Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Badly written letters, long rambling or emotional emails, or an obvious lack of spell checking will brand you as a poor business risk before the message is even considered. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Tailor writing to your audience. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. There’s a community feel even to our education. And the ability to bring education to the world has been our intention from day one.”. Educating the next generation of media talent.

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Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 82

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

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Company Companies Writing Education 166

Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? Take with you the best wishes from those in your past and build upon the education you received with this effort. Write a book. Write a handwritten letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line. Then the money….

Writing 156

Writing Entrepreneur .Net Sales 156

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 22, 2013

There are over 4,500 influential Mommy Bloggers covering topics from pregnancy to child raising to education. Some write about relationships and others about sex. They write how they feel and they influence millions. We’ve included a link to their site, an email address (very hard to come by) and a social profile link.

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Help Social Media Sample Writing 154

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2014

At the time I am writing this, he has enticed nearly 6,000 backers to commit over $49,500, and counting. For those donating at the $20 "POTATO MADNESS" level, Zack will, "write a (personalized) potato-salad themed haiku." So far, Zack will be writing 4 haikus. His appeal is written in a hilarious, deadpan style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Make your emails actionable.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. We learn from our experience and education that growth comes from “top–grading” at all levels of the organization.

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Course Writing Report Startup 156

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. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. 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. everything.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2012

The folks at Campus Explorer believe everyone deserves a fulfilling education, no matter the name or place. Their philosophy is that anyone shopping for college or continuing education can find the perfect fit, if they have access to the proper tools. Pinpoint, then Email. Email The Explorer Blog. BOTTOM LINE: Ask!

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

The primary stipulation is that each Thiel Fellow must drop out of college, for at least two years, and pursue their “entrepreneurial ventures, research and self-education.”. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. We learn from our experience and education that growth comes from “top–grading” at all levels of the organization.

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Report Writing Startup Course 120

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. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] First there comes a sense of relief, knowing that you no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Take with you the best wishes from those in your past, and build upon the education you received with this effort. Write a book; I did.

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Entrepreneur Writing .Net Sales 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. Big conferences in part are about education and entertainment. An entrepreneur wrote me randomly to my public email address and asked about attending and meeting me there. Conferences are education, entertainment and networking.

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Web Conference Technical Review Class 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2014

Here’s a simple historic lineage of the changing forms of correspondence over time: Writing Letters -> Telegraph (Morse Code) -> Typewriters -> PCs -> Word processors (spell check) -> Email -> SMS (word prediction and error correction) -> IM. Next came mobility: being able to correspond while on the go.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Email Social Network Ideas 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Class Course Writing Slides 93

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded email marketer NetCreations, and also has been an angel investor in local startups. We stopped doing consumer facing content a year ago, and handed over writing of the Impact Section on Huffington Post to the team at AOL. Ryan Scott: We focus on a couple of things.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Writing Slides Email 97

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Even if one disagrees with the premise, why would anyone feel the need to attack Mike for writing it? I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. This is a hard one. Information leaks.

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Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. We have never done a press release. Share and Enjoy.

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Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Your commitments to investors must be significant enough to compel them to write you a check. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Grant Exclusivity.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Email Social Network Ideas 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Training Course Email Social Network 57

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. Email readers continue here.] All other board functions are secondary.

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Class Coach Invest Sales 179

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures is a program that aims to educate people in prison to become better humans upon graduation. But if you commit one simple day of your life I literally promise you that you will email or Tweet me a “thank you” and tell me you’ve been moved. I wasn’t raised badly — I was well educated. And they didn’t want pity.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2011

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing Skills. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Dress for Success.

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Course Writing Social Network Ideas 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. 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. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours. We are hoping to educate new writers.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I've watched businesses operate throughout my career, and saw that so many times business users struggle with relatively simple applications, where they can't get them build, can't get them to work, and where they have to kludge together an email system to route things to get things approved. Finally, what's next on your plate?

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Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2010

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing Skills. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Dress for Success.

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Course Writing Ideas Class 53

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia Oberti Noguera: Pipeline Fellowship is a program to educate and bring more women into the investment side of business. We get a lot more emails from women entrepreneurs who say they are a high net worth in their community and we should come and help boost the number of angel investors in their companies. They don’t reply?

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84