Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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MARCH 29, 2014

They get pissed off if a senior executive at Google doesn’t take a meeting with them, if people are late to their meetings or if they have emails that are unreturned. The 70% of entrepreneurs that simply can’t get past an un-responded-to email. Well, for starters you need to be a great networker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small. Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

As executives we’re all seemingly accessible at any moment to anybody via email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Text. It’s why sometimes I respond to emails in 5 minutes at other times I go dark for a week at a time. Recruiting, business development, shipping product, writing blog posts, networking … it’s all the same.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

How did Sarah Penna create one of YouTube''s most successful networks? As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age , YouTube has progressed from its initial incarnation as a repository of random videos to a number of vertically focused, professionally managed networks. which evolved into the biggest YouTube network, called Maker Studios. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

I was waiting for my son’s basketball game to start this morning and with the morning’s emails all drained I turned to Twitter and saw this Tweet from Marshall Kirkpatick. I write lots of people on Twitter. Test: open your twitter stream, look at the 1st item in it, think of something to say in response, say it.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean McDonald is founder of Jute Networks (www.jutenetworks.com), which is in a startup developing highly visual, graphical tools to help people use their professional networks and connections to further their business. What is Jute Networks? Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly. My friends said, “I don’t need another network. That’s what happens when you join a network and have kids. Here’s the thing: If you never try new product and new networks you’ll never learn anything. I already have Facebook.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

I recently received an email from a former student in which he described how he was able to secure a lunch meeting with a high-profile entrepreneur who is operating multiple ventures in parallel. I wasn''t surprised by Benedikt''s email, as I was aware of his confidence and politely aggressive personality. Benedikt Scholz.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

I don’t mean that they are on LinkedIn, attend networking groups, and talk a big game. I mean connected to the degree that when she tells a member of her network to jump, that member says “How high?” Email readers, continue here…] The most important rule is to feel good about any dollars that go to a Channel partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Really!). Other deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Twitter, by contrast, started as an open platform where people let anybody see what they were writing. Facebook. So why is this important for businesses?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

It should stick in your head as a metaphor for networking. You send them update emails. Help them write other stories. One day they’ll write yours. 50 coffee meetings. For getting outside of your comfort zone. For starting relationships today that won’t pay off for a year. You invite them to cocktail parties.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. It was on par with DreamForce in attention to detail, networking potential, entertainment and speaker quality. The speakers get what they want (small, private networking) and the audience gets what they want – world-class speakers.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] They told me about their expertise and their network of contacts, and their early customers, and the promising results so far. They wanted to come to pitch to my angel network. David Steakley, a past President of the Houston Angel Network, is a reformed management consultant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. People judge you and your company in the first few seconds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. Or an angel investor starts emailing the CEO of a company with all the people they want him or her to meet. That’s why focus is critical. It starts seemingly innocent enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Give it to them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Understand and write down every expense, and budget for required costs, especially initial inventory and accounts receivable delays. Skip the complex contracts by lawyers, but at least use an email to confirm terms and conditions to all parties. Don’t forget to do continuous marketing and networking. Details are important.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

These have the benefit to VCs of not cross-collateralizing returns and to LPs of being able to know the underlying asset before they write the check. Maybe add your email to receive the next post delivered to your email box? But there are clear pro’s and con’s. Still reading? The second half of this analysis coming soon!

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

From analytical reporting tools to helpful integrations such as email and Slack prompts, you'll be able to run your whole business, not just your remote work teams, in a more efficient manner. Scare stories abound of false WiFi networks that are set up near coffee shops, aimed at stealing your personal information. Use a Business VPN.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. The post amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Los Angeles-based You2Gov, an online social networking startup focused on politics, said this week that it has added new technology to allow its users to directly contact members of Congress. The firm's site now allows users to email, write, or make calls via Skype and Jaxtr to their political representatives. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small. Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Give it to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many. So I often try to stay off of email during the day. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. In fact, they were recently bought by a publicly traded company called Ditech Networks).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

My email back to him was a version of. VCs will spend over a year networking just to position around one founder or one deal, and if they lose it, it’s gone.” I got an email recently from a VC who had invested in a company a small amount in a seed round. I’ve seen you write a $10 million check before.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Frank Peters made his money writing software for Wall Street. Frank speaks and networks at angel events around the world. I had no alternatives to success. I was not going back to corporate America. It wasn’t a fall- back position. I had to be successful at my new software company.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based FreedomSpeaks.com an online web site focused on political social networking, said Tuesday that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) targeted at helping developers tap into information about publicly elected officials. The firm said its API provides access to over 10,000 public official profiles.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 4, 2009

msuster for me) the message you write appears in my @msuster inbox on Twitter.com and on any of the desktop or mobile clients. If you truly want it to be private stick to DM or email (or better yet … telephone!). Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. The basics: 1. When you use the @username (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. Plus, show my you can write! I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. What is the timeframe?

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