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JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. In a startup this is a mistake.

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APRIL 11, 2011

We talked about a lot of great stuff in the video including how to do sales calls and a how a new “culture of writing&# is emerging as a critical skill set in business today. I’ll write a post on how to give feedback to employees and then I’ll get emails from people telling me they forwarded it to their whole team.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Examples: [link] [link] Product Feature List Create a prioritized high level product feature list (see Product Backlog ).

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. Tom Peters No single thing in the last 15 years professionally has been more important in my life than blogging. But from a value perspective, it really comes down to the numbers I showed for my eLearning Technology blog. This is that post.

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MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? Final example. I am a VC. I hand out money.

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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. Examples: Bin38. So yet another blog post on the topic is cringe worthy.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Here is an example from pw0ncakes. Here is a n example from Brerrabbit , whoever that is. I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. For anyone who attacked me on my blog but used their actual names I left their comments.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. One example is driving, which has an actual physiological reason it makes you creative.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. We want this test to require repeated requests to an external service (MySQL or MongoDB, for example) so that we exercise the frameworks data mapping code. For example, on the Java platform, Jackson was used for frameworks that do not provide a serializer. Code examples.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Show the journalist examples of how we were much better on this issue than every other major Internet property. We showed the journalist exact examples across 5 or 6 of the most popular web properties on the Internet. I had outlined a blog post in support of their efforts and was ready to publish it. Their PR firm was ready.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Let me give you some examples: Tristan Walker : I first met Tristan online when he was merely human (e.g. He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog. Brad Feld : I first learned of Brad Feld like many of you – through his blog. before having 300k followers!). Strange, huh?

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JUNE 27, 2011

I think a great example right now is turntable.fm. Market to Your Target Audience – I’ve seen a lot of startups who like to write blog posts on life as an entrepreneur. I talked about that in detail on this post about how to blog as a startup. You’re reading their press releases or blog posts.

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MARCH 1, 2011

There has been all sorts of discussions about marketing on blogs lately. Foursquare is a great example of this. The media eats it up as they always need something to write about. But when I write a blog post I always allocate a certain amount of time to having debates in the comments section. He knew this.

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MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. ” ( as I did very early talking in favor gay marriage - it seems that if you’re an NFL player you don’t have this same latitude , for example. But more to the point.

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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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Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it. Fred Wilson wrote on his blog this week about learning from failures here and quoted Obama’s speech from tonight: you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Start-up Lessons.&#.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. An example. The picture above is from the actual event courtesy of Dan Farber who was writing for ZDNet. Next on the checklist.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In this article you’ll discover how to start a blog that makes money. There are four types of blogs; written blogs, video blogs, photo blogs and a combination of these. We’ll primarily be discussing written blogs. There are two different components to make money blogging. Let’s discuss. Not really.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. They do both well.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. I’m reluctant to put it into writing because people get so passionate about this issue and many disagree. But for the sake of my example – say 20%.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Example here: [link]. What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts? Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. The client has to win.I

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AUGUST 4, 2009

msuster for me) the message you write appears in my @msuster inbox on Twitter.com and on any of the desktop or mobile clients. For example, if you follow me but not @deblanda an I send her a message starting with an @ then you won’t see it at all. Sometimes I’ll see people who want to make people aware of a blog posting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO.

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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. Let me give you a real world example from this week. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2009

I’ve posted three people’s examples to the left. While you’re at it put in a link (if you don’t blog or want to link to your company at least link to your LinkedIn or Facebook profile). And write a short bio about yourself. Be patient – it will appear. First is Amanda Coolong of TechZulu.

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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. Angels are writing smaller checks so they typically don’t want the overhead of complex analysis in order to make their decision.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. I’ve been reluctant to write about weight in part because I don’t want to sound self righteous. Then should write down your “target goal.” How to Get Started? Your “first push.”

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Yesterday I saw a Tweet from Chris Sacca fly by that prompted me to want to write a blog post helping entrepreneurs understand why they should push back against VCs asking for “super pro-rata” rights. I’m writing this check because I hope that I can lead your next round if you’re doing well.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

For example, I have had rigorous debates about the need to crack down on explicit online content – even in the face of lower growth. I read this story on Ivan Kirigin’s blog that shows that Quora was posting which articles you’re reading to other people without your consent.

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MAY 24, 2016

I remember the same disdain from people when I started blogging or using Twitter. A bit like a blog that is put out regularly but not overly edited or self-conscious about word choices or typos. I LOVE writing. But writing takes more time and some days I don’t have that. Why would a VC do that? I do these, too.

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Snapchat Blogging Venture Capital Writing 200

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). As an entrepreneur I think it’s far more important to seek out investors who love you (no matter what) than it is, for example, to maximize valuation or find the perfect VC brand. Startup Advice'

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AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. Example: I was recently in China and had three public appearances.

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JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Write down the customer pains so you’ll have them for later. This article initially appeared on Inc.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

I ended up passing on the Twitter investment, but I put out a blog post at the time--I was working for CBS--asking if someone would want to build it, and a kid named Soren MacBeth emailed me back saying he'd build it, which started the idea of StockTwits. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. Examples – The book is filled with text excerpted from actual funding documents, rather than the generic templates usually found in academic textbooks. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. I can write about anything--Internet video, for example, and I''ll have 50 Internet video plans. Tell us about the new fund?

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JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. ” Here are some examples: 1. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Simply write a great book?

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