Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’d be happy to hang around and say hello and meet some of the people that I usually only know online. If you have any specific requests for things you’d like me to cover I’m happy to consider adding it to the presentations. I have my basic slide decks complete but always happy to add, amend or ad-lib.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2010

I suspect the real parameters of happiness have eluded these people. He defines the five key ingredients of happiness that every potential and existing entrepreneur (and every person) should evaluate relative to their own situation: Happy relationships. Are you a happy entrepreneur? Health and energy. Self-actualization.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

It was a good experience, but I’m happy to be back in Cali. I’m happily married now, happy in business, the wife and the ex are friends, my son is now 12 and amazing and I have another child on the way. Tags: eric david greenspan. Didn’t exactly fit in, but I adapted. (I I’ve had quite a life here.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I'm guessing that AJAX developers are also happy. Tags: engine search instant google opinions insights howell. I also realize that they tested this and must have had more positive feedback than negative. That said, I'm not a big fan of Google Instantyet. Read the rest of Tim's article, Instant Reaction to Google Instant. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 7, 2010

I am happy to announce the availability of BERKONOMICS in book channels worldwide, including the eBook edition from Amazon. Tags: General. Purchase either for yourself or for an entrepreneur, board member or executive of a growing business. Soft cover from Barnes & Noble Booksellers ($24.95, members $22.45).

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

We were happy to find GRP, and we are huge fans of the company, and of Mark Suster specifically," Tanz noted, specifically saying that he was particularly happy to have found a local venture investor. Tags: gumgum venture capital photography photograph. Tanz said it was just a matter of finding the right partner. "We

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 20, 2010

Yesterday I wrote about the importance of choosing happiness. She knows writing makes me happy and she is unbelievably supportive (except when I come to bed at 2:30am ). And that’s why 8 years into this marriage and 10 years since dating I can say that I’m as happy with my wife as when we met. I love you, Tania.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Rad: We believe that advertising in Twitter is inevitable, and our goal is to find a model that keeps advertisers happy, publishers happy, and the Twitter ecosystem happy. Everyone is happy. Tags: interview startup entrepreneur sean adly twitter advertising microblogging tweet.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

We make it really easy for you to add tags before you post something to your own social platform, and before you send a quick reply to your friends on what you've bought. We're really happy so far, and obviously, we're learning. Retailers will pay them for those recommendations. How long has this been available?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2010

However, that is certainly not the case with the participants of Super Happy Dev House (SHDH). Last weekend I attended the 36th Super Happy Dev House held at Microsoft Mountain View Office. Tags: frontpage. TechZulu captured all of the Lighting Talks and can be found here in our video section.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 12, 2010

A few minutes later we submitted to a few more boats and were happy to be hanging out in the back of the fleet with our friends. Tags: Business Strategy Food For Thought attitude hiring track records winning. We were out of our neighborhood and we did not belong in the front of the pack. Within moments, we relinquished our lead.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 19, 2010

I’ve kept in touch with Peet on a personal level since he left, so when he sent me his new standup video, I was happy to tweet it out and help him get exposure. Tags: Make It Work. So when he gave his two weeks notice in July 2009, there were no hard feelings, because we knew he was off to pursue his passion of standup comedy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

I’m super busy at work these days but I’d be happy to carve out 30 minutes of my time to see whether I can help.&#. Tags: Start-up Advice. If you feel you need to take the meeting but it’s not really a productive one for you, I suggest the following: 1. Plan meeting in your office.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2010

I’m happy to put in evenings and weekends to make this transition smooth. If you weren’t happy before this superficial change is only window dressing. Nobody can offer you a better role to improve “personal reasons&# - when asked what this really means just avoid answering. &# You know, I was really happy here.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 30, 2009

If the environment is warm, healthy, happy and positive, doesn’t this translate directly to productivity? Tags: Daily Diary eric david greenspan make it work. While we can’t spend the entire day playing Rockband, we all need some fun in our day. Make It Work is all about DELIGHTING our customers.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Webroot is a good fit for BrightCloud, and our investors were happy, and our employees were happy. Tags: startup merger acquisition webroot brightcloud security software content. How does your technology specifically fit into Webroot? READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 30, 2009

If the environment is warm, healthy, happy and positive, doesn’t this translate directly to productivity? Tags: Daily Diary eric david greenspan make it work awesome company customer service. While we can’t spend the entire day playing Rockband, we all need some fun in our day.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

