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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- Meet TechStars founders and authors of new book Do More Faster David Cohen and Brad Feld. Email kelly@foundrygroup.com.

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JULY 9, 2012

We all could learn a bit more about balance , as Brad Feld has outlined. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. He doesn’t email you. The Dave I know is a tireless traveler and loyal to his friends the way Brad Feld is.

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MARCH 23, 2014

I reviewed an email from Kara Nortman, the CEO of Moonfrye who is working on putting together venture debt. I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. You may enjoy this post as an example that talks about my first meetings with Brad Feld, Tristan Walker, Justyn Howard and more. Roger Ehrenberg.

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JUNE 12, 2013

I see it on email even more. I know Brad Feld wrote a similar post. Brad is the ultimate giver. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. It seems we live in an era of “ask.” ” I see it on Twitter.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled. The kind words I receive in comments, Tweets and emails are highly motivational and most appreciated. If you have not already signed up to my email newsletter, you can do so HERE. Multimedia And Syndication. I am very thankful for your readership and support.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Fred Wilson once wrote about the topic of how to introduce two people who don’t know each other via email. He called it the “ double opt-in introduction. &# He talks about the stuggles of email introductions when you’re dealing at scale. I hope some day to emulate Brad Feld in this area.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

It started when a well-intentioned colleague introduced me to the caller via email, without first confirming with me that the intro was welcomed. During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask the caller what he wanted. I was checking out your YouTube channel and I enjoyed your recent talk with Brad Feld.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

It was based on an excellent book I had just read by Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor (his wife). Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. And that’s often what your partner is looking for.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask him what he wanted to talk about. I was checking out your YouTube channel and I enjoyed your recent talk with Brad Feld. A Little Research Goes a Long Way. Fortunately, the call was brief. Ideally, he would have made this clear without requiring me to inquire.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Refine your elevator pitch.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” And make sure that does preclude you from sharing enough to make it an effective conversation.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Brad Feld was sitting at my table. Once they have buy-off from David Cohen, Brad and others they have their 60-second pitch. Brad reinforced this at our dinner. Acceptable : Would you mind if next time I’m in Boulder I emailed you to see if you had 30 minutes for a coffee? Know your pitch and make your ask count.”

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” And make sure that does preclude you from sharing enough to make it an effective conversation.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Thus, during the past decade, the more common route to seed and Series A investing has been an entrepreneurial career, personified by such investors as: Dave McClure, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld and Mark Suster. Share and Enjoy.

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APRIL 21, 2010

The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

A smart-ass, street-wise angel was an effective, albeit controversial, spokesperson in this instance because, through his humor, the actor communicated the company’s fundamental positioning: i.e., “Central Desktop turns email hell into work-together heaven by bringing people and information together in the cloud.”. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

However Gmail is only private email conversations. The other amazing thing, is getting access to people like David Cohen and Brad Feld. 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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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. If I Launched a Startup - The Startup Lawyer , March 17, 2010 Great advice on initial steps of setting up a Startup. There are MANY of them.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

I was waiting for my son’s basketball game to start this morning and with the morning’s emails all drained I turned to Twitter and saw this Tweet from Marshall Kirkpatick. Test: open your twitter stream, look at the 1st item in it, think of something to say in response, say it. Theory: it’s really that simple. Fred Wilson.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

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. So I committed to going back again and partnered with Brad Feld to bring a team of 75 entrepreneurs and VCs to do it with us. You can go. You SHOULD go. Here is how.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Step 1: The Person, Not The Firm – As Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson make clear in their book Venture Deals , entrepreneurs should identify specific venture partners, rather than target firms as a whole. As you accomplish your milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text).

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JULY 4, 2011

In America we have people like Steve Case, Brad Feld, Dave McClure, Shervin Pishevar. No need to email me. Most of us are in the smart center on this one but I guess there’s not a strong enough lobby to bring us all together to turn politicians our way. Still, there is much work to be done. Happy Fourth of July, all.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

If you are a Google subscription virgin and want to better understand how the process works, you can check out my startup-oriented YouTube channel , which has previously featured interviews with folks like Guy Kawasaki, Brad Feld and Steve Blank. Share and Enjoy.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

You have this perception that they’re billing you for the lunch meeting they invited you to and the friendly banter emails flying back and forth. And Brad Feld. How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs. I saw the same bad behavior in consulting.

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MARCH 27, 2011

I had been reading Brad Feld’s blog & Fred Wilson’s blog for a couple of years and found them very helpful to my thinking so I honestly just thought I was giving back to the community. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. But that’s true.).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

This shows itself when people try to do an elevator pitch, send concise, actionable emails or have a quick phone call with you to ask for help. Brad Feld told me that TechStars makes each company practice the 1 or 2-minute pitch the first week of the program. Now go pick up the phone and stop hiding behind emails.

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MARCH 1, 2011

My favorite is by Rand Fishkin and is here and others by Fred Wilson ( here ) and Brad Feld ( here , who if he’s reading this just threw up a little in him mouth – all are worthwhile. I know that I’m not always perfect on email because the volume is so high and it has become such a chore.

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MAY 5, 2011

Look at what Brad Feld has done for Boulder. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1. Community Leaders + Organizers. You need a good mixture of both.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. I left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!) Give somebody a break because you would have benefited if somebody did that for you. His term sheet series helped me at a time when I needed help.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. Don’t be one.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Vivek Wadwha - Campus Entrepreneurship , November 19, 2010 Best Practices for Introduction Emails - Israel Venture Capital 2.0 , March 25, 2010 Weekend Reading - The Mogul Mom , October 1, 2010 Make informal advisors part of the team. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

There are too many to mention but I’ve noticed them all on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and people who have emailed or texted me. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few. I’m grateful they have all spoken up. Many others have, too.

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