Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

If I’m sent a stack of 10 resumes the first thing I look for is how long the person has been at their past 4-5 jobs. If asked in an interview about the gap you can simple say, “I joined a company for 6 months that was a total mistake. If you’re in a job interview own up to your mistakes. I regretted it.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” Jeff Lawson < *@twilio.com> 10/5/15. Subject: Reference for Twilio. There are a number of reasons why Rincon Venture Partners passed on Twilio’s Seed Round.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. the link is here. Disclosure: he’s my cousin. And he’s also a Cowboys fan.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. "Good luck with that." " What can I say. Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. "Good luck with that." " What can I say. Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I called the meeting a 10/10 because we had a great 90-minute discussion in which we had great rapport. It’s the same as in any sales-oriented meeting and make no mistake raising money is sales. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

It hadn’t occurred to me that one might wish somebody congratulations for marking the day you became independent as a nation but I guess when you think about it, if you didn’t have a cultural reference it was a pretty appropriate guess at what to say. I only later became a dual citizen having lived there for 10+ years.) I am so sorry.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Although I had lived and worked in more than 10 countries – it wasn’t good enough. And don’t make the same mistake twice. Years later 10% of users were still on classic. I also spent two weeks in China and vowed to make it back frequently. I didn’t know the one that mattered most to their future.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Although I had lived and worked in more than 10 countries – it wasn’t good enough. And don’t make the same mistake twice. Years later 10% of users were still on classic. I also spent two weeks in China and vowed to make it back frequently. I didn’t know the one that mattered most to their future.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

They’re typically issued at a 10-20% discount to equity depending on the timeframe; higher range is for longer timeframes. include reference and link to article about milestone fundraising]. Saying that you have no competitors is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. Choose lead investors with deep pockets.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

It will allow you to throw the learn quick mistakes out, things that make investors say no thanks. And through this process, by function of connecting with experienced entrepreneurs, you’ll build up relationships and find people who can refer you to resources and/or investors. ” Which moves us into our final advice point.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

There is an old management saying, “measure twice, cut once” which refers to the benefit of doing some planning. As you work deals they might move up or down in the priority list but when you start you should have no more than 8–10 priority A’s (more is unrealistic) and no more than 8–10 priority B’s. don’t worry!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

So when a person calls me and we’re 10 minutes into the call and it’s not clear why they’re calling I’m usually thinking to myself, “what was the reason they wanted to call me in the first place? Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

“Learn from the mistakes of others. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes. 10) Grant An Investor Anti-dilution Protection. Make Your Own Mistakes. Take Mrs. Roosevelt’s words to heart and learn from my mistakes. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. I established such a relationship with a fantastic lawyer and he taught me a great deal over the 10 years we worked together. They make mistakes.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Write out the reason you’re calling, your key points and “the ask” in advance and your time allotment so you can always refer back and make sure you’re tracking to your plan. If you’re having a negotiation you can refer back to individual points later. Take notes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2010

And on this form score everybody 1-10. Also, I think most companies should offer bounties for people who refer other employees provided they join and stay for a minimum period of time. I’d far rather give $3,000-5,000 to an employee for a well-known referral than to pay $10-20k+ for a recruiter to go through a process.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Sometimes the flags would be powers of two and combined into sets using bitwise arithmetic: static final int OVERLAY_STREETS = 1 = 10 ) {. }. In a recent conversation on Twitter about JEP 301: Enhanced Enums , Joshua Bloch and Brian Goetz referred to theoretical immutable Enum{Set,Map} types in the JDK.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

” But focusing on too many is a mistake. When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design. prepare a list of reference clients and a reference list of people they could call to ask about you. It’s basically story telling. Test interest.

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