Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. If they didn’t care about him they certainly didn’t care about me or Jason Lemkin or Jason Calacanis or any of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons. We champion a storyline about an underdog who failed many times but through grit and determination have risen above the odds.

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Startup Press Blogging .Net 261

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model. Network model.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. A positive news story means NOTHING about the core performance of your business. Our call recovered and we spent the rest of the time talking about the development of their management team and their product.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” or “I learned about flying from that.” Some of those patterns help us to spot and avoid problems we have seen play out in the past, often to disastrous conclusion. We who invest look for patterns from previous experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

As I talked about on many occasions when I was an entrepreneur – and blogged publicly about - I learned a lot about my business and myself in these meetings. I wrote about it all in that post. I also loved the guest appearance by Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine. I was an entrepreneur for years.

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Venture Capital Blogging Conference Google 292

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. Wow, we''ve heard about your newsletter, and it seems to be motivating and inspiring entrepreneurs around the country.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2013

Appboy helps companies by offering deep insights about their readers and targeted communications to segments of those readers. Mag+ iOS digital publishing platform will come with inbuilt Appboy’s mobile relationship management products to make it easy for publishers to access and eliminating the need for technical setup.

Mobile 83

Mobile Technical Review Tool Software Review 83

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model. Network model.

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Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). I wrote about how to build relationships with journalists in this post.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

I recently wrote a post about how to manage relationships when you’re at a startup or are busy executive. I use the calendar for scheduling so I don’t have to bug him about when he is free. We have a deal that in exchange for not bugging him about scheduling I’m free to make important plans around his calendar.

Tips 418

Tips Startup Email Blogging 418

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. Wow, we''ve heard about your newsletter, and it seems to be motivating and inspiring entrepreneurs around the country.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2013

If you think about the amount of media and engagement our clients have driven in print, in digital, and through different magazines, it''s a huge amount. If you think about the amount of media and engagement our clients have driven in print, in digital, and through different magazines, it''s a huge amount.

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Content Media Startup Entertainment 174

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. For the most part, female buyers don't really care about that stuff. What is VroomGirls?

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Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

At the Upfront Summit this past week there was an electric interview of Fred Wilson led by well-researched and artful Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine that ended up making news. The video of the interview will be available this week and I will talk more about it then because the interview covered so many great topics.

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Competition Venture Capital Invest Organization 150

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Just about the only downside to this option is that it’s limited to books and books alone. The New York Times now includes a Bookshop link alongside an Amazon one, while BuzzFeed News, Vox, and New York Magazine are all in, and Hearst, Meredith, and Condé Nast will likely start using Bookshop next month. commission).

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Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

One of the most frequent questions entrepreneurs ask about when they raise a little bit of money or are getting close to launching their first product is whether they should hire a PR firm. I wrote about how to build relationships with journalists in this post. In a startup this is a mistake. There is one carve out.

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Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. It's all about self expression. Explain a little bit about Michelle's videos and how they created the business?

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Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig. Allison Beal: I've been in fashion design and manufacturing for about nine years.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? We caught up with Rachel recently to hear more about the company. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. magazine, for example. What is FEM? The metrics are very solid.

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Google Content Startup Venice 233

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

When people read a story about your company in a newspaper or magazine, they are much more likely to have a favorable opinion than if you are the only voice touting your excellence. Public relations helps you attract future sales opportunities. Public relations builds third-party credibility.

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Organization Social Media Competition News 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

When people read a story about your company in a newspaper or magazine, they are much more likely to have a favorable opinion than if you are the only voice touting your excellence. Public relations helps you attract future sales opportunities. Public relations builds third-party credibility.

Organization 100

Organization Social Media Competition News 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

What is a hackerspace, and why might having them available in the area help the tech community? We caught up with Tara--who some might know from her efforts on RepresentLA--on what LA Makerspace is all about--and how places like LA Makerspace are key to bringing the technology and technical community together. What is LA Makerspace?

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Startup Tool Ideas Class 227

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I was the original investor and helped to grow GameSpy Industries, attracted to the fledgling company because of its million users each month, even though at the time there was no monetization to the traffic. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. And the numbers were staggering.

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. TechZulu catches up with the founder of Assignmint, Jeff Koyen, as he talks about Assignmint, freelance, and LA startups.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Unfortunately, the market was as excited by the new devices as they were about the company''s revised name. As Wired magazine pointed out in a January 2013 article , "It’s a Hail Mary pass for a company that held 44.5 I promise I will never Tweet about companies that do desperation rebranding or that killer burrito I just ate.

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Technical Support Marketing Advertising SaaS 250

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. Thats what uCast is all about. Kanaan Jemili:We have about six areas we focus on. The other thing we do, is were very transparent about sharing data with them, like user data and advertising data. Kanaan Jemili. What is uCast? Who are your core customers?

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

And every year I think about doing the same. Twitter – Say what you want about Twitter “losing its way,” “not engaging new users well enough,” “not targeting ads well enough.” I wrote about this years ago. But it’s the holidays and I usually can’t be bothered.

Product 150

Product AMA Tool Santa Monica 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

” If I am looking at movies on my mobile phone there is a higher chance I’m out-and-about and ready to buy tickets. So when I talk to the numerous photo sharing websites that I’ve met I always encourage them to think about all of the awesome Mobile Second features that they can build to supplement their product.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We caught up with Quinton Alsbury , president and co-founder of the company, to learn more about what Roambi is doing for enterprises, and where it's going. For those not familiar with Roambi, can you tell us about the product? So, we set out to do that, and after a year and a half developed the first version of our product.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Can you talk about your background, for those who aren't familiar with what you've done? Robert Flynn: I'm actually an LA native.

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Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

We help companies reward their employees with perks. 5) When I interviewed people at my past startups, I rejected them if they asked me about our dental plan, as true entrepreneurs don’t care about such pedestrian benefits. 3) I’ve heard some great stories about your weekend sales “boot camps.” We see two markets.

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Summary Tips Sales Entrepreneur 246

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We caught up with Zach James and Rich Raddon , co-founders of MOVIECLIPS, to learn more about the company and also hear about the firm's funding round. First of all, what is MOVIECLIPS.COM about? It helped that we could speak to that problem, and help the studios address that issue by giving consumers a legal alternative.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A slew of app-enabled, Wi-Fi-connected kitchen gadgets are spilling onto the market, including Belkin’s WeMo Crock-Pot and the iKettle , but these are just upgrades on existing kitchen gadgets; they are not disrupting the way we think about our kitchen. We will be able to do things like place items on hold (e.g.,

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Belkin Startup Google Press 92