Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Seed deals, for example, are easier to get funded than a late-stage deal for obvious reasons. Burn through your cash quickly at your peril. That may happen. But I doubt it. In a word: Yes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. I’ll summarize a few of his principles here as examples, and I’m adding a few from my own experience: Use act, learn, build, and repeat to move forward in increments.

Entrepreneur 127

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. It's a hands-on kind of education. What is CreatorUp all about?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

I can write about anything--Internet video, for example, and I''ll have 50 Internet video plans. If I write about online education, I''ll see 25 online education plans. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow? Mark Suster: It''s our best source of deal flow. It''s the single best.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly. A winning USP example is the FedEx lead “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” Educated customers ready and able to pay for the solution. That may sound obvious, but as a new venture investor, I rarely see it happening.

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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. And we see examples every day. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system. Why not see the obvious?

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So as you prepare to turn over the reins to another; to separate from a business that has become a part of your being, it is time to think of nothing but the good done, the examples set, the positive company culture you leave behind. Write a book; I did. Write a long hand letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. We can all point to examples of successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of college, but still went on to make a big impact. Why not try to follow in his footsteps? Pick an idea, any idea.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. Can you talk about some concrete examples of what you're managing? Zareh Baghdasarian is the CEO of 15desks (www.15desks.com),

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. I’ll summarize a few of his principles here as examples, and I’m adding a few from my own experience: Use act, learn, build, and repeat to move forward in increments.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

One with a company that produces games and educational products for children that we will announce in the next few months. As an entrepreneur I think it’s far more important to seek out investors who love you (no matter what) than it is, for example, to maximize valuation or find the perfect VC brand. Startup Advice'

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Venture Capital Startup Course Entrepreneur 373

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. We can all point to examples of successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of college, but still went on to make a big impact. Why not try to follow in his footsteps? Pick an idea, any idea.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

An example is one we recently launched with Virgin Mobile and Katy Perry, where we allow people to volunteer to help youth homelessness, track that with our patent-pending cause tracking and rewards systems, and where those volunteers can get tickets to a concert. That's on the cause marketing side of things.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

By way of example, he described the Junto Club, a Bay Area group he co-founded, whose goal is the professional and personal advancement of its members. Although most of the members are retired, their former and current occupations include educators, attorneys, a writer and an architect.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

After more than three decades as an educator -- in both the classroom and the corporate world -- I've found that the most impactful learning and development program integrates this theory from beginning to end with three main strategies. Make it learner-centric. Why should an employee take this training?

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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.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Out of 41 companies who submitted their software for approval, only three were accepted--us, McGraw Hill, and Peoples Education. For example, if you get a geometry problem wrong--for example, if you miss a question about how many degrees are in a triangle--it might not be a problem with geometry--it might be an algebra problem.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. Other tech examples: People constantly come up to me and tell me they want to start “becoming a line” which is shorthand for my post “ Lines, not Dots. That’s why your examples need to sound human. Al Gore was not.

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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. You can also mail a letter … yes, in the mail.

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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. For example, if you indicate that you will generate $1 million in sales and actually deliver $750,000, you will be viewed as having failed. Grant Exclusivity.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Luxury, on that level, is dedicated to people who are sophisticated, really engaged, educated, and are looking to engage with the subject matter at the top of their game. For example, our Cars that Matter show is not for people trying to figure out if they want to buy a Toyota or a Chevy, there are plenty of shows out there doing that.

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Media Report Advertising Content 150

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 coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. We can all point to examples of successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of college, but still went on to make a big impact. Why not try to follow in his footsteps? Pick an idea, any idea.

Technical Advisors 90

Technical Advisors Startup Course Entrepreneur 90

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Whether it’s sensor-based medicine, computational contracts, education analytics, or computational agriculture—success is going to rely on being able to do computational thinking well. So now the question is how to educate kids about it. So when you write in it, you’re doing programming. I’ve noticed an interesting trend.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on. Podfund , for example, writes checks sized between $25,000 to $50,000 to emerging podcasters. invests exclusively in the space.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Thus, I will let my Big Dumb Company (BDC) partner write our agreement. 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. 6) Rely On A Public Relations Agency.

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Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels.

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Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s a hard topic to write about because it’s almost an accepted norm that total transparency is good. They told you, “Yeah, man, I’ll gladly write the first $250,000. I’d like to give you a few examples that are more nuanced: 1. CEO transparency. It almost sounds uncontroversial. Of course not.

Startup 417

Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2015

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. I’ll summarize a few of his principles here as examples, and I’m adding a few from my own experience: Use act, learn, build, and repeat to move forward in increments.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Mentor Study Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2018

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. I’ll summarize a few of his principles here as examples, and I’m adding a few from my own experience: Use act, learn, build, and repeat to move forward in increments.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Mentor Competition Study 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2014

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. I’ll summarize a few of his principles here as examples, and I’m adding a few from my own experience: Use act, learn, build, and repeat to move forward in increments.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Mentor Study Competition 110

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Like a true entrepreneur, even though you were young, you took control of your life and pursued an alternative education. There is no set formula – you’ll find as many examples of companies that are family run as not.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Like a true entrepreneur, even though you were young, you took control of your life and pursued an alternative education. There is no set formula – you’ll find as many examples of companies that are family run as not.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245