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. She’s much more organized about this than I am. Final note: I never try to write about an individual to send a message. Sometimes they just slip out.

Writing 292

Writing Email Startup Ideas 292

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

What that did, is it helped us to expand the service to help publishers do the following: identify what content to write, how to distribute that content to various mediums, and how to monetize that content. Journalists are notorious for not wanting to write based on revenues or commercial intersts, or having anyone tell them what to write.

Marketing 232

Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

The reply was, “So many of our employees fly every week to projects and by seeing us advertised every time they fly they feel more proud working for our organization.” Of course you need a new angle to get a journalist interested because they don’t simply want to write what everybody else has covered.

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Press Google Course Writing 415

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. I ask the conference organizer all the details I need to know: how many people will be in the audience? Don’t write sentences on them – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say. Show some energy!

Slides 399

Slides Startup Conference Writing 399

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. The organization gets used to it and adjusts. Skipping is insidious.

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Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about ways their non-profit organizations All Raise and Time’s Up could collaborate, she never realized they’d eventually be partners on a sports franchise.

Writing 171

Writing Los Angeles Equity Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’ll try to get write-ups shortly but for now here is an overview of my interview with Nanea Reeves – President and COO of textPlus. In our video we discussed leadership topics such as managing product and engineering teams, communication and company organization. Company Organization.

Technical Review 315

Technical Review Blogging RSS Organization 315

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2012

Lavigne said that her fans and others can join the Rockstar Room to help raise money for children with serious illnesses and disabilities, including funding efforts by those kids to write, perform, and record their own unique song, and to help provide them with guitar picks and toys. READ MORE>>.

Writing 180

Writing Web Los Angeles Organization 180

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. They may solicit the support of people more senior in the buying organization. In every sales campaign of any substance (e.g.

Startup 247

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Writing 247

Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2017

Write these steps down in any form for now. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next insights. Do you need to raise money, focus spending upon only core projects that advance the company toward the goal, or bring in new management talent to make it happen?

Summary 243

Summary Resource Writing Email 243

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

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 C-round CEO still gets her hand dirty but shouldn’t be a control freak or become a bottleneck in the organization. But you have him now.

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

They are the absolute lifeblood of any organization. You’re very organized. Three years ago during Thanksgiving I told Nivi I would write down what I look for in an entrepreneur for a series of posts for VentureHacks. The are really good at creating lists of actions and monitoring performance of those actions.

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Venture Capital Conference Ideas Entrepreneur 400

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

The pain was that somebody senior in the organization had read about the importance of Facebook for business and had begun asking loud questions about why the organization didn’t have a strong Facebook presence. The goal is to get the customer speaking about their organization. That is still “pain.”

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Large companies write business plans, why of course, that’s the organizing document for a startup. Large companies are organized around execution…so a business plan in a large corporation makes all the sense in the world. I now make my students draw Osterwalder’s canvas as the organizing way to think about your hypothesis.”.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

Jason started the Open Angel Forum in response to his frustration that entrepreneurs were being charged by some angel organizations to present at their events. In my next post I will write about one of the five companies. Last night I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum event started by Jason Calacanis , a fellow LA resident.

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Angel Startup Tech Coast Angels MyShape 254

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

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. The opening paragraphs of that first newsletter are indicative of the captivating and accessible writing style, which eventually cultivated a huge audience. And of those 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? A few reasons. You should read this post.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 20, 2010

Today I want to write about a related topic: not taking the little things in life for granted. And I know that I’m not the easiest person in the world: I have strong opinions, I’m self righteous, I’m stubborn and I’m less organized at home than I could be. More later in the post.

Blogging 335

Blogging Manhattan Beach Startup Writing 335

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause. The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. How refreshing!

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2011

LegalZoom had been sued by a Missouri resident who used the service for a last will and testament, and two others who used the firm to organize a remodeling business. According to LegalZoom, if it loses at trial, the state would be the only in the nation which takes away a consumer's right to access online legal document software.

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Legalzoom Software Class Writing 160

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Knowing whom to back within an organization that is feuding and when to back them is one of the hardest things about our job. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. It’s not you.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Resource 171

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 171

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. Therefore of course they need to be more selection when writing checks and can’t spread their bets across 75 deals. million round I might write $1.8 – 2.2 This is the same way VC firms, by the way.

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. We met everybody in the organization. Somebody had gotten to somebody senior in the Thames organization. They had agreed! Be gracious.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. We met everybody in the organization. Somebody had gotten to somebody senior in the Thames organization. They had agreed! Be gracious.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Google likes these entries, as evidenced by the significant organic traffic it consistently drives to them. Organic traffic. Organic traffic. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. Surprisingly, not all of these entries were published in 2011. For instance, What Are My Options Worth?

Newsletter 205

Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

but I wanted to be sure I wasn’t writing just for my mom. Asking a friend to help ReTweet a story on occasion was a far cry from an organized ring. If I’m wrong please write a comment (even if anonymous). I didn’t want to obsess with it (I have a day job!) But I did want to learn.

News 284

News Blogging Search Engine Optimization SEO 284

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

Do you think that every conference organizer will promptly meet your needs? You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails. Seriously, hang up your cleats now and go back to your corporate job. Do you think the SVP of Marketing from Coca Cola is going to respond to your every email? It’s your job to persist.

Venture Capital 389

Venture Capital Email Startup Conference 389

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” Soon after, Netflix’s trans employee resource group began organizing a walkout. NetflixWalkout. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021.

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Netflix Demand Content Hollywood 300

Tech.Co

JULY 9, 2024

If the thought of writing a proposal is making you anxious, we also explore how AI can be used to assist with the grant-writing process. Like lots of other organizations, JPMorgan is focused on helping businesses holistically, not just by handing them a cash package. However, don’t be deceived.

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ChatGPT Writing Commerce News 149

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. Rob does it. On steroids.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

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 Ideas Los Angeles Tool 184

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

how should you organize teams in a startup? 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. what is the difference between a “pivot” or a “double dribble” (changing your business completely)? when is the right time to go big with PR? how do you handle internal company morale? Will these norms change?

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Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301