Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. He doesn’t email you. I’ve been told so. Not the Dave I know.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The reference was in the form of a gold tablet that stated, “By the strength of the eternal Heaven, holy be the Khan’s name. This golden reference effectively communicated the Emperor’s sentiments in absentia. Modern-day references are effective because they rely upon a powerful principle of influence, Social Norming.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

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. . Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. Now go pick up the phone and stop hiding behind emails. It’s what you want. Let’s be explicit about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” I don’t. Probably more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. It’s true that some solutions are really hard to quantify and the most obvious example people point to is email. You can’t quantify the value of email yet everybody needs it!”. Maybe they don’t?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In terms of employee relations and safety, they want Netflix to recruit trans people, especially BIPOC, for leadership roles, allow employees to remove themselves from previous promotional content like allyship and diversity videos, and eliminate references and imagery of transphobic titles and talent in the workplace.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. That’s how we do business at Make It Work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] For example, while Steve Jobs was abusive, rude, and unappreciative, he had what his colleagues referred to a reality distortion field. None of the angels in my group is likely to write a check without hearing and believing a story about how something dramatic is about to happen.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Write them in advance and request meetings. In the email write something that will remind them who you are.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. VCs like to measure your strategy & progress over time I like to download the decks I receive.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2013

They often write their own material, book their gigs, arrange their travel and negotiate and collect their compensation from club owners. Comedians often deploy the bookend technique, in which they reference their opening joke at the conclusion of their show. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask him what he wanted to talk about. Before contacting me, the consultant should have explored how well the referring party knew me. If that were the case, I would not be writing this entry, as I realize young people are learning “on the job.” Fortunately, the call was brief.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Email is efficient. I email often. I always follow important emails with a call. You CANNOT do this on email. A very common experience … One person emails some thoughts. And anger leads to more email, which ends in a flame war. Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. For instance, in a section describing the ramifications of a No-Shop clause, Matt writes, “Insist on spelling out key terms prior to a signed term sheet if it has a no-shop clause in it.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Those references drive trillions of dollars of commerce. The majority of our time is now spent online.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. Lawsuits are becoming so prevalent these days.

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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. I left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Even better if you have permission to discuss actual names as a “reference client.&#. They don’t handle Twitter feedback, emails or IM. You should be actively listening the whole time (actively listening as in listening, writing important things down and asking relevant questions as they talk about their problems).

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you looking for employment at a company or just wanting to expand your connections, don’t be afraid to email or tweet someone and see if they want to go for a coffee or a beer. A couple of these people have offered me freelance work, or referred me to others for job leads. Since then, him and I have exchanged a couple of emails.

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Design Networking Social Media Google 91

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. Executive function refers to a number of mental processes that are required to regulate, control, and manage daily life tasks. I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times.

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Startup Writing Class Orange County 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

They come in the form of personal references. No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. I sent numerous emails for another for a job opportunity and he is now a senior exec at a very prominent startup. Finally, I made clear that there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rule.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. Our investment thesis we refer to as the connected consumer. Companies like Zefr, Scopely, and others I did not write a check, because you have a different mindset as an individual investors.

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Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

When the going gets tough (as it always does at any startup) the Wantrepreneurs get busy emailing their resumes to prospective employers. Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? Sample Personal Questions.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets. We have spam filters for our email. The initial data we are seeing at Ad.ly about CTRs even on ads is very impressive.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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Technical Review Technical Advisors Design News 167

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In fact, your marketing costs using this approach may be far less than the traditional television, newspaper, and email campaigns. If, for example, you’re writing a blog post aimed at professional investors, you don’t need to stop and explain what an entrepreneur is to them. Be sensitive to geographic and cultural implications.

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Marketing Examples Startup Customer 91

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

<Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> Below is my email to Jim and Kevin, following my debriefing with the VoIP expert, who requested to remain anonymous. Subject: Reference for Twilio. > -jeff. Forwarded message -.

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Alon Schwartz

APRIL 7, 2014

Trying to improve your leadership skills is like trying to write a song. Read emails all the way, find the typo in the copy, ask if that line on the page should really be there? It drives me crazy when leaders and managers refer to employees as “resources”. Trying to define leadership is like defining music.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

On a business team, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing is more important than technical depth. Communicate job opening via your web site, craigslist and personal emails. Compare rankings, reference check and prepare an offer for the selected candidate. Good communication skills.

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Technical Review Coach Training Screening 56

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. Reference Calls I do the exact same for reference calls.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Some people jokingly referred to it in its early days as “Fakester” in contrast to Friendster. You originally had to have a.edu email address to even join. Where you can talk about topics that it might not be appropriate for a VC to discuss in writing. Turns out anonymity mattered. Along came Facebook.

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Social Network Startup Blogging Venture Capital 329

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2010

I set up an auto-responder that tells people what the process is when they email us (on some occasions I did this manually). 2) the other reason I mention it is that a large part of your process ought to be outbound emails/FB/LinkedIn/Twitter messages to friends asking for their help. I’d take the former any day of the week.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Have you reference them? Two emailed Marc Benioff directly. He emailed the head of corp dev to say essentially, “who is this guy who’s telling everybody he’s working with Salesforce.com. update] Is Ron Conway a great guy with good intentions in writing the letter he did? How well do you know them?

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Pricing Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 292