the VP of Business Development. Press Releases – You can often find the names of BDC contacts from quotes in the company’s press releases. When they answer, ask for the person mentioned in the press release.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Email is efficient. I email often. I always follow important emails with a call. You CANNOT do this on email. Of course in-person is best for true relationship development but that’s not always practical. A very common experience … One person emails some thoughts. I’m not. Well, I am.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Please fill in your email. And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). And to watch my partner Steven really develop a great thesis around where gaming and transmedia are heading into the future.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2013

I took pictures of neighbor children, developing them in my bedroom closet, selling the prints to those neighborhood families. What drove my brother and me to perform, to risk so much, to skirt bankruptcy, to press on again and again? The other was a grocer, then a jeweler. I was twelve. The prints were not very good.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Alluding to the company's dolphin logo, Marten told the press, "'Trying to kill MySQL by buying InnoDB is like trying to kill a dolphin by drinking the ocean.' Marten's team strategized over the weekend and decided that, "attack is the best defense.". Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. Or if you need to reach us our email is launchpadla@gmail.com. To show these companies that they can remain in LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Having been through the experience as an entrepreneur twice myself I have developed a list of what I think it takes. The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. Next on the checklist.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. If I see your alpha product then I can judge how it develops over time. If you have 2 developers and the next time I see you it’s a team of 6 with a new head of products I can see momentum. It’s true that I’ll have points A & B.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

They basically said, ‘Anybody who is a developer, come hang out here at Trada and we’ll give you coffee and food and a desk and Internet and you can plant here… and of course, some of those people (became) optimizers. We have never done a press release. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Customers, press and the market responded positively. ‘ Here are some steps in the Inside Out organization.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

However Gmail is only private email conversations. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

But if more of us in the tech sector speak up and in unison and constantly for the next 50 days it can change minds, encourage others and hopefully get amplified by the press to reach others. He has questioned why the US would develop weapons unless we were prepared to use them preemptively.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They keep me at the leading edge of new development as it is productized, even before mass production. Email readers, continue here…] First Hyatt Hotels, then Marriott Corporation called me to their respective headquarters to consult with their executives on this subject under a non-disclosure with each.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

We're developing a commercial, real estate exchange with tools for everyone in the transaction. Offers now will come in via FAX machine, and if people are interested, you might have 50 people emailing you, which you might stuff into a CRM system somewhere. How are things done now in the market? Why hasn't been done before?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Lots of thoughts here.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

To help it along, we developed some software which makes it easy to create a mobile experience, which corresponds to a QR code you can place on any, real world object. When you scan those codes, you're able to see a trailer on your handset, and get an email to download a deleted scene. However, one way the U.S.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Lots of thoughts here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. A regular dialog with peers can be more valuable than reading any amount of tech press and in many cases more valuable than even board input.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Our Twitter handle has become our identity, on par with an email address. How about if they knew how often I came to Vegas?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 13, 2015

This point is nicely illustrated by Albert Oaten, VP Market Development at SecureDocs. For instance, offer phone support to a demanding customer, rather than lower-touch and less-timely email or chat. In many cases, you can stand firm on price by demonstrating that your overall cost is lower than the competition.

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