Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Badly written letters, long rambling or emotional emails, or an obvious lack of spell checking will brand you as a poor business risk before the message is even considered. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Tailor writing to your audience. Organize toward a specific outcome.

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OCTOBER 25, 2014

The reply was, “So many of our employees fly every week to projects and by seeing us advertised every time they fly they feel more proud working for our organization.” Enterprise Sales – The very first thing a potential customer does when you email or call to set up a meeting is Google you. ” See points 1-6.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] So, if you have not, create a concise map for your enterprise. Write these steps down in any form for now. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next insights. And how do you measure a person’s contribution to an unnamed goal?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Do you find yourself too much in email mode? I regularly shut down my email so that I don’t get pop-up alerts when I’m working. They are the absolute lifeblood of any organization. You’re very organized. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital? I close my Twitter tab.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? As Shervin said, it’s just email. A few reasons.

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Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled. Google likes these entries, as evidenced by the significant organic traffic it consistently drives to them. Organic traffic. Organic traffic. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. Multimedia And Syndication.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

Every sales organization with more than a handful of reps or that is across multiple offices or time zones would benefit from having a sales methodology. I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. You can’t quantify the value of email yet everybody needs it!”.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause. The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Popular keywords have higher costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. So I decided to create a mentorship organization where first time entrepreneurs could spend time with senior execs, seasoned entrepreneurs and VCs. Sounds harsh but when you think about it that’s what email really is.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” Soon after, Netflix’s trans employee resource group began organizing a walkout. NetflixWalkout. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. It’s a human being inside the buying organization who has trusted you. It’s about wanting the right speaking slot at an important conference and hounding the organizer until he lets you do it. Investor emails. Hell, I send those emails.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] By the way, there was no goal understood by all or agreed to by anyone. Write these steps down in any form for now. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next several weeks of insights. The post So, what’s the plan? first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

When I sit down to write every week I never really imagine what is going to end up resonating the most with people but it seems I’ve most often been defined by my post that I Invest in Lines, not Dots. He sent me a few nice emails. So what is an EIR and why Sam? I thought that was the end of it. Sam had different plans.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 16, 2009

But flying without a map of some kind seems just plain too risky. [Email readers continue here.] Write these steps down in any form for now. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next insights. Positioning.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Occasionally I’ll get an LinkedIn email from somebody saying, “I see you know such-and-such, would you mind connecting me?&# In a way, LinkedIn has become mostly a chore for me – a place to provide intros for two people that I know. It is already organized around vertical niches and topics. It is threaded.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Juno provided a free email service. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Working at Juno.

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Tech.Co

JULY 9, 2024

If the thought of writing a proposal is making you anxious, we also explore how AI can be used to assist with the grant-writing process. Like lots of other organizations, JPMorgan is focused on helping businesses holistically, not just by handing them a cash package. However, don’t be deceived.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. Tutors are available for k-12 and college in a variety of topics and specialty areas including: English, math, foreign language, writing, physics, even special education.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Marty Zwilling.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. The fund is organized into sectors and each VC forms forward looking themes within sub sectors. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails. I’m now back & ready for action. 11:40-14:15). 22:00-33:00).

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. When your customer phones or emails you, his timer starts, so it behooves you to return his call or email quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. 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. The thing is?—?no I believe the same is true about boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. I organized a call with Cory and introduced myself. I felt I had missed out on something.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Most large organizations are driven by the fear of loss, rather than hope of gain. Your commitments to investors must be significant enough to compel them to write you a check. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Writesonic Library screenshot.

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