Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. Because we’ll probably default to the organized chaos of the native iOS/Android notepad anyway. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. We’ve been there.

Product 99

Product Email Ideas Organization 99

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the organization led by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis which seeks to spur innovative solutions to the world's problems, has awarded $15M in the Global Learning XPRIZE , the prize which challenged innovators to create a way to enable children to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic within 15 months.

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Competition Education Writing 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Marty Zwilling.

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The Ant, who had been once so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time.

Course 156

Course Writing Report Startup 156

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause. .” .

Company 166

Company Companies Writing Education 166

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

They realize that their productivity is suffering, as well as their health, but they don’t know what to do about it. Take the time to fully focus on each task you are faced with, and your decisions and productivity will improve. In my experience, it’s all about work-life balance and enjoying the role.

Demand 103

Demand Activity Email Mentor 103

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Dozens of impeccably dressed women outfitted in jumpsuits and Rothy’s gathered at the Greylock offices last week for a “structured networking” session hosted by All Raise , an 18-month-old nonprofit organization that seeks to amplify the voices of and support women in tech. Currently, All Raise manages 14 active cohorts made up of 175 women.

Venture Capital 184

Venture Capital Los Angeles Ideas Tool 184

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2021

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. This means writing at the level of an average newspaper story (about eighth-grade level). They help organize and prioritize multiple elements of a concept or plan. Simple straightforward language. It won’t work.

Invest 135

Invest Tips Writing Content 135

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. If you sell to other business organizations, a book is a huge asset in reducing their perceived selection risk.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Based on my experience, a business plan always adds value to the entrepreneur – most people can’t build a complete plan in their head, and need the process of organizing it on paper to make it consistent and complete. Writing it down promotes both understanding and commitment.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Maximizing Business Productivity. You need to be able to figure out what not to do, and how to not do it, by organizing and prioritizing, and still impress your boss with your thoroughness. Productivity is much more than doing everything faster.

Class 140

Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

What I love about writing is that you inadvertently say what many others are thinking and just knowing that somebody else is thinking something similar can be reassuring. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. “I’ve wanted to write a year end post for days. And your favorite bloggers stop writing.

Writing 313

Writing Venture Capital Blogging Startup 313

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Write it down. On the other hand, most people don’t hesitate to write down excuses. Organize your list by both sequence and priority.

Writing 97

Writing Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, combines building safe high-quality products with philanthropic efforts to help the environment. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Deciphering one’s personal purpose should be priority one. Then take ownership and make it happen.

Framework 95

Framework Custom Customer Tips 95

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The Ant, who had been once so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time.

Report 120

Report Writing Startup Course 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Even if your plan seems simple and intuitively obvious to you, writing it down and having it reviewed by experienced friends will moderate your passion and assure you that all key elements are addressed. If an innovative solution is involved, prepare a minimum viable product or a video to demonstrate functionality and usability.

Social Media 98

Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

Writing 196

Writing Outsource Development Technical Review Examples 196

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Write it down. On the other hand, most people don’t hesitate to write down excuses. Organize your list by both sequence and priority.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Writing Organization Satisfaction 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, combines building safe high-quality products with philanthropic efforts to help the environment. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Deciphering one’s personal purpose should be priority one. Then take ownership and make it happen.

Tips 174

Tips Framework Custom Customer 174

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". From 35 To 500 Readers. According to John, "So, we, we sent.(an

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I would write the email and be as scathing as I wanted to be. Truthfully, it’s a great idea to write it if you can be disciplined and not send it. But isn’t that a waste of productive time? She’s much more organized about this than I am. Sometimes they just slip out. It’s cathartic. Not really.

Writing 292

Writing Email Startup Ideas 292

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. They bring your product to life. Establish the persona of the person who would be using your products. Tell us what their life is like without your product – how they struggle. Show some energy! They are human and touch emotions.

Slides 399

Slides Startup Conference Writing 399

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

If you’re an early investor like I am that often means writing the first $2-3 million check into a business that previously had either survived on fumes or on a $500,000 angel round. The best ones bring in more executive leadership so you can appropriate allocate resources across sales, marketing, product, engineering and support.

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Although customers today are comfortable providing personal information in return for a better experience, they are also quick to write you off if you misuse the data, disclose it, or use it to push irrelevant products. This process has to start at the top, and extend through all levels of your organization.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Social Media Startup 133

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Large companies write business plans, why of course, that’s the organizing document for a startup. Preaching What You Live. That was the implicit statement. If you find one, you become a company.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. Make it organic.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time. I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Or let’s face it – writing lots of answers on Quora.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I plan to write a whole separate blog post about this quote because it’s always stuck with me. I wanted to write a follow up post because it was such an important lesson for me and so eye opening. Or frankly, maybe they just believe that your competitor has a better product. In every sales campaign of any substance (e.g.

Startup 247

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Writing 247

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

We all like to think of startups as “non hierarchic&# organizations and to some extent that should be true. I never built a Google-sized business but I did build an organization from scratch that grew to 120 employees in 5 countries before we sold it. I’m not a big believer in too much hierarchy.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Write Your Own Playbook.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Xconomy

MARCH 24, 2017

In a blog describing the formation of a company-wide Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Rao writes, “The new organization will align resources from across the company to include engineering, labs, software and more as we build on our. Rao plans to remain in San Diego, according to a spokeswoman for Intel Nervana.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Blogging Writing 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". From 35 To 500 Readers. According to John, "So, we, we sent.(an

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2019

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. This means writing at the level of an average newspaper story (about eighth-grade level). They help organize and prioritize multiple elements of a concept or plan. " Bullet points are good. It won’t work.

Tips 96

Tips Entrepreneur Writing Content 96

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." It is almost never the case that you are building an MVP to "show" to an investor the product itself.

Metrics 264

Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264