Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Around this time B2C eCommerce had been dominating the media but the wheels were starting to come off. We listened way too much to what the press said. It kind of reminds me a bit of how “social media experts&# are talking to customers today). Create a great press-kit that you have easily accessible on your website.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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JUNE 29, 2014

This was pre social media. ” He was writing to people. I am often asked about social media by those who want to know how they should best do it professionally. My advice always follows along the line of: Twitter is part media distribution platform. It shouldn’t be a one-way media publishing platform.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. But the narrative in the press about Al Gore was that he was a smarmy know-it-all. No matter how smart or knowledgable Gore was he couldn’t get a break in the media. Bush had the opposite narrative in the press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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MARCH 8, 2010

As Brian Solis is fond of saying, “PR stands for public relations, not press release.&# That’s right. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter. Some search.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail. This gives Mark more control over the process, without requiring him to write much, and gives the LLM more to work with. The LLM didn’t just write a blurb for Mark, it wrote the blurb that Mark would have written, if only he’d had the words.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. Marketing Muscle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. Danny became a small investor in Recycled Media (the parent company of Recycled Bride) and became one of Tracy’s lead advisors.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 If you invest early and then pull back in the next 3 rounds your multiples on cash invested are much higher than if you keep writing checks. Of course the media doesn’t do nuance well so this is an emotional topic. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. . “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ” **.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Thus you end up with Demand Media that booms until Google algorithm changes (Panda) changes send it off a cliff along with many other companies overly reliant upon one “place” and one “promotional” method. Simply write a great book? If you have NO network of promotion for your story?

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JUNE 2, 2011

Read the opening quote from his initial press release on the program … “Warning that America’s long term economic prospects are uncertain without radical innovation in technology, Peter Thiel this week launched the Thiel Fellowship to foster the next generation of tech visionaries.&#. As a country we need to address this.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Winfrey was an unlikely candidate to become one of the most dominant media personalities of modern America. It was natural for Oprah to be apprehensive about assuming an unfamiliar role in the US’s third largest media market. As usual, the popular press has been quick to decry OWN a failure. Did this slow her down?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. We call it storytelling media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption. I will write about some of these topics soon. But the masses have now entered the market and everybody fancies themselves an “angel investor.&# It is the new calling card.

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MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 348

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - OTHER DEALS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In this article the focus will be on how to successfully attract media attention. It was a surprise knowing these start ups have spent $1000s for the chance to be noticed by the right influencer, whether it be a venture capitalist, early adopter or the press. Speaking of time thievery = long winded boring press releases.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. One was for our PhoneID product, which is extremely important to us.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2011

We invite you to join us at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, creators, investors, analysts, press and gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of this booming business. Also, make sure to write which event you would like to attend (i.e. How Do I Win! Nintendo (NES). Playstation 2.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2015

Just unwrapped a shiny new streaming media player only to find there’s no room at the inn? Some models come with a remote to help you switch from port to port without getting off the couch, while others have a button that you press to indicate which connected device you want the TV to use. Pick up an HDMI switcher.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

“Connecting a device or sensors to a network is not enough to create an awesome new experience,” said Avi Itzkovitch, UX consultant and founder of XG Media. You can make calls right from the fridge, browse morning headlines from the Associated Press or search for a new favorite dish on Epicurious.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

What You Know: A lengthy stream of media and press that have the tech world scratching their heads in confusion and/or denouncing them as the rap beef rudos of Silicon Valley. A lot of Rap Genius’ younger userbase list “Rap Genius Editor” in their social media profiles, as job titles. The Future of Genius.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. Never Blame the Press. The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. Find other media outlets to tell your story. But don’t pick a fight with the press. What a shame.&#.

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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. - Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Robert’s article is worth reading. Make yourself available.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

He had just received notice from a major media organization that they were going to run a very negative news story. They had articles and press releases written. There were no follow-on articles in the tech press or even other online mass media journals. But both stories are still accurate. I hope it still resonates.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? I know this category has gotten a lot of press. Mostly, I love writing. I know this because you’re not a young teenager. I could go on & on.

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