TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election. Amazon Employee Warns Internal Groups They’re Being Monitored For Labor Organizing – Motherboard. Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com . Let’s start with Prop 22. ” Don’t Miss.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

In an eye-opening Franklin Covey study, respondents indicated that 40 percent of their time was being spent on things that were not important to them or their companies. Although the authors focus has been on large organizations, I believe concepts are even more relevant to entrepreneurs and startups. That’s productivity.

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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. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. Here are some of our top recommendations to get you started: Email Finder Tool – Voila Norbert. The result will appear in a panel below the search fields, indicating if it’s a 100 percent confirmed email address.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. Provide relevant case studies illustrating your results.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 6, 2012

By applying the laws of physics to organizations, the author helps the reader, “understand how your business and team really work… (and) get at the underlying causes of what’s making them fail or succeed.”. Organizations Are Adaptive Systems. Organizations are complex systems that adapt to their environment in its totality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

An increasing number of startups are adopting a BYOD policy, realizing that individuals have their own preferences in the way they access data, collect emails or ‘chat’ to colleagues. Bring your own device to work (BYOD). Computers are no longer stand-alone dedicated devices, but are built into personal devices, like phones and tablets.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] The Lion was delighted with the cockroach’s report and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and analyze trends so that he could use them for presentations at board meetings, so the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and recruit a fly to manage the IT department.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Productive offices get more done—their workers complete projects faster and bring in more revenue for their organizations. Studies show that natural light has a positive effect on mental health, productivity, and job satisfaction. We’ve all sat through a meeting and thought to ourselves, “This could have been covered in an email.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

You are going to “study” the details before making a decision. I always ask the potential investor, “would you mind if I contacted Josephine Wright and organize for her to speak with you for 20 minutes?” I often send the introduction email and then a second email to the reference to say, “This reference is really important to me.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] The Lion was delighted with the cockroach’s report and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and analyze trends so that he could use them for presentations at board meetings, so the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and recruit a fly to manage the IT department.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

I like to make sure that person fits within our culture (while lowering the risk of a lawsuit because of our wonderful, politically incorrect organization). Attach a Cover Letter: Far too many people simply email you their resumes and there is nothing in the body of the email, just a Word doc attachment.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

A business plan: Organizes your thoughts to better run your business. Email readers, continue here.] A business plan is yours alone. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success. Depicts your roadmap/blueprint, and must be revisited often.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading. Clinton also co-founded the professional esports organization, the Immortals and the LA Valiant. I'm fascinated by the creator economy on Twitch, Youtube, and new streaming platforms.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

It makes it so that emails don't get lost in an inbox, and so that those communities are actually accessible, and so people can connect with other people in their respective fieldseven if they don't already know a person. A diverse team will increase your profitability by between 31 and 41 percent, according to that McKinsey and MIT study.

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Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Have calls or emails with other board members before the board meeting Equally I spend a lot of time talking with other non-management board member prior to the board meeting. Very few people can resist the temptation to “just quickly check” email in the down moments. And importantly?—?even I believe the same is true about boards.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

That''s why people tend to gravitate towards SMS messages, rather than something like email. One of my friends, the CIO of a large healthcare system, did a study with Verizon of their facility, and found that there were 3 million SMS messages sent in a month. We had originally conceived of this as one app for one organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2016

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. Unproductive procrastination is wasting time and effort, pretending to be busy, organizing your desk, checking email, surfing the internet, or taking another break. Don’t be a perfectionist.

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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. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2015

In a recent FranklinCovey study, respondents indicated that 40 percent of their time was being spent on things that were not important to them or their companies. Although the authors focus has been on large organizations, I believe concepts are even more relevant to entrepreneurs and startups. That’s productivity. Why is this so hard?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

In fact, a Wharton Business School study in this decade of the “Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years,” concluded that only eight were first conceived by entrepreneurs, and twenty-two were conceived by employees. any organization, no matter what the size. Exhibit market awareness and a drive to win.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 17, 2015

This is as true of those people who earn a bachelors degree, as it is of management personnel who have earned graduate degrees in their chosen field of study. This can be during a casual conversation or in an email written on a related topic. This is as true of the human component, as it is for technological endeavors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

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. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Nurture those links into other sites, and network to the max in relevant business organizations and trade shows. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. So I decided to create a mentorship organization where first time entrepreneurs could spend time with senior execs, seasoned entrepreneurs and VCs. And that’s where the urgency addiction comes in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Nurture those links into other sites, and network to the max in relevant business organizations and trade shows. Make your customers your platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

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 domain. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 108

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Save it to Pocket, bookmark it, email it to yourself or whatever other coping mechanism you have. Some of these impairments include problems with organization, time keeping, excessive procrastination, concentration, processing speed and regulating emotions.” Email twice. I study for tests last minute. I have ADD.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. His business has since closed, but his mindset is still out there.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I also know many people who never studied business as an undergrad who appreciated the knowledge that they gained as an MBA. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. It’s how we move products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2016

In a classic Franklin Covey study, respondents indicated that 40 percent of their time was being spent on things that were not important to them or their companies. Although the authors focus has been on large organizations, I believe concepts are even more relevant to entrepreneurs and startups. That’s productivity.

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Product Entrepreneur Framework Social Media 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Back then there were “email forwards.” I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

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 domain. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2015

A uStamp study reported 65% of companies allow employees to work remotely and 69 percent of remote employees say they feel liberated being able to work away from the office. This small change gets your brain going and studies have shown that doing this turns you into a more productive person.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

My closest friend from high school, Rob Sowers, had studied abroad in Spain during college. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. I wanted to study the languages. I left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!) True story.].

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Startup Help Blogging Entrepreneur 352

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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 domain. Don’t skip all business social settings.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes. What’s the problem?

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