Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2022

For example, instead of quick slide presentations, teams at Amazon write six-page memos to lay out ideas in narratives to be read in silence at the start of a meeting. We all need weekly, if not daily, informal and feedback on direction, and what is working and what is not. Provide regular feedback on execution and results.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Bill Gates, for example, maintained an information sharing relationship with Warren Buffett for many years, and both will attest to the learning they achieved from the other. Use networking, the Internet, and personal contacts to really understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind related success stories. Find your level of passion early.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based FreedomSpeaks.com an online web site focused on political social networking, said Tuesday that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) targeted at helping developers tap into information about publicly elected officials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

An informal writing style is generally recommended. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Los Angeles-based You2Gov, an online social networking startup focused on politics, said this week that it has added new technology to allow its users to directly contact members of Congress. The firm's site now allows users to email, write, or make calls via Skype and Jaxtr to their political representatives. READ MORE>>

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. You need somebody who is helping push out information on what is up-and-coming in the company. I write on my blog how I think in my head.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. In addition to we’re taking GumGum and their very cool advertising opportunities to market.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

I’m only writing about the product because I’m passionate about it. But I can always see the correlation between writing a blog or publishing on a social network and traffic. In fact, I’m surprised by how antiquated Google Analytics feels. Chartbeat is a relatively young company and product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

An informal writing style is generally recommended. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Information specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences and how to connect with people on social networks. I got to thinking more broadly about social networks and the real-time web. Facebook has much more value to me as a networking tool. I’ve been thinking a lot about comments lately.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

An informal writing style is generally recommended. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

These have the benefit to VCs of not cross-collateralizing returns and to LPs of being able to know the underlying asset before they write the check. If you get into a high-growth company and you have asymmetric information on how the management team is performing? “We But there are clear pro’s and con’s. Want some context?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

One of the beautiful things about the Internet is endless amount of websites designed and dedicated to those who like to be the first to know and share information. is a virtual directory of new startups that takes information flow a step further than the static website. Founded by Nick Frost Startupli.st Startupli.st

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

An informal writing style is generally recommended. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

He also co-founded Genetic Finance and is a Founding Member of Change.org, a social network focused on initiating and sustaining positive social change. Benedikt''s description of his encounters with Adam is an effective primer for young entrepreneurs who want to expand their network beyond their peers. Benedikt Scholz.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Information specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

I provided information for my customers to make their lives easier.&# A really good sales person can get people excited and get people to tell you information they won’t tell other people. In the next generation everybody (including women (are going to write code).&#. “A lot of sales is innate. Say very little.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

If you are looking for funding and customers for your new business, you need to identify your “unique selling proposition” (USP) right up front, in 30 seconds or less, to differentiate yourself in today’s information overload. Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. We're specifically not a social network. You can use that to build out your information basis in your network from those aggregate data sources.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. Omidyar Networks – head of investment. Why the name?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

An informal writing style is generally recommended. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The Internet and its information wave have changed everything – it’s the problem, with constant change, and it’s the solution, if you use it to navigate quickly and self-educate. When I do mentoring and writing about current experiences, I realize all the things I don’t know, and this gives me more incentive to learn more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I am confident enough with criticism that I’m willing to post that picture on my blog where it will get way more amplified than it would have on the narrow network of Secret friends-of-friends.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The traditional way to handle that is to write code. We use all of the technology out there, including social networking, LinkedIn--where recommendations from our customers are very strong--and we have a community based capability, where our users can talk via forums. We have a very strong fan base.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Write it down…. Do you believe non-native Internet users (ages 35 and up) will migrate toward such a tradeoff, or do you think the unwillingness of older users to share private information is relatively intractable? “I Social is not a hype movement; it is part of the web’s DNA. AddVisors can be formal or informal.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance. You'd have to come up with an idea, gather the truth, write it, produce it, shoot it, edit it, and when you had the product, you had to figure out how to distribute it. It's fun, I guess. Only a dummy would do it again.

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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. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? The information is publicly available. Sound creepy?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. This way everybody gets exactly the information and content he/she is interested in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Budding entrepreneurs and home-based businesses should be writing business plans before they start, so they understand and can manage the tasks ahead, but no outside investor need ever see the plan.

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