Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. If I check Twitter it’s usually because I’m waiting for a meeting to start and I never write posts during the day. By having 5 or 6 blog posts with different points of view they could draw more inferences.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. 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. crawl(ing) up.".

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JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no,

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MARCH 15, 2010

He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog. So when I saw the merely mortal Tristan with a normal sized Twitter following I clicked through to his link, saw his blog, saw that he was a second year at Stanford and just thought, “hey, he seems like an interesting guy. before having 300k followers!).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2013

For this afternoon''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing a recent blog post from Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures. Mark writes about The Perils of Shiny New Objects. Or as Michael Lewis aptly called in this great book, " The New, New Thing " (continued.). The new thing. The shiny object. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. These topics all feature in the book.

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MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - I think Robert’s right.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. You can find more: My Consultancy – www.Middleshift.com My Book – www.BeIgnited.com My Media Company – www.Media2Watch.com Twitter - @vincethompson What are you working on now?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Their primary intended reader is a “first-time entrepreneur”, but clearly other stakeholders within the startup universe can also benefit from the book’s hands-on advice. Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. Things I Loved.

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MARCH 3, 2013

In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. Mr. Christensen has published a new book, “ How Will You Measure Your Life.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business. If you publish a book, how do you get on the NY Times best seller list? Simply write a great book? ” Here are some examples: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2013

And my friend Brad Feld & his wife had written a book on the importance of personal relationships which made me want to weigh in on that. I started out this year writing about how much I hate December. I cut-and-paste the text and saved it to my Trello board where I store blog ideas. I didn’t set out that way.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

It was based on an excellent book I had just read by Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor (his wife). Anyway, as I winnowed my way through the comments section of my blog post on relationships I realized my own wife has posted a response! Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. You need couple time. And need it.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. We are doing what we do – writing larger checks and playing an active role at the company. Is this investor on AngelList?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="[link] frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The catalyst for Brad’s evolving view of marketing was THIS blog entry by Chris Moody in which he pointed out that much of Foundry Group’s thought leadership efforts are essentially a form of guerilla marketing. Write Your Own Playbook.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I shifted my thinking a few years ago after I read Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Workweek (link is to a short summary I wrote). You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I never get grumpy that people write. If you do randomly write me I have advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I learned about this behavior and how to channel it from my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more. Don’t let anybody tell you ADHD is only a weakness. And What About the Opposite? They think it would be good for them.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In Why Most Business Books (Still) Suck , I discuss why entrepreneurship is best learned experientially. Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. In Why Most Business Books (Still) Suck, I discuss why entrepreneurship is best learned experientially.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. He is profiled in my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered From Distraction , where the author talks about high-performance ADHD professionals. I’ve been told so. How can anybody do 500 startups?”.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. So, I promised this founder to do a post talking about how you go about create specifications of your MVP. Don't stress over format.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand. My 2 biggest negatives about the book: 1.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Kanye West.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. It turned into this blog. I booked non-refundable tickets. He asked for nothing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Both problems can be mitigated by learning the power of frequency, as defined in the classic book by Jocelyn K. If you’re producing just one page, one blog post, or one sketch a week, you expect it to be good and final, and you start to worry about quality. Frequency keeps the pressure off. Frequency is a realistic approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. I wasn’t going to write about it since he had just covered the topic and echoed my point of view. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. So it is with entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You join teams that got good write-ups on TechCrunch, have great VCs, have star CEO’s, whatever. ” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. Writing a book will be fun.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I understand that Adam Grant is a fairly popular professor at Wharton and has a book that some people loved called “Originals” (for me it interesting but not mind blowing, and I have some first-hand knowledge of some of its inaccuracies). I know it may feel this way since I’m writing this tongue in cheek. I’m not an elitist a **e.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers. I've been following both of your blogs for a while. Great stuff.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Other than giving back to the ecosystem, do you have plans to monetize your efforts beyond selling books? 3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? 2) About 18-months ago, on your Startup Boy blog, you wrote a post entitled “ Why You Need to be in Silicon Valley.”

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. Despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons for budding entrepreneurs. Of the 100 business “lessons” articulated in the book, I highlight a few below that I feel are the most relevant and impactful for entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. There’s some stuff here that I even prefer not to put into writing.

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