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JULY 25, 2011

This series inspired me to start my blog as a VC. I also decided never to spend much time on term sheets on my blog because they had already covered it far better than I thought I ever could ( Jason was a lawyer with Cooley Godward, one of the top VC law firms, after all). Or what “flat spots&# on a cap table are.

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APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My I decided well if I am going to be investing in this stuff at least I need to understand what it’s like to have a blog, to be generating content, and it was quite interesting at the very, very beginning.“.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. What is a founder to do? Take more advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

Ask me something very narrow that I can answer without typing a whole blog post length response. Fred Wilson nailed this in his “double opt in&# blog post. Summary: Those the make it easier for others to help them will receive more help. If I AM an investor, mentor, friend or advisor I accept the email being longer.

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MARCH 31, 2012

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. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style. In Summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m going to save that for a future blog post. He listened intently through every presentation, asked questions and did a great summary of what he felt he had learned over the two days. Nail it before you scale it” – I missed who said this but I love this quote. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. You can cast a much wider net, the nature of the pitch can be a lot simpler, you can get funded with just an executive summary and a good conversation…without having to put together a business plan or even a deck. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2011

Here is a quick summary of my POV: When you start a company a 50/50 partnership seems obvious. People just don’t talk about it publicly or in blogs. So emotional is the topic that people often want to debate me based on the title before they’ve even heard my point of view. I am one of them.

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Both Sides of the Table

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 know many people think I blog all day long. I think so. [I Most people are reactive to email.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators has a list of questions any good development team would ask. Inquisitiveness: Prior to starting the project, you should receive an estimate of the work effort. To provide an accurate estimate, the firm should ask a multitude of questions.

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MARCH 3, 2013

Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. .” Such was the quote of Clayton Christensen followed by, “… in the end I’m excited to see that happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab). Will a VC sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post by MG Siegler that really struck a chord. In Summary. The title was “The Jerk,” which is a reference to both the Steve Martin film but more precisely to Robert Scoble’s interpretation of Steve Jobs having just read his biography. It’s the harder path, trust me.

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APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. I think you'll enjoy hearing him, but if you're in a rush check out the summary notes below. Highlights/Lowlights – summary of key events since the last meeting. Howard is successful enough that he doesn't need to work.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the search and news site run by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of the firm's staff, Calacanis said in a post on his blog Wednesday. and Sequoia Capital, and provides human-edited search pages and news summaries. Calacanis said that the moves were due to a "challenging economic environment." READ MORE>>

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

And if you think this blog post was specifically targeting YOU because you asked me to lunch – it isn’t. In summary: By all means “lunch.” But more to the point – a dinner out is a night I don’t get to spend with my kids and family. enough I value every night with my family. I have nobody in mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here. In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. This post is about the “P” or pain. Listen more. Problem solve. Good things will come.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. In summary. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team. I have much experience in this domain.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Arnie’s responses. If you follow the tech blogs, that’s a very vocal community, but it is a tiny community. Value Prop Twitter Style : Ad.ly helps brands start conversations with target audiences on Twitter. Our celebrity influencers drive awareness and inspire engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. So his Twitter handle is @infoarbitrage and his excellent (must read) blog is Information Arbitrage. When I chose a name for my blog, I spent days thinking through what I wanted to represent. In Summary. My views are pretty well known. LA should be LA.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

But so that you finish reading my post first I’ll give you the summary version – when approaching somebody at a show be polite / respectful of time, try to be introduced if possible and never assume the person remembers who you are. Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

People cite sources like this Inc.com article “ 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need a Business Plan ,” or my own blog discussion on this subject, “ Situations Where A Business Plan Does Not Add Value.” Executive summary glossy. Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

How VC’s Calculate Valuation : We walked through a standard deal where you raise $1 million at a $3 million pre-money valuation leading to a $4 million post money valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

If you want to watch the show click the image above or this link , but if you want a quick read – here’s a summary: 1. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here. We will continue to do more of this. A: It’s not best. The best thing to get is a “right sized&# valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In summary … A few great hands is all it takes to win big. Final point worth noting … While reading one of David Lerner’s comments on my last blog post it made me realize that sometimes it’s OK to play poker just for the sake of playing & enjoying and knowing that you might lose some money.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. Summary: Has Uber been a bit aggressive in business practices? Aren’t they screwing over drivers? It’s easy to see why companies like Uber can get mad at the part of the press that can be lazy. Probably a bit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And while John & I have been through these phases ourselves (and have even written several blog posts on the topic like this one and John keeps a great blog with many similar concepts) we simply haven’t been running large sales teams for the past 8+ years. As your company grows it changes in obvious and predictable ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Seth was basing this on a Tweet by Paul Graham that said&#. “Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

It’s no big surprise that the overwhelming majority of online spend has therefore been “direct response&# advertisements (trying to elicit an action) rather than branded advertising as pointed out in this good summary by Jeremy Liew.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Along with bringing in a hall of fame cast of serial entrepreneur speakers, Professor Greathouse assigned his students weekly projects where his students would create their own venture and produce an executive summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. Thank you, John.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 Full stop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. In summary, bootstrapping means living within your means, watching costs carefully, finding alternatives to cash for building the team and expanding the business infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

The Executive Summary for a bank lending plan should be a literal summary of the entire business plan, with a paragraph roughly devoted to the product/service, market, industry, marketing, and management. Make the repayment terms as clear as possible at either the beginning or end of the Executive Summary. compelling.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Even tech blogs know this. Tech blogs can theoretically scale, tech conferences are pure service businesses. In summary: I’m not advocating that companies are crazy to try and be product companies. But this lesson in business was never lost on me. Yet you can run a conference and mint money.

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