Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

One day I get an email from Ms. In a couple of weeks we held our first seminar educating parents on how to keep their kids safe online. Instead, we did a seminar to bring awareness to the parents and provide a few tips (and software) to monitor or block inappropriate content and behavior. This seams harmless right?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. 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.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. We are also building an audience from our Poogling Internet Safety Seminars, soon to be an online Webinar/video for broader reach. A great opportunity for more visible networking. Sometimes I make a blog entry. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I suggest that there are several important questions before assuming that funding is the gate to your success. Here are some key questions to ask yourself, before asking others for money: Do you really need investor funding to make this work? The process for all of these is networking (not email blasts or cold-calling investors).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The process for all of these is networking (not email blasts or cold-calling investors). Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Professionals will tell you that the sequence is friends and family first, angel investors second, and only then venture capital. Just attending doesn't work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The process for all of these is networking (not email blasts or cold-calling investors). Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Professionals will tell you that the sequence is friends and family first, angel investors second, and only then venture capital. Just attending doesn't work.

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