Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. We have spam filters for our email. So did the media. Everybody gains. Check out TwtApps alone!

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Second: Market risk. . Third: Management risk. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Email readers, continue here…]. But you have no idea what to do next. Here’s a quick nod to the folks at Colour Graphics for urging me to write this insight. Your niche market is younger, and perhaps smaller – especially if the feature set on the smartphone is so radically new that you would need to reach early adapters.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] Using your attorney or accountant to find who is close to the decision maker sometimes works. Another way to approach the gate keeper directly is with a strategic idea or extremely profitable suggestion that he or she can make their own, and enhance their standing within the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. That was back when VCs weren’t so quick to respond to emails. I started by writing 3-4 times / week. Less than 100 people read that original post 2 years ago. It will likely take time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Do you find yourself too much in email mode? I regularly shut down my email so that I don’t get pop-up alerts when I’m working. I can feel the ideas needing to come out and I know if I get distracted I will lose them. Or people who think all sorts of ideas about how they want to quit their job and try a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Remember that the goal of an email to a VC or an introduction from a trusted mutual connection is simply to get you the meeting. You want to send just enough to get the meeting (and of course a great deck sells better than a long email) and not so long that you don’t leave a chance to wow the person in your actual meeting. Poppycock.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter. That’s boring.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk. A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2020

Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. You have to be able to communicate effectively in all the common forms, including business writing, as well as talking, presenting, and producing videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. I mostly get hammered on HN if I write about a controversial topic like criticizing Apple (in fact, what prompted me to write this post today was that I was asked on Twitter to write a post about Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution. Email readers, continue here.] Because it is yours to write alone, there is no Hollywood script more thrilling than the one you create during those first days when everything is so very new. But the excitement begins much earlier.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. You get the idea. The notepad was my idea bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Really!). Enter Xobni.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Every year we try to write up and publish our thoughts publicly both to help other investors & entrepreneurs and also to test our thoughts in the public market of ideas. We’re sending it directly to people’s email boxes but I figured we might as well make it public so you all have access to it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

When I sit down to write every week I never really imagine what is going to end up resonating the most with people but it seems I’ve most often been defined by my post that I Invest in Lines, not Dots. He sent me a few nice emails. ” He had two ideas. We never got to the second idea. And the idea?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Here's an example of that kind of email. Here are some ideas: In your company or other companies. Get to know the developers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. If an accelerator is writing you they’re also writing 25 other VCs. I don’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Beware of these and don’t let any of them steer you astray: Great ideas. Every startup has an abundance of ideas. If you change direction every time you or someone in your organization comes up with a better idea, you’ll never be successful. Great ideas don’t make you a success. That’s okay. But, so is focus.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] First there comes a sense of relief, knowing that you no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Start dreaming of the next big idea. Write a book; I did. Write a long hand letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line. Take a long breath.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

AOL was just coming online, it was the beginnings of email, and the beginnings of the web. So, I ended up writing that first book, and Bruce helped me with the research, and that was one way we got to know each other before we were even dating. We were writing lots of books, and we'd also started the video publishing business.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

times and my email newsletter subscribers more than doubled. Ideas Are Worthless. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. The kind words I receive in comments, Tweets and emails are highly motivational and most appreciated. Multimedia And Syndication. Appeared on Reddit’s front page.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

Too many entrepreneurs still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and investors will throw money at you. This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. No problem.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service? Howard Lindzon: StockTwits is a verticalized community for people to share stock ideas and market ideas, 24/7. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. It's fun, I guess.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

By Mahesh Raj Mohan Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. Your business plan’s writing style should take their preferences into account. So what writing styles should you use for these very different audiences? What does that mean?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you looking for employment at a company or just wanting to expand your connections, don’t be afraid to email or tweet someone and see if they want to go for a coffee or a beer. And if it asks for their email address try to find it on their site or blog. Since then, him and I have exchanged a couple of emails.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] A business plan is yours alone. In addition, it helps you focus your ideas and determine how to best manage your available resources including capital, cash, and people. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Keep control by writing every check personally, and manage receivable and payables tightly. Competitors see the value of your idea, and the good ones move fast. Examples abound of startups who had to pivot for success, including Twitter moving from podcasts to social commentating, and Yelp moving from email to online.

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