Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. A positive news story means NOTHING about the core performance of your business. Our call recovered and we spent the rest of the time talking about the development of their management team and their product. PR is subtle.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

I read several years ago, that the average startup restaurant lasts only about a year. Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail. Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. 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.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

So, aiming a brand-new smartphone full of great features but increased complexity using AARP Magazine as your marketing resource just won’t get the job done. Email readers, continue here…]. Think about your product or service. So, what other benefits are there to niche marketing? Here are just a few to consider….

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” or “I learned about flying from that.” Email readers, continue here…] So that is why we devote just one of our exit focused insights to just this subject. And if it did, would I have reacted differently?

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] How do you reach an audience that pays less attention to advertising then at any time in the past one hundred years? And the best way to do this is with the placement of a case study, a story told about and by a satisfied customer with something to say about how your product solved their problem or pain.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

I have written many times about PR so if you want a deep dive on the “how” of PR you may enjoy reading some of these posts. It is possible, of course, to recruit great people as an underground startup but it is 10x easier when qualified candidates whom you may not even know read about your company and are excited by your vision.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I also found out they only cared about four applications. He met with the editors of the three Mac magazines that his customers read and showed them metrics that confirmed that SuperMac's boards were the fastest on the market. "I If the words 'let me tell you about sales' came out of your mouth, you were fired. To talk to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

I recently wrote a post about how to manage relationships when you’re at a startup or are busy executive. I use the calendar for scheduling so I don’t have to bug him about when he is free. We have a deal that in exchange for not bugging him about scheduling I’m free to make important plans around his calendar.

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Tips Startup Email Blogging 418

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2013

Appboy helps companies by offering deep insights about their readers and targeted communications to segments of those readers. Mag+ iOS digital publishing platform will come with inbuilt Appboy’s mobile relationship management products to make it easy for publishers to access and eliminating the need for technical setup.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] There are a number of ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more. That story can be in print or in multimedia form.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. 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.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

If you ask me, I think it’s one of the companies that has led and will continue to lead the transformation of media from a lethargic print-based (newspapers, magazines) and linear based (TV) format into the most successful digital media brand of the next decade. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

And every year I think about doing the same. Twitter – Say what you want about Twitter “losing its way,” “not engaging new users well enough,” “not targeting ads well enough.” Trello – Some of the smartest people I know still send themselves tasks to complete via email.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We caught up with Quinton Alsbury , president and co-founder of the company, to learn more about what Roambi is doing for enterprises, and where it's going. For those not familiar with Roambi, can you tell us about the product? Before, they had BlackBerries and smartphones, but you couldn't do much beyond email.

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In fairness, they also attempted to belatedly reposition the company as a smartphone competitor, abandoning their email-centric devices upon which they had created a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Unfortunately, the market was as excited by the new devices as they were about the company''s revised name. Image: ilamont.com.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. And Sabre was not talking to anyone about their magic potion. I became even more excited about the concept applied to the hotel industry. Seizing a too-early opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All this heavy talk about angels, VCs, bubbles lately. He had a ton of great ideas about what he wanted to do with TechStars NY. 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. Let’s be explicit about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. Early online newspapers and magazines were merely digital versions of their physical self. Stating the obvious – why should I get daily deals to my email box for stuff I never want or buy?

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

TechZulu catches up with the founder of Assignmint, Jeff Koyen, as he talks about Assignmint, freelance, and LA startups. I was a journalist for about 20 years. I have run newspapers, magazines, and websites and I have written for them all. So why don’t you tell everyone about Assignmint? Where did Assignmint come from?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. Email readers, continue here…] Now, when first meeting with an entrepreneur, I ask simply, “Is the business being formed as a Keeper or a Flipper?” By Arthur Lipper.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

And can you talk about your prior experience, for folks who aren't familiar with your background? So let's talk about ThisNext. For StyleHive, in particular, we're adding a daily email newslette rprogram, and are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of email newsletter subscribers we have who have been underserved.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2011

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. Email readers continue here.] Apple, for example, was nowhere near the first to introduce an MP3 handheld music player. I had owned several before the first iPod was released.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Jimmy Hendricks about where Deal Current fits into the industry, and how the company grew out of a need of a client. We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. What do those daily deals site find the most appealing about your platform?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

InfoChachkie

MAY 13, 2013

I am now 30 years old and the guy that''s in the opening band, who is about 42 or 43, was the hottest musician in Santa Barbara when I first came up and all I wanted to do was be him. Little did he know that his life was about to change forever. We talked for about 15 minutes (and) she signed with me.". Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. Just a month ago they were all email you! of your product.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

There were regular events where experts talked about: fund raising, term sheets, constructing a team, product development, establishing biz dev partners, M&A, dealing with the press, etc. CEO on front cover of Entrepreneur magazine. Or if you need to reach us our email is launchpadla@gmail.com. This education will continue.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. Inc Magazine ranked Pardot number 172 on its Inc. Over 100million in Cash.

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Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Rather than how much you charge, it’s about how the purchase will impact your buyer’s life. What have they written about? Now study the event organizer.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. It’s been many years since I’ve properly cut code and my former teammates love to tease me and talk about my mean days of COBOL, DB2 and CICS. What about strategy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

For example, if you want to see what people are saying right now about a person, place, or your business - a real-time search will give you a window into people's minds. Simply do a search for whatever you want to learn about, and you'll see results sorted by the most recent posted update. You can reach him directly via email.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

We track and record every call, email, post and tweet and we constantly bring our sponsors into the mix to share in the exposure. I am excited about the future and quite honestly, marketing has never been so much fun. So, I jumped in and created a social media radio monster that is starting to show some results. Tell no one!

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