Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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InfoChachkie

APRIL 29, 2013

Pander, Don''t Preach - When addressing complaints via social media, your intended audience is not the person who feels they were wronged. The next time you encounter a negative online comment about your startup from a disgruntled customer, resist the very natural temptation to write a hurried, angry reply. Channeling Tige.

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Social Media Customer Custom Media 213

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. That used to be the standard. ” Funding IS the story. Funding is news.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

On his first day of work my wife was kind enough to write down words of wisdom from her years on the job. I don’t write about Tania very often – mostly at her request. She’s worked for L’Oreal, Accenture, Virgin Mobile & BSkyB (one of the leading media companies in the UK). Hope you enjoy. **.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. The monkey on my back.

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are a business owner today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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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. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. In a startup this is a mistake.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I looked at it for a bit and started thinking about writing it. Why did I write a book? Because I have so much to share, but honestly, I share my thoughts and ideas every day on social media, webinars, podcasts, etc. I’m going to keep writing books; many of them. Give it a read, a review, help me write more books.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The media eats it up as they always need something to write about. Be unique, find free marketing opportunities and use social media to build your following. One of the most important and most misunderstood rules of our new open & social media is that you need to engage directly with your audience. He knew this.

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Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 398

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

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. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In the past 5 years some of the best investors in the country could simply anoint winners by giving them large amounts of capital at high prices and then the media hype machine would create awareness, talent would race to join the next perceived $10bn winner and if the music never stops then everybody is happy. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

Both Sides of the Table

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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Social Media Blogging Media Startup 307

TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

.); the actors Uzo Aduba, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, and Lily Singh and former US Women’s National Team players including Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Buehler, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Abby Wambach, Lauren Cheney Holiday; social media stuntman Casey Neistat, and more. “We’re venture capitalists.

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Writing Los Angeles Equity Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. Harlem Shake.

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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 233

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy, how would your 2004 book, Art Of The Start , differ, if you were writing it today? What is massively different from now and when I wrote the book is that social media didn’t exist back then. If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter or two…about how to use Facebook and Twitter. That doesn’t work.”.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

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. 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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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, you need a system of grading how much influence you have online, much like the original Klout score, as explained in the classic book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it.

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Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2015

So it’s a disappointment to me that these esteemed journalists haven’t adapted to the modern media – to social media. He can write well about economics but dude can’t Tweet. But he hasn’t figured out that media is now two way. NYT Learn How to Use Social Media. Following 78.

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Social Media Media Buzzfeed Journal 150

Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media. You’ll then be taken through to an online form. Should I Digitally Detox Anyway?

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Companies Company Social Media Writing 226

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

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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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

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. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I love learning first hand about the differences in analytics platforms, social media conversion, the effectively of copy, how to cultivate an audience, etc. I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. It’s just my writing style.

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Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. Plus, show my you can write! Where do you think things are heading? What is the timeframe?

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Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

It''s unclear if Scripted.com''s other, Southern California angels participated in this funding; the firm has previously announced funding from Jody Mulkey (Shopzilla), and Keith Richman (Break Media). scripted paige craig venture capital freelance writing content marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Redpoint Writing Venture Capital 159

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 35:29 Why people use social media. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. how do you handle internal company morale? Eric is so damn good. Little money.

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

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)?

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 4, 2009

msuster for me) the message you write appears in my @msuster inbox on Twitter.com and on any of the desktop or mobile clients. Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. The basics: 1. When you use the @username (e.g. If you truly want it to be private stick to DM or email (or better yet … telephone!).

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Tips Social Media Social Network Venture Capital 291

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2013

Mark writes about The Perils of Shiny New Objects. In today''s uber-connected, social media, everything-is-public, people tell you there''s killing it with these new features, investor & mentor whiplash - it''s hard to avoid the latest thing. Yet sadly most startups have "shiny object" obsessions. The new thing.

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