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. So I don’t read too many of them.

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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. 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. And of those 35 people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. All are known creativity drivers and are covered in the book mentioned above. For others they swear by music.

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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). 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.

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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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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

This is a theme that comes up in one the most influential business books for me of the past decade, The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb where he talks about the role that luck plays in business success. That was back when VCs weren’t so quick to respond to emails. I started by writing 3-4 times / week.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book. Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many.

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Both Sides of the Table

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, This is all explicit decision making.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

So I recommend a high-level “state of the company” email a couple of times a year but a message that you assume might get shown to others. We are doing what we do – writing larger checks and playing an active role at the company. Has written a book on venture capital. Speaks on CNBC. Attends 500startup events.

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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. At the time, I was looking for a book to teach web design to my students, but figured out that one had never been written. When my book was published, it ended up being a big thing. We wanted to do a book on Fireworks, and we heard no.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I discovered the power of ownership early in my management career, establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), once popular as incentive compensation as well as a tax write-off for corporations and even a way to slowly transfer ownership of a company from the founders to the employees. Yes, sometimes the news is not good.

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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. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. He doesn’t email you. I’ve been told so. Not the Dave I know.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

Soleil returns emails at 1.30am. She helps write press releases. It’s something you’d imagine working best on a tablet where the parents take digital assets (think: photos & stickers) and engage with their children in story telling, arts-and-crafts, scrap-booking and the like. million Twitter followers.

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InfoChachkie

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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Write them in advance and request meetings. Book ‘em. Be very targeted in which events you attend.

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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 learned about this behavior and how to channel it from my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. How can I play to my strengths? I turn off my phone so it won’t ring.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. I raced home to put my kids to bed, say hello to my wife and then spend a grueling administrative hour doing email. I know you emailed me and I emailed you back. But it’s only Tuesday.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic. I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. It’s true that some solutions are really hard to quantify and the most obvious example people point to is email. Maybe they don’t?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. Don't stress over format. Don't stress if you are doing it right.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

The video was produced as a means of marketing Brad and Jason’s book, Venture Deals , yet the wide coverage it received resulted in significant promotion of the firm, its partners, and the book. “We We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2010

I discovered the power of employee feelings of ownership early in my management career, establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), once popular as incentive compensation as well as a tax write-off for corporations and even a way to slowly transfer ownership of a company from the founders to the employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

I’ve heard every excuse in the book and you’d be surprised how many people put this off. There’s some stuff here that I even prefer not to put into writing. Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. Are the write ups worth doing or not? Do it early. Minutes 18.30 – 26.30.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. Don’t: tell us, “and now I enter my name, and then I put in my email address, and then I can pull in my social graph through Facebook Connect, and then then I can select the button here to Tweet out my actions on Twitter.&# Zzzzzzzzz.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - 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. - If you’ve got good ideas for a story – shoot it over to them in an email. Be respectful.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. Tutors are available for k-12 and college in a variety of topics and specialty areas including: English, math, foreign language, writing, physics, even special education.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. However, his first-hand knowledge of how to write, test and commercialize code facilitated his ability to lead Microsoft from startup to world dominance. Share and Enjoy.

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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 left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!) I booked non-refundable tickets.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

In most offices there would be a shelf of business books. Since, I am constantly reading to learn I would always ask questions about advice from the books. Cunningham walked into his office one day and thought, why wouldn’t I make content with the information from my favorite business books, but speed it up and make it visual?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The argument FOR… I discovered the power of ownership early in my management career, establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), once popular as incentive compensation as well as a tax write-off for corporations and even a way to slowly transfer ownership of a company from the founders to the employees. Show everyone financials?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book). This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2011

And once a month, while watching TV, I spend part of an evening writing personal messages to each birthday employee, recalling an event or complimenting a behavior or success. Once a month, I would maintain the ritual of going to the local gift shop and buying enough birthday cards to fit each employee or associate.

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Writing Email Entrepreneur Company 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

It speaks directly to your address book on your phone, allowing you to send a postcard, which will arrive anywhere from two to three business days, or internationally in five business days. An example might be Facegoo, which allows you to send funny emails to friends, send out a tweet, or add a picture to Facebook.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.

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