Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. Sometimes I just scan and other times it serves as a launching-off point for me to digest the daily news.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. Julie Schoenfeld: When we talked last, we were focusing primarily on helping publisher monetize their archived content.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. If you feel you need outside help I recommend either going with a small firm local to you or an individual who is working as their own agency.

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Inverted Software

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Last year was not perfect, but, the good news is that now you are smarter, more experienced and have the data you need in order to overcome last year’s mistakes. There are many tools to help you analyze your traffic and sales and you can set forth the planning to make whatever corrections you need to. Roadmaps keep you on track.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s March 1st as I write this*. Seems like just a moment ago it was New Year’s Day and we were all committing to our better selves for 2021 as so many of us do. Nothing makes me happier than helping others with something that I personally have struggled with. This isn’t a requirement but if you can do it, it sure helps.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2021

I’m sorry to write so much about losing weight. I promised people I would write a few posts about this and I wanted to cover eating, mental game, measurement, what gear I’ve used, sleep, water consumption / tracking, etc. More recently I was trying to help a VC friend lose 15. Hope that helps. then it becomes 3.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

We have to force this familiarity, connectivity among women in venture so that people are helping each other.”. The idea is to put women with check-writing abilities, typically partners and general partners, together in groups with newer VCs, typically with an associate or principal title, paired together. It’s highly concentrated.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Bose , the privately held maker of headphones, loudspeakers, and other electronics for audiophiles, has acquired Hush, a San Diego startup founded by three undergraduate engineering students to develop “smart” noise-masking earbuds designed to help users sleep. Lee did not reveal.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ebyline , the online marketplace which connects publishers with freelance journalists, has rolled out a new offering today, which it says can help publishers produce their own, custom news feeds. The service, called Ebyline News Desk, allows publishers to create their own, custom feeds of original content.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The end of the product lifecycle is where Murthy and Kaplan feel Ghost has “an enormous opportunity to help people be more efficient in that process,” Murthy added. She went on to write, “Dee and Josh are the exact right team to tackle it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Spend time learning new techniques, and time measuring the return from your efforts. What we all need is trusted advisors who can help us decipher the clutter. You have to clearly understand what you want to achieve before you are likely to achieve it. Build a team.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective. Every one of those writers has a byline and a bio, and are paid twice a week at a pretty decent rate for that writing or assignment. They couldn't find enough people to write the content they needed, at the quality they need.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2010

I next write a paragraph to describe what I mean by each comment. Next time write it down when it happened. Don’t have your staff write their own reviews. If you don’t have the time, insights and responsibility to write your direct reports annual evaluations (read: one time per year!!) Put it in writing.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A “downer” is defined here as someone who seems to dwell on the negatives of every business challenge, and loves to highlight bad news or potential problems. Choose a friend or mentor (not your spouse) whom you trust to tell you the truth, and ask for help. If you are a downer, find a new place to work. Ask a mentor for support.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” Of course that was a wrong narrative for both companies. Mostly kidding.

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Snapchat Invest Technical Review Dollar Shave Club 214

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

A static way to read what people were saying would be even more helpful ie a comment box. The site includes startups on everything from charitable social networks, art houses, music writing and composition, travel, financial productivity and more. Maybe this is the sort of feedback that may be alleviated in the next version.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. I’ve turned myself into a cartoon character.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. Just look at the silly Obama birther debate that we wasted so many news cycles on. Is it ever appropriate to just let a news cycle pass assuming the story will move on and die down? Don’t Bury Bad News.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” It is possible to build a successful site that has components of #1, #2 and #3, but some good product or service right from the beginning helps viability.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. Best for: Bloggers, news publishers. Bookshop’s goal isn’t to beat Amazon.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That’s certainly one function of every board but if your board is your “brain trust” and the people you can most use as a sounding board to help you make the toughest decisions in your company and if its the one group truly privy to your most confidential information and your hardest choices then it’s a shame if you don’t get more value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Spend time learning new techniques, and time measuring the return from your efforts. What we all need is trusted advisors who can help us decipher the clutter. You have to clearly understand what you want to achieve before you are likely to achieve it. Build a team.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? So how exactly do you break out then? Think about Luma Partners.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Catch up by reading the first edition here or check out last week’s edition , which offered the gamut of mobility news from Lyft and Bird to Waymo’s laser bears and cybersecurity. And here, (wait for it) there are ONMs — original news manufacturers. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? Cymbal clash!)

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. " Typically, this requires quite a bit more information for me to be able to respond and provide real help. Your technical advisor can likely help. The bad news is that they can get a good paying job anytime.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Cryptocurrency is rarely out of the news, but the recent case involving Canadian currency exchange QuadrigaCX is a real show stopper. Cotton’s death might seem like the start of the company’s problems, but truth be told, it was already on the rocks before this news. Why did Cotton write his will two weeks before he died?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - The more she got to know more the more she called me for help with stories. It started socially.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

If I can help you avoid some of my first-time mistakes it would be a victory. The truth is that we work in a very small, tight-knit industry and news & plans spread fast. They certainly struggle to find mentors as there is nothing more frustrating than trying to help a company who is afraid to tell you anything.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Contrary to conventional wisdom, success as a millennial entrepreneur does not require that you become proficient in writing commercial-quality software code. However, understanding the various languages, challenges and approaches to coding will help you communicate with and manage your startup’s technical team. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

How do you have the time to help them hire? I just write. I told her I need “20 minutes” to write a blog post. Keep on writing. I took 2 of those morning to write blog posts and then read. I didn’t want to get into that debate – just share the news. Why do I write all of this?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2010

I discovered the power of employee feelings of ownership early in my management career, establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), once popular as incentive compensation as well as a tax write-off for corporations and even a way to slowly transfer ownership of a company from the founders to the employees.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2015

They hoped that taking a controversial stance against the immensely popular book would help Contagious cut through the clutter of the 11,000 business books which are published annually. To make his point that the message matters more than messenger, Professor Berger writes, “…think about a forest fire. Igniting A Forest Fire.

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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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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

It helps to start by determining whether your application needs, or will ever need to consider performance more than superficially. In our Framework Benchmarks project, as of this writing, we have about 300 permutations covering 145 frameworks, and a huge universe of possible permutations we don’t presently cover.

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