Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

Note: If you enjoy my posts please subscribe to my newsletter by adding your email below. This is part of a series I’ve been writing on fund raising. And you can follow me on Twitter or on Snap and receive my newsletter direct to you email box here: [link] So far I’ve covered: Why you hear “no” very quickly a fund raising process ?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

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. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. I wanted to write about the top 10 attributes of an entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? Right now, it's a manual process--unless you're using the tools from Los Angeles-based PublishThis (www.publishthis.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Customer Custom Marketing Tips 93

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. If you have not already signed up to my email newsletter, you can do so HERE. With the exception of the week of Thanksgiving, I published two entries every week during 2011. Do They Believe?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

I thought I’d write a post about how to talk about valuation at a startup and give you some sense of what might be on the mind of the person considering funding you. This is part of a series I’ve been writing on fund raising. Many VCs will have a distribution curve where they’ll do a small number of early-stage deals (say $1.5–3

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 324

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

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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. Basically, it rocks!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2017

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Content Marketing Newsletter Writing 67

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2014

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

Startup 92

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 92

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. This newsletter is written with the assistance of Arman Tabatabai from New York. How can you practice timing?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

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Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Content Startup Newsletter Writing 99

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mental Psyche [If you want to sign-up for my free newsletter you can click here. Noom worked really well initially because it dealt with the psychology of why people make bad food choices and forced me to write down what some of my bad behaviors actually were. I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2011

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Content Startup Newsletter Writing 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Usability problems kill conversions. Keep sentences short.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?)

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Yet relationships and future warm introductions are well worth the effort in building a brand. Every business community sponsors a plethora of these events. You will learn more by listening rather than talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Direct Response Email and Newsletters – Although rightfully vilified due to the irresponsible actions of Spammers, targeted, opt-in email lists can be lucrative sources of customers. In many cases, editorial content in an email newsletter is an effective manner of acquiring customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. It’s a private space and he’s confident that FORD’s principles wouldn’t turn their cars into newsletters.

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