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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve taken to saying, “Email is our personal to-do list that anybody adds to – whether they know us or not.” about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I have taken to limiting my outbound email.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

Both Sides of the Table

It’s more like writing a Tweet vs. sending a Direct Message (DM) in Twitter, which feels more intimate and intrusive or a FB post vs. a Private Message. The starting screen every time is the camera. Look at the top of your screen in the middle and you’ll see the Snapchat ghost. So, too, Snapchat. Open Snapchat.

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

Both Sides of the Table

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. People who believe the former believe that you should see the market demand before too many people know you’re “in market.” If a VC “ghosts you” (i.e.

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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

Both Sides of the Table

The “more traction&# feedback is a very typical scenario is a down market economy like the one we’re in. Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. VC’s are the same.

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

You likely are writing your first one of these. You might also have a business plan, marketing plan, financials, competitor analysis or other kinds of background document. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Don't stress over format. Don't stress if you are doing it right.

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My story: Fail locally, one customer at a time.

Berkonomics

I was fortunate that I could write software and doubly fortunate that my despair at working for ‘the Man’ – and feeling compelled to strike out on my own – coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era. For me I had few alternatives; working for someone else had proved to be a frustrating experience.

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