Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

As I talk to business owners and entrepreneurs, I’m surprised at how many complain about team members who feel taken for granted , or have contributions not appreciated. Helping your organization adapt and get ahead, with results, will have a positive impact on everyone, and you will remember.

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MAY 19, 2018

If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Whereas the first two funds I was involved in helping raise each took more than a year this fund was less than 6 months. Just like with entrepreneurs – you know that raising money is just the start.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Clinton Foy: We are very grateful to have raised Crosscut IV, which is $125M seed to series A fund for early stage investments. They are superstars, the hardest working entrepreneurs out there. You've got to get very close to the ground, and work with entrepreneurs and founders side-by-side. We can still help those companies.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Despite what you might think, you are never too old to benefit from the helpful guidance of a mentor. Anyone reading this who lent me a hand during the past couple decades should not take offence - I am grateful to the numerous people who helped me. I certainly did. Don''t Always Look Up.

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MARCH 28, 2010

.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered. And he was one of those guys that you meet and you just want to help because he’s so earnest and nice. He had a family.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). He’s bound to be able to help a company or two at the time of a sale. And key driver of success will be the ability to help companies exit to the right buyer and importantly at the right time. I agreed to help.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

That's exactly what Retention Science (www.retentionscience.com), the latest firm out of the MuckerLab acceleartor, helps e-commerce companies do. Jerry Jao, the CEO of Retention Science, tells us how the firm is using big data to help e-commerce firms convert more customers. What is Retention Science?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2018

As a mentor to entrepreneurs and business owners, and seeing their workload and challenges, it would be easy for me to conclude that starting a business is a big hit to health and happiness. If you are sick of the corporate grind, take your favorite idea or hobby, and join other happy entrepreneurs. Stay rooted in the present.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. So you are an entrepreneur, but you are not an inventor. As discussed in W-2 Income Sucks , favorable tax treatment of capital gains allows you to retain a greater portion of the wealth you have helped to create. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2017

If you haven’t tried it, one way to be happier at work is to be an entrepreneur, according to a Forbes article and a study by Babson College. If you are sick of the corporate grind, take your favorite idea or hobby, and join other happy entrepreneurs. These will also help you unleash the creative side. Keep track of your wins.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. She was truly wonderful to work with and I’m grateful for all of her contributions. Actually, winter did come and I have the data that shows it.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

It reads, in part: “For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee. Be patient. There And Back Again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2013

If you haven’t tried it, one way to be happier at work is to be an entrepreneur, according to a recent study by the Wharton School of Business. If you are sick of the corporate grind, take your favorite idea or hobby, and join other happy entrepreneurs. These will also help you unleash the creative side. Keep track of your wins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2011

If you haven’t tried it, one way to be happier at work is to be an entrepreneur, according to a recent survey in the UK , and an older one in the US. If you are sick of the corporate grind, take your favorite idea or hobby, and join other happy entrepreneurs. These will also help you unleash the creative side. Marty Zwilling.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I am grateful to Mike Krenn, the venture group’s president, for his help on this project. Longtime tech entrepreneur and angel investor Marco Thompson, who is closely associated with San Diego’s EvoNexus incubator, contributed a number of companies to the list. (Webroot withheld terms of the deal.). I widened my net this year.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

It reads, in part: “For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee. Be patient. There And Back Again.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The partner you saw is probably sitting on 5-6 boards which means he or she will be busy helping existing portfolio companies. And they have responsibilities for helping to manage their fund. I like to tell entrepreneurs to treat it like a sales campaign. ENTREPRENEUR NEXT STEPS. ahead of thinking about you).

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

One of the quintessential end goals of this feature is to make life easier for busy entrepreneurs and investors in California by quickly connecting them to critical hubs like LA, Silicon Valley and Santa Barbara. The experience of going through the tougher times has helped make us into the company we are today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. Couldn’t be helped. My blog was wiped out. Folksonomy.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

This introduction gives everyone a sense that they are privileged to be invited and helps them overcome the reluctance they might have when introducing themselves for the first time. Arturo Perez helps himself to more food. Brian considers his mixers as “opportunities to bond rather than network.”

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? For that — I’m grateful.

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APRIL 21, 2010

I’m always grateful when people point them out. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). They help you built insights into whom you connect with the most via email or whom you haven’t contacted in a long time. SendGrid helps improve delivery. Enter Xobni. Because email works!

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

This introduction gives everyone a sense that they are privileged to be invited and helps them overcome the reluctance they might have when introducing themselves for the first time. Arturo Perez helps himself to more food. Brian considers his mixers as “opportunities to bond rather than network.”

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MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio?

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Daradiction

DECEMBER 31, 2009

He once told me that if it (the tours, albums, lifestyle) were to end tomorrow he’d be grateful for the experience and go right on living his life. I have tons of them and I meet with them monthly or quarterly, or hop on the phone or shoot an e-mail when I have a question or need some help. Scott Leese.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

VC’s Want to Help! “The overwhelming majority of VCs I’ve worked with get up in the morning and think about how they’re going to help their portfolio companies that day.&#. . Most VC’s want to help. So help your VC’s help you. Yet they WANT to help. We want to help.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. was once a wannabe entrepreneur, and then I was a first-timer.

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JUNE 1, 2015

I often tell people I learned more about how to become an entrepreneur by being president of my fraternity than any college course I ever took or any paid job I ever had. Gen X’ers are pretty well profiled but I can tell you we were all grateful just to have jobs and pay our bills. I learned this in college.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I call it the entrepreneur thesis. I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). It’s entrepreneurs I back. It’s what I call the “entrepreneur thesis.” So what is the “entrepreneur thesis?”

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AUGUST 11, 2020

It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. And Black entrepreneurs wanted access to decision makers but didn’t always have the easy connections. He’s been a leader at the intersection of media and tech for many years and we’re grateful to partner with him.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Pouring more money into the system isn’t helping because THE SYSTEM is broken. I graduated this class and at all of 16 years old wanted to be an entrepreneur. Lawrence) both helped me master the rules of writing and tap into my creativity. I’m forever grateful for this. Wolters) and high school (Mr.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

LLfI9iHIJd  —  @msuster During the election of 2016 I started noticing that Glenn Beck was speaking out against Donald Trump and the alt-right and had apologized for his role in helping divide the country through the increasingly fragmented and polarized media. He knew this of course before he came.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2016

In an odd way I may actually benefit financially from a Trump presidency if he bends the tax regime to help more people like me. We are better to find and encourage smart people to work for him to help buffer the rest of us from his worst instincts. I am super grateful to J.D. 3rd-party voters. People who stayed at home.

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