TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Leveraging LLMs to help users fill in text, whether it’s by providing starter content, samples, or highly personalized tips, makes their lives easier. Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail. That’s why we’re planning on building most of our sites this way in the future.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The ratings were poor, the writing was uninspired and Oprah did not have enough time or energy to devote to the show. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”.

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Tips Startup Networking Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2020

Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. You have to be able to communicate effectively in all the common forms, including business writing, as well as talking, presenting, and producing videos.

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Writing Entrepreneur Summary Email 125

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. However, his first-hand knowledge of how to write, test and commercialize code facilitated his ability to lead Microsoft from startup to world dominance. Share and Enjoy.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. You have to be able to communicate effectively in all the common forms, including business writing, as well as talking, presenting, and producing videos.

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Tips Writing Startup Summary 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2012

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. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy, how would your 2004 book, Art Of The Start , differ, if you were writing it today? If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter or two…about how to use Facebook and Twitter. In Art Of The Start , you encourage your readers to be responsive and to strive to return emails within 24-hours.

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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. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

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Writing Content Email Tips 90

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. In a more relaxed setting, it's that little bit easier to throw caution to the wind when opening and email attachment or clicking a link.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled. Startup Tips From Jeff Bezos. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. The kind words I receive in comments, Tweets and emails are highly motivational and most appreciated. Multimedia And Syndication. All Time Rank. Article Title.

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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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Conference Startup Technical Review Writing 289

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Here are five tips to make sure someone reads your resume and calls you in for an interview: 1. 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. Yes, but it takes 15 seconds; reading the body of the email does not.

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Doc Email Tips Research 145

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

I also gave some tips on how to politely but successful stall the VC pressure to sign your term sheet quickly. There’s some stuff here that I even prefer not to put into writing. Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. Are the write ups worth doing or not? Minutes 18.30 – 26.30.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal and product testimonials.

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Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2012

Schedule enough face-to-face time (not email or text message) to lay out your understanding of the problem, facts you have assembled, options that you considered, and your decision reached, with reasoning behind it. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity. Follow-up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Wear solid colors, and make your look true to your brand and yourself. People judge you and your company in the first few seconds.

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Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

Yeah, back when I was tryin’ to get a tip at Subway. There were days where I could write about what I was thinking about Apple or Twitter or Facebook. Or I could just write about life. can only point to three examples in the last 10 years of writing where I know that what I specifically said made somebody resent me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship. Don’t skip all business social settings. That’s usually the important relationship part.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Never write something you wouldn’t want to come back to you. Every one of us has sent a sensitive email to the wrong party, or had it misinterpreted by the receiver. You hear about all the parallel entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs running Apple and Pixar at the same time.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship. Don’t skip all business social settings. That’s usually the important relationship part.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Kanye West.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

and then write down what they said on a white board (so they feel listened to) but then go around the room and call on everybody and ask, “so what do you think?&#. 4. Send board pack 3 days in advance - this is one of my biggest tips. When the “talker&# keeps jumping in politely say, “That’s great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship. Don’t skip all business social settings. That’s usually the important relationship part.

Startup 97

Startup Tips Social Network Mentor 97

Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

10 Tips for Better BD. Get Warm Introductions – Typically 1 out of 10 people will email or call you back from a cold outreach. Seeing how you might work together is infinitely more impactful that trying to describe in text, even if you did write the best 6 th grade book reports. The tenth tip makes your better BD last. .

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Outsource Development Develop Development Tips 88

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Michael offers the follow general tips regarding how entrepreneurs can obtain meaningful engagement on social news sites: 1. In a few instances, developers spent their weekends and evenings writing inferior versions of Microline's tools that they then released as free, open source alternatives. Share and Enjoy.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

After focusing on your site, it’s time to use an email marketing platform and move on to lead nurturing. It integrates with OptinMonster, allows you to craft beautiful emails, and more importantly, enables you to create automated workflows without writing a single line of code. GetResponse fits this bill perfectly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

Five Tips For Emerging Entrepreneurs. Also, when you become super, super successful and you want to write your book, it''s helpful!". • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Sarah then discussed five areas of advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. He grabbed all the user email addresses I had collected and started talking to potential customers to find out what they wanted to do. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

During his presentation, Sam Teller gave people tips on how to connect with high profile people, who are inundated with emails. The first “Intro to the LA Startup Community” back in October 2012 was taught by Sam Teller , Managing Director of Launchpad , a four-month accelerator program started by venture capitalist Mark Suster.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

For example, if your password for your email account is the same as your Amazon account, a hacker could easily access your credit card information. My advice: write down your passwords in a journal and keep it in a secure location at home, such as a safe. Banks also have automated phone systems for simple account balance questions.).

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. Once you’ve answered these questions go ahead and contact them in a short email. If these companies have email lists even better! Follow suggestions in Tip One in order to build rapport.

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