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This is the Dumbest Op Ed I’ve Read in a While

Both Sides of the Table

Having read his latest op-ed on email I know why I erred towards the side of of not loving his book as much as some did. Apparently he’s an “organizational psychologist professor and thinks that it’s rude not to answer email. I also surmise that perhaps organizational psychologists don’t get as much unsolicited emails as some of us do.

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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly. In 2016 I finally cracked SnapChat with the launch of Discovery. It’s hard to be discovered on SnapChat right now so I occasionally tweet my SnapChat add handle: https://www.snapchat.com/add/msuster. Stay young.

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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems

socalTECH

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. The majority of our time is now spent online.

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Doppels Is the Birthday Matching App You’re Going to Love

Tech.Co

Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. This will bring back some conscious thought to digital gift giving instead of the current non-emotional email that links to a gift card. “We Snapchat Stories are an easy way to send your friend a birthday wish. Say Goodbye To The Wish List. Express Yourself.

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Interview with Derek Norton, Watertower Ventures

socalTECH

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. Companies like Zefr, Scopely, and others I did not write a check, because you have a different mindset as an individual investors. Two, is I missed a bunch of deals because I did not have a fund.

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From Nothing to Something with Howard Marks & Nanxi Liu

Tech Zulu Event

Liu began by talking about her background, eventually explaining how she sent an email to Marks to get into StartEngine in a no Wi-Fi zone. “A Liu: I wake up at 6am and spend about half an hour reading through emails and starring the ones that I need to reply to when I get to the office. I am not surprised that Snapchat is LA based.

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Here’s a 10-Tip Action Plan for Optimizing Performance When You Have ADD

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re writing and looking up occasionally you’re assumed to taking notes. It’s honestly liberating to know that I CAN’T check my email, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, NYTimes, etc. It’s much less rude than being on a device where the participants KNOW you aren’t paying attention. Medication.

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