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InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 22, 2011
By early 2010, I found my stylistic voice and identified my audience of emerging entrepreneurs and thus dropped my penname. In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Shervin Pishevar, another person who I respect wrote the following on Twitter, “ Saying you don’t like @AngelList is like saying you don’t like Email. Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#
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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. Here’s the thing: entrepreneurs who aren’t at all of our private meetings really didn’t know what do think about the situation. It sure wasn’t when I was a first-time entrepreneur.
socalTECH
JUNE 14, 2018
They then register with us, and give their email provider permission to give us access to a cop of their receipts. Once it's in our system, we will monitor priecs for 90 days, and when prices drop we either email the retailer you purchased from on your behalf, or we will go and claim that difference from the credit card company.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 25, 2010
Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2011
When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. Through this process he raised $2 million. I know this guy is a money maker.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2022
Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.
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