You’re not happy with your existing investors. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. A company has just filed suit against you for product patent infringement (obviously more serious). Your CTO and leading technology visionary has just announced he’s quitting.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 24, 2010

If we didn’t have it when we were kids we did without and generally were happy because we didn’t know any better. Tags: Funding business financing startup. Creating processes and systems that are effective to reuse each month to make smart decisions (both financially and operationally). Ask yourself, is it a want or a need.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The reality is that as an entrepreneur you really do want to try and keep all of your investors happy and it really is fair that early investors who were willing to take a risk on you before you were a BIG DEAL should really be compensated. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. 20-25% dilution).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2010

On the other hand, if you see any of these causing you stress and discomfort, you probably won’t be happy in the role of entrepreneur: You enjoy being the visionary leader. Tags: entrepreneur creativity startup Richard Branson business. More importantly, they would be doing what they enjoy, like Sir Richard Branson always seems to do.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

So, we're happy to make those investments in our operations. in, and we are happy to report that we're seeing some good growth, and that our investors are happy. We're blessed to have really supportive investors, and our investors are happy with their investment, where the company is, and that makes it easy. So we jumped.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2010

As your senior manager I’m happy to help you any time you need. Tags: Startup Advice. One of the most practical pieces of early career advice I got was “don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.&# The message was clear. I hired you because you’re smart. You think you have problems?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2010

Be realistic about what brings happiness to you. That could mean they are forgoing happiness on the business side. Some men want a family relationship, but the business is what makes them happy. Your success, your happiness, and your family relationship depends on it. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This theme is reinforced in Tony Hsieh’s (the CEO of Zappos) amazing book, “ Delivering Happiness ” in which he describes business in a poker metaphor (paraphrasing, don’t have the book in front of me), “the goal in poker is to find the table where you have a lot of bad players so that the odds are stacked in your favor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2010

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. What you really want is a successful business and all your customers to be happy puppies. Tags: entrepreneur startup milestone sales business. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful , which has created social media campaigns for NBC's The Event, ABC's Happy Town, MTV's Savage County, E! Tags: frontpage. Emily Gates, Passenger , VP Client Services (ABC, Disney, FOX, VH1, Fuse) @ThinkPassenger. Kourtney and Khloe take Miami @eventful. via web, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

By simply creating an environment that is an extension of my best, my employees are extremely happy and so are my customers. Tags: Eric Greenspan customer service. Contributions by Marian Greenspan.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

By simply creating an environment that is an extension of my best, my employees are extremely happy and so are my customers. Tags: eric david greenspan customer service. Contributions by Marian Greenspan.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

be happy and comfortable. Tags: Eric Greenspan make it work customer service mini cooper social media training Twitter. actually get along with our co-workers…really! drive a cool company car. bring your child to work…any day of the week! Facebook…when caught up with our work! Rockband…when caught up with our work!

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Frank Addante

MAY 1, 2008

Tags: happy birthday. When Craig, Julie and Duc and I got together a year ago we didn't have a business plan, we didn't have goals. actually, none of us were even looking to start a company in the first place. So, today, on our first birthday, I ask myself where did this all come from? Immediately after asking myself that.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If you are a fan of independent web production then this is a happy day for you. Below is an unboxing video we did of the Galaxy S on Blip.tv: Tags: frontpage. Show categories on the app include featured episodes, drama, comedy, music, documentary, tech, music and app reviews. definitely check them out.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

One year I gave Ryan our maximum percentage (which I think was 7%) but Ryan wasn’t happy. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. Admittedly annual pay increases weren’t as much as we would have wanted because these were the lean post dot com days but we at least tried to have Ryan top the range.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

I'm happy to say, that at the turn of the year we had several offers for investment, both from local and Silicon Valley oriented funds. Tags: translation language acquisition merger interview weaver tapling mark. As a result of that, in August of 2009, I gained agreement from our board to go out and consider fundraising. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Happy reference checking. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. One small hack – go to LinkedIn and do a search for the company name. You’d be surprised how many ex-founders and ex-CEO’s you can find this way.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

Our customers were generally happy but they were pushing us hard for promised features. Get feedback, find out whether they are happy and serve them well. Tags: Start-up Advice. Our product releases took longer to ship than we had hoped. Our business development discussions took longer than planned. Over communicate with them.

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