Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I was excited to read it because Robert Cialdini had been a speaker at Google when my wife worked there and she told me that many members of the senior management team at Google had been raving about his work. Social proof is defined as “looking for others to guide our decision&# and it can be both explicit and implicit.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2018

Blood tests for cancer, known as liquid biopsies, have become available in recent years to guide treatments for people already diagnosed. Earlier this year, the federal insurance program Medicare sent positive signals about coverage but hasn’t made a final decision.) But how useful are they?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

So, instead he was really looking for two people: (1) someone with experience who could spend an hour here and there guiding development, (2) an up-and-comer who wanted to get into mobile development. It's about creation. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. Not really.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

To help guide the students’ evaluation of the feasibility and merit of each idea, I require them to complete a one-page form, as specified in Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion. Find problems in the area you are passionate about. In my UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial course, I require the students to submit a venture idea every week.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My time with TFA instilled in me a deep commitment to education, inspiring me to dedicate my life to guiding young minds through the world of mathematics. If having an LLM write the whole blurb seems like too much, we could also fill our empty textbox with a writing prompt: I know writing about yourself can be tough.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. If you have information about a situation that has gone terribly wrong don’t cover it up. ’ You’re being talked about for the wrong thing. Make the story be about your market.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Saturday, December 8, 2012 -- Assembled Capital: A Founder's Guide to Fundraising.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

So, instead he was really looking for two people: (1) someone with experience who could spend an hour here and there guiding development, (2) an up-and-comer who wanted to get into mobile development. It's about creation. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. Not really.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Let’s look at each of these roles in greater detail: Strategy – The View From 1,000 Feet Up A good Strategic Advisor can help with every aspect of making broad choices about what will get developed, how it will be built, and ensuring that your business can deliver the right stuff at the right time. Is this person a CTO or a developer?

Technical Review 260

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Gift Guide: STEM toys for your builders-in-training. Yep, it’s gift guide season. We’re democratizing information about startups with Extra Crunch. The Daily Crunch includes links to Extra Crunch stories just about every day. The Daily Crunch includes links to Extra Crunch stories just about every day.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. A fair example In my former industry, I became an informal centralized source for knowledge about the revenues of each of the many competitors, with a special skill for asking just the right questions to obtain the information.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

How about the size of the group? How about using the names for marketing, fundraising? Advisors fill blind spots in the corporate knowledge base and guide you in areas where you feel you have a personal weakness. How about “chairman” of the advisory board? Create a formal advisor agreement listing expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

This has worked out tremendously well for us as I still have my mentor guiding the firm and he gets to look for deals that can have a massive impact on society and on returns for our LPs. Essentially we run the firm together but play different roles. Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

I found his observations, like the following, to be inspirational for those of us chasing an entrepreneurial dream: It’s all about the people. According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now there are some firms that have strict rules about not funding pre-revenue companies – that’s different. Traction really is about building a relationship with a VC over time and showing them that you can move the ball forward. Funding is about developing a relationship over time. Schedule a follow up meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. They skip the blame and complain game, and make things happen despite major obstacles.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Using color therapy and Hindu Chakras , Deepak narrates users through a guided meditation in the hopes of helping people search for their true self and relieve stress. “I I would like a critical mass of people thinking about a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier, and happier world. Photo by Guided Meditation VR.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

Socially distant hiking in Sedona (we drove there) I recently wrote about my weight-loss journey over the past 18 months where I lost 65 pounds without a fad diet and returned to my college weight. I separately wrote about some food plans I use. I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital. You got this!

Coach 538

Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Millennials have come a long way in business since I started writing about them over ten years ago. They started out as that spoiled generation of kids, born between about 1982 and 2004, who had everything, and could care less about business. Their success is now vital to our success.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2015

At this point most people know you can learn just about anything online, but MentorMob founders Vince Leung and Kris Chinosorn found weeding through free online instruction to find quality content cumbersome and tedious. Each Guide contains a series of playlists that cover beginner to advanced topical knowledge. How does it work?

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

In this guide: Free Business Tools Best Communication Tools Best Cybersecurity Tools Best Project Management Tools Best Marketing Tools Best Financial Tools Best HR tools Best Sales Tools Next Steps: Moving Forward With a Solution Best Free Business Tools for Startups Not every startup will have a budget for smart software.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

LearnLux provides employee guides helping them learn about 401K, stock options, retirement accounts, and other financial topics. The $2M seed fudning round came from Sound Ventures, Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, Underscore VC, and Adam Nash, the former CEO of Wealthfront. LearnLux is based in Boston. READ MORE>>.

Seed Funding 124

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It is one reason not to fear the unknown when upper-level management long in place turns over, often leaving most everyone worried about the future of the company and for their own prospects. A favorite story about such a CEO. Creating a new perspective to guide the future. Even the best of us falls into a routine in our jobs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

In our business lives we’re having to deal with decisions that could have lasting impacts on our companies without any compass to guide us in the direction we’re heading . It feels a bit like choosing a fork in the road amidst dense fog and with nobody to guide us what to do. That’s what makes this so surreal. To say it simply ….

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Levy’s book, “ The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cashing in On Your Inventions.” He was talking about inventions, but I think his concepts apply perfectly to any entrepreneur starting a business: Don’t take yourself too seriously. Be concerned about how you are perceived. Don’t take your idea too seriously, either.

Startup 104

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Tips 104

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2015

Following up on our first week impressions of Meerkat , we jumped in the water with Periscope (the official Twitter app) to see what the secret hype was all about. Lets talk about Push notifications on Periscope: it is overwhelming. The post A Beginner’s Launch Guide to Periscope appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In a perfectly coordinated landing, two of the Falcon boosters successfully returned to Earth in Florida, with a third last seen about to land on the SpaceX drone ship. SpaceX lifted the Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:45PM ET. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2014

The company-- led by Evan Britton --also said that about 43 percent of its traffic is now coming from smartphones. famous birthdays famousbirthdays traffic internet profile guide information data' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2020

According to Cornerstone OnDemand, the expertly created training content, created in partnership with its nonprofit arm, the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, includes "bite-size" informative videos and downloadable guides, and was created by a former teacher and Head of Cornerstone Studios, Summer Salomonsen, Ed.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Drawing on experience helps to build perspective, but it also should give you some hints about what will work and what will not work in your current situation. Then you can focus on what is needed to make this happen and get on with it. Draw on your experience and input from others.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

If you are responsible for forming a board, managing it, or evaluating its collective performance, consider these three important modes of engagement as you guide… Generative thinking: Do you have board members who often ask “why?” or “How about the public relations impact?” Today, we cover an ideal board’s collective mindset.

Company 156

Company Companies Ideas Competition 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up. Or, maybe it’s just about getting out of the way and watching what they can achieve. Wait, What About Yves? She’s empathetic and brings great humor to her work as well.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

What is Go Trexx all about? But, what we are doing, is looking at how people travel and what modern tools we can provide to make the experience better, in the form of travel guides and things like that. Our first set of products started rolling out in May, and are a set of travel guides for children.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

More importantly, he talks about the actions required to build a network of contacts at the highest level. In business, positional authority remains the primary guiding force at this level, and most business relationships stay at this level or below. Real same-page connection (fourth floor).

Startup 127

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It is all about execution. Here is your list of five things to do as a guide to better execution. Respond, so that people know you are serious about execution of the plan. Waiting over a year to see results is too long, since your chance of mid-course correction is greatly reduced. If that is true, we are tolerant bunch.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Having written about the AI revolution and the expansion of the chatbot ecosystem for some time now, I've used Claude regularly since its release. 16K has a context window of about 16,385 tokens.

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