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How to Get Busy People to Take Action When You Send an Email

Both Sides of the Table

On my most important ones I spend as much time figuring out what to cut out as I do putting into the writing of it. Many people write email without a “call to action” or reason they’re writing the email. Write to one person at a time. This is critical and was the reason I sat down to write this post.

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Sagewise pitches a service to verify claims and arbitrate disputes over blockchain transactions

TechCrunch LA

All of the benefits of a cryptographically secured, publicly verified, anonymized transaction system can be erased by errant code, malicious actors, or poorly defined parameters of an executable agreement. Hoping to beat back the tide of bad contracts, bad code and bad actors, Sagewise , a new Los Angeles-based startup has raised $1.25

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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There is a battle between entrepreneurs who try to change the world and solve a meaningful problem and those who write take-down pieces with no apparent personal benefit other than attention. Are we right in all of our assumptions and diligence? . “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

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Burn the bridges behind.

Berkonomics

I had to be successful at my new software company. My sales tax payments were due in the next few days, and I didn’t have the money. In an hour I received a phone call from the friend who was in the office where I was due later that morning. Frank Peters made his money writing software for Wall Street.

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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

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It is code word for “I’m not ready to invest for whatever reason … I need more proof.&#. Fund raising is an ongoing process and not an event on a workplan. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. You need to build a relationship with investors over a long period of time.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

Go to tech (or other relevant industry) events. Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) It can be done, but it’s hard. Here are a few perspectives on it: Building a sweat equity team You simply need to network. Go to user groups.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Every community needs their “ambassadors&# who build relationships with leaders from other communities, who convince these people to come visit the community, who help organize events with local teams to get the cross-city interactions and who create awareness for the local talent. Every region needs its local media & events.