Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add outgoing links.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. Magazine ended up doing a cover story on Kyle and I called, An American Start-Up. According to John, "So, we, we sent.(an

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add outgoing links.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I invest heavily in relationships with journalists both because I like them and respect their profession and I know that there is a benefit to me in the long run if I’m not transactional in my relationships. I do it myself. If I can do it – so can you. Trust me I, too, have a million other responsibilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. It’s the new magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add outgoing links.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add outgoing links.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 91

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

You decide how much you want to invest in your employees and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves. 2) Congratulations on Entrepreneur magazine recently naming BetterWorks a “ Brilliant Company.” What must a startup do to motivate you to write them a check?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. That’s healthy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

An informal writing style is generally recommended. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer. Add outgoing links.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

In a 2010 TechCrunch article , Ron Conway discusses the success and failure rates of the ~ 500 companies he had invested in during the prior 12-years. Approximately 33% fail, another third return an approximation of the capital invested and the remaining 33% generate anywhere from 2x to “Google-x return.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. So back to MBAs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. I’ve often talked about the NY advantage of having the NY Times, WSJ, Silicon Alley Insider, New York Magazine and even the editor of TechCrunch based there. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. It’s awesome.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. angel investing tips. What’s going to happen in the future?'

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

We have doubled our national investments per child in education (in real terms i.e. adjusted for inflation) and our scores have remained flat. school system, Michelle Rhee who was profiled in Time Magazine. Lawrence) both helped me master the rules of writing and tap into my creativity. Wolters) and high school (Mr.

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