Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The follow-up should be simple and to the point, such as a quick email suggesting an opportunity to continue the discussion. If you humbly treat people as equals, relationships will work. Exchange connection info and follow up within two days. If you have interest in a real relationship, don’t let the initial connection fade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

As well, you must continuously communicate through multiple channels, such as walking-the-talk, email, and town hall meetings. Keep listening and adjusting based on feedback. Even with all this, I have learned that good business leadership is a journey, not a destination.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

I wrote him the following email. If you need to reschedule an in-person meeting do it a few days in advance - Whether you do your own scheduling or whether you have an assistant, a polite email to reschedule a meeting with a few days notice is usually acceptable. You better be eating humble pie. They came from New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

He’s wise, thoughtful and has made money across so many different industries it’s humbling. My email back to him was a version of. I got an email recently from a VC who had invested in a company a small amount in a seed round. He wanted to know what I thought of his technology deal.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

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. The kind words I receive in comments, Tweets and emails are highly motivational and most appreciated.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. The Dave I know is very humble. He doesn’t email you. When we went to meet Hillary Clinton in China he wore a t-shirt and sandals. Tourette’s Dave who loves a good fight is the Dave you know.

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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 do not expect everyone I speak with to be a fan of my humble blog. Research? –

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

The current Covid-19 pandemic has had an epochal effect on businesses, and even the humble office space has taken a blow, with millions of us now working from home. To provide support and motivation, our members-only email newsletter has become the LABS Stay-Insider. But that's not been the case. pic.twitter.com/jLMWstXiH8.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2014

Human language evolved from humble beginnings. 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. The Beginnings.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it. From 35 To 500 Readers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 16, 2010

Being the cheeky bugger that I am, this is the exact email I sent him ( courtesy of X1 – I never struggle to find old emails): “As an entrepreneur myself I COMPLETELY understand that you wouldn’t pass up on the impromptu and opportunistic chance to meet somebody so important to your business. They came from New York.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

If you have a friend in the system, you're automatically in, if no you can email admin@hypemarks.com for an invite. I'm very humbled and surprised about how far we have gone within a couple of months of starting developing our product. What's the biggest thing you've learned so far as an entrepreneur?

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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 do not expect everyone I speak with to be a fan of my humble blog. A Little Research Goes a Long Way. Fortunately, the call was brief. However, in the fifteen minutes that we chatted, the caller made the following mistakes: Why? Research? –

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The follow-up should be simple and to the point, such as a quick email suggesting an opportunity to continue the discussion. If you humbly treat people as equals, relationships will work. Exchange connection info and follow up within two days. If you have interest in a real relationship, don’t let the initial connection fade.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

In my humble opinion, this is advice young entrepreneurs cannot hear often enough. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. You can start the day demanding a lot from yourself, but you must end the day being nice to yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I suffer from the “urgency addiction.&# I know it sounds like one of the falsely humble things like telling somebody in a job interview that your weakness is that you’re too much of a perfectionist. Responsive Low Hanging Fruit – I view email in the category of urgent but not (always) important.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

I emailed him a copy of my internal resume with my relevant experience and asked to have a phone call. I knew that worst case I’d have to eat the expenses for the flight & hotels and have to eat some “humble pie&# for having been dumb enough to show up. So I didn’t ask. He responded positively.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 29, 2011

Once the engineer viewed his options through the lens of my humble advice, his values came into focus and his decision became obvious. Although it has only been a few weeks, I recently exchanged emails with him and he indicated that now that he is working fulltime at Startup B, he is surprised that his decision was initially so difficult.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

it will keep you humble and it will help you focus on the things you can control. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. I can be curious. But I can't possibly control blessings and good fortune. Image Source: happydogsplay.com.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it. From 35 To 500 Readers.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

Emerging entrepreneurs must have the humble tenacity required to make chicken salad out of chicken $hit. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Their GoToMyPC radio jingle remains one of my all-time favorite one-minute songs.

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 12, 2019

By being humble and honest, you have diffused the situation. Saying things like, “ Well, if we didn’t change priorities every week, we could have made our deadline ” or “ If you read my email updates, you would have known we were falling behind ” only lead to more battles and more pushback. It’s on me. let’s get going”?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

That was actually a humbling moment. When Mark Zuckerberg approached us, and just wanted our building--for more than our company was worth--it was just humbling. At one point, Facebook offered as much for our lease as we thought we could get for our company.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I don’t want you to have to eat humble pie with your friends next year! Investor emails. Hell, I send those emails. we always knew she would be. she was so precocious in high school. that’s my daughter – did you see her mentioned in the New York Times!) S**t, ma, stop sayin’ that. Raise money. Need money.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

As long as she can draw upon an adequate store of energy, my money is on the humble girl from Mississippi, the planet’s first African American Billionaire. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Photo by cliff1066™ on Flickr.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Liu began by talking about her background, eventually explaining how she sent an email to Marks to get into StartEngine in a no Wi-Fi zone. “A Liu: I wake up at 6am and spend about half an hour reading through emails and starring the ones that I need to reply to when I get to the office. I use another half hour reading news.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

By my humble estimation, the congruence of dreams and memories is the best gauge of Return On Life, which is ultimately the truest measure of your wealth. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

My Dad uses email – he still doesn’t understand the ‘forward’ button.&#. It was humbling. But he didn’t grow up with technology. He never pays attention to all of the feature creep in products and in many ways the more features the less he is able to use the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2022

Even in this age of more remote teams, it’s possible and necessary, through phones, email, and social media to have individual conversations about individual interests and drivers. I encourage you to always take a humble and balanced view of your position and expertise. A business and a team is more about relationships than roles.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

You could easily guess their email addresses or ping them on Twitter?—?don’t. Be humble, sit down. So best to be humble. Research whom the partner knows both for an introduction as well as for back-channeling So now you know the firms and the partners. No matter how tempting it is. I measured twice and cut once. Not get mad.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. It worked like a charm. I appreciate it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

In a way I think most VC’s want to see that you’re mentally flexible, sufficiently humble and not afraid to admit when you’re wrong or don’t know something. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know&# - I don’t think any VC is looking for the entrepreneur who knows everything.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

He grabbed all the user email addresses I had collected and started talking to potential customers to find out what they wanted to do. 6) You epitomize what I always tell my students – “A Humble Pride based on ethics and honesty is an entrepreneur’s strategic advantage, not a handicap.” “From day one we focused on customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Don’t: tell us, “and now I enter my name, and then I put in my email address, and then I can pull in my social graph through Facebook Connect, and then then I can select the button here to Tweet out my actions on Twitter.&# Zzzzzzzzz. Talk us through how the person using your product is benefiting through your technology.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

As the soldiers collect the rocks and describe the delectable soup they are making, the villagers begin to view them as something more than mere stones, just as the otherwise sophisticated Kleiner Perkins team’s imagination was ignited by Kaplan’s humble portfolio. As you accomplish each milestone, send the VC a brief email update.

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