Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Brad Phillips entrepreneur media training meet the press startup' People judge you and your company in the first few seconds.

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MARCH 14, 2013

Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? Here’s what’s going through his/her head: Is this story “newsworthy” or am I being asked to publish a press release? ” Can you imagine that ever getting inches in the press?

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JUNE 29, 2014

Fred Wilson wrote a Tweetstorm and then did a blog post on the topic. I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. Engagement. They are synergistic.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. Funding is news.

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AUGUST 10, 2013

Stop reading their press releases or hearing their founder talk about he is crushing it. You see them in their tuxedos or cocktail dresses because you’re reading their press releases or following them on Instagram. getting too much press before we were ready. Inside your own corridors you’re naked. There is less ego.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

They had articles and press releases written. I had outlined a blog post in support of their efforts and was ready to publish it. There were no follow-on articles in the tech press or even other online mass media journals. Another company with whom I work got fantastic press around the launch of a new version of their product.

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JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. My friend Seth Levine covered this well in his blog post on “ Handling Rejection ” which you should also read. I could link to a bunch of blog posts that come across this way but prefer not to single anybody out. Here’s the deal.

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JANUARY 23, 2011

I pointed out the fact that they only ever talked to the press when the had an announcement and that it was a continual process. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. That’s why keeping a personal blog is so great. Always more appealing.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Entrepreneurs get so used to friends and family congratulating them on their press coverage that they forget sometimes that this isn’t real. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising. Press coverage really matters – The good news – your press coverage really does matter.

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JULY 6, 2016

I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2019

Inhibrx, developer of protein drugs targeting cancer and other diseases, has raised $40 million from the hedge fund Viking Global Investors as the biotech steers several programs through early-stage clinical trials. The La Jolla, CA-based company was founded in 2010 by Mark Lappe, Brendan Eckelman, and Quinn Deveraux.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2023

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. By writing just 500 words a day in a blog, I suddenly realized that I had enough for a book in just a few months. Frequency keeps the pressure off. Frequency is a realistic approach.

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JUNE 12, 2013

Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. When you want press, it will come. It’s why whenever he does ask my answer is “yes” before even knowing what he’s asking. Be helpful.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. The ability to get inches in major journals (NY Times, WSJ, The Economist) as well as your industry trade journals and tech blogs in invaluable in shaping influencers. Just don’t spam people.

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JUNE 11, 2015

Ferris did normal press and also launched on Product Hunt and the latter drove significantly more downloads than press did. He’s been great at fostering online relationships through blogs and social media for years. So I set out to understand this phenomenon a bit more deeply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2020

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. By writing just 500 words a day in a blog, I suddenly realized that I had enough for a book in just a few months. Frequency keeps the pressure off. Frequency is a realistic approach.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Elliott Management, a New York-based activist hedge fund, has had San Diego-based Mitek Systems in its crosshairs for months.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Liver disease is challenging for doctors because it can develop without symptoms, making diagnosis difficult without removing cells for examination. For these reasons, fatty liver disease is often called a “silent disease,” says Ariel Feldstein, a gastroenterologist at the University of California San Diego.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

On 03/20/08, we are hosting an event entitled “How Going Green Impacts The Bottom Line.” ( Click here to see our official press release! ) Or scroll down through this blog to see what issues we will be touching on! ) Or scroll down through this blog to see what issues we will be touching on! Lee Fox, Founder KooDooZ, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2014

So the only thing that can be driving this all is that Uber has become un-liked for a period of time amongst the press. Clearly the press don’t want to have rich, powerful companies researching their private lives. It’s easy to see why companies like Uber can get mad at the part of the press that can be lazy.

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MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. In my blog I just save that for the comments where people can say what their perspectives are. If you’re unhappy fight back fairly – There is always going to be the time where you get unfavorable press. Robert’s article is worth reading.

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MARCH 24, 2014

“Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” And while the press always likes to mention the other big media investors who participated in the investments (Time Warner, Canal+, Astro, Singtel, Elisabeth Murdoch, Robert Downey, Jr. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post by MG Siegler that really struck a chord. I recently was reviewing a press release for a company in which I’m an investor. I told him that I thought the press release was crap (I think my words, exactly). ” to “we’re so excited to work with you.”

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2019

(See “Manage Your Mantra” two weeks earlier in this blog.) Press releases and PowerPoint presentations with a uniform use of the mantra or phrase will reinforce your effort. Your failure to do this early in the life of the company may come back to haunt you when others refer to you as just another street currier.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) If you haven’t read my blog posts on why Tracy chose the right strategy it’s worth a read.

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JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Review the company''s press releases, the recipient''s LinkedIn profile, etc. This can be a blog article that helped you make a particular decision or a link in a Tweet that you found helpful. BCC Email – If you don''t have your target''s email address, review the press releases issued by their company. Congratulations.

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MAY 7, 2016

You Need to Find Your Mojo A Chip On Your Shoulder A few years ago I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. The founders and team develop a huge confidence level that appropriately increases risk-taking, output, expansion, deals, revenue, press and everything that is a consequence of initial successes.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!? OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Gogii spent way more effort marketing to what I call “The USA Today market&# rather than the tech blog market. But I never gave up.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Still, politicians have pressed companies to move even faster. A race has one winner and public health officials have said we’ll need multiple vaccines to address the global need. Vaccine developers have progressed to pivotal testing with unprecedented speed, compressing the years-long clinical testing process into months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay.

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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. I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion.

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JUNE 27, 2011

But don’t let this information get out into the general press and don’t market more than a few months out. 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.

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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. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? How founders get screwed on convertible notes.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

talent shortage is the most pressing challenge facing the industry today. But we don’t yet have enough people with the right skills to build that future. Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and former executive chairman of its parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL ), argues that the A.I.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But it seemed strange to me that we would openly talk about stuff rather than waiting for a big announcement to the press. I know that many management teams think blogging is a time suck and a distraction.

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