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JANUARY 23, 2011

In a startup this is a mistake. In this instance I typically recommend that startups NOT hire a big, well-known PR firm. All too often I’ve seen senior PR people from big firms come in and pitch for new business to startups while having 22 year-olds who do all the work once it’s won. There is one carve out.

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MARCH 7, 2011

They’ve been around for a while and when they first announced this initiative I knew the day would come when people would start saying, “should I replace Disqus?&# I started telling people privately that I thought Google should buy Disqus for the same reasons Facebook wants to own commenting in the first place. That may be.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Two days ago I wrote about Quora. I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time. What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. But my post today is not about Quora, it’s about an answer that I wrote on Quora.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

As I did a deeper dive reflection on the topic I started thinking I wanted: Anonymity + Authority. All of this has become a lot more relevant lately given social networking. Friendster started and was the place you had to be yourself. He has founded a new social networking site called AnyBeat to take on this issue.

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Social Network Startup Blogging Venture Capital 329

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MAY 4, 2013

Before I tell you the reasons I’m concerned about investment banking intros, I should start by saying I think bankers are enormously helpful for entrepreneurs in raising money. start-ups are overvalued. And I’m seeing this even at some really well run startups. They are venture bankers not investment bankers.

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MAY 21, 2011

Are we headed for a long era of innovation in which startups are the new norm? In a way, startups have become kind of like the video game industry. And so it occurs to me that many startups in the consumer world are now truly hits driven like video games or movies. It seems almost incomprehensible that only 2.5

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MAY 4, 2013

I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. start-ups are overvalued. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. I was asked by somebody recently in a private message on Quora about whether the individual should leave his comfortable job to become an entrepreneur. Either you arc up emotionally or you arc down. It’s addicting.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Feeling lost on LinkedIn or Quora or can’t qualify to join ResearchGate ? 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. How does it work?

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MAY 11, 2010

I travelled for a couple of days for work and decided to get some sleep on those days rather than staying up into the wee hours as I often do when I travel. He ends up spending personal time trying to get through email. It’s all of these things accumulated that adds up to such a huge mass. This is my life, too.

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Email Startup Writing Blogging 265

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2013

Shervin Talieh, founder and CEO of Drumbi , an OC-based startup, is one of the bright tech stars in Orange County who is disrupting telephony through the creation of an innovative communications platform. OC Tech Startup hosts numerous events each quarter that draw monstrous crowds, upwards of 500 people.

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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. The Past (1985-2002).

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2011

Namesake was founded by Brian Norgard and Danny Gould who have a string of successful startups under their belts. Newroo , their first startup was acquired by Fox Media interactive and both founded Ad.ly the world’s largest celebrity endorsement network. Set up a profile, follow your friends, join in conversation.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game.

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JUNE 6, 2012

But as every blogger, musician, novelist or YouTube emerging talent knows … it doesn’t add up to much unless you go big time. And this makes them definitionally more vulnerable than having control over a massive audience that turns up every month regardless of “hits.” TV was the same. That was impressive.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Start by trying to narrowing the list of total prospective VCs. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Tell a friend! And now, the details … 1. Identify the right target investors.

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JUNE 13, 2011

No private head nods are given to small startup companies to help them prepare. What is a startup to do? While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. For starters, fear not. The world seldom ends.

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