SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Email - are you sending out emails periodically? It needs to be a conversation.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Email - are you sending out emails periodically? It needs to be a conversation.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

It was the one of the best phishing emails we’ve seen… that wasn’t. Phishing emails are designed to impersonate companies or executives to trick users into turning over sensitive information, typically usernames and passwords, so that scammers can log into online services and steal money or data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

It is possible, of course, to recruit great people as an underground startup but it is 10x easier when qualified candidates whom you may not even know read about your company and are excited by your vision. Enterprise Sales – The very first thing a potential customer does when you email or call to set up a meeting is Google you.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 8, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Can you take the risk? That ability varies with economic status, age, responsibility to family, and more.

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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. This is no different than a public company where of course most investors are not given detailed financial and performance information and when they are it is quarterly and after the fact.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Most board members don’t have the intention of checking email, reading the news or sending a quick text message but just like most smokers don’t want to pull out a cigarette?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

But of course great teams build great companies and great startup leaders know that they must always be recruiting. The truth is the process isn’t over until after the employee starts with the company, updates her LinkedIn profile and emails all her friends. In fact, it’s worse than that. Don’t fight 90% of the war.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Of course – some people can be remote. He of coursed required me to lobby on his behalf as well. He sent me a few nice emails. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

I reviewed an email from Kara Nortman, the CEO of Moonfrye who is working on putting together venture debt. I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. Of course I could go on and on. I’ve done that 20 times so I gave her my quick feedback on terms. So I connected her with two CEOs and a CFO.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. Of course I would like to be in every great deal ever done. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Investors call this discussion “exit planning” and of course they include themselves in the. Of course, you’ll find another exciting venture and start again. Email readers, continue here…] But this question begs for a positive answer. Crossing you personal finish line… discussion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

I see it on email even more. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. Of course he wanted to talk a lot about his product and company – he was looking for money after all. It seems we live in an era of “ask.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As VCs we’re inundated with emails from founders, friends, colleagues, angels, seed investors, VCs, law firms, venture banks, corporates and so forth with their favorite deals. Before skimmers race to the comments or Twitter to complain – I’m not saying intro’s aren’t valuable – of course they are.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. Email readers, continue here…] …and always with clear wording on automatic loan extension if you are making progress but need additional time to meet the full set of goals. A well–phrased ‘no’ could well be a step toward a correction of course and a later ‘yes.’.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. And that leads me to today’s post.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. Fall quarter of Sr. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

Note: If you enjoy my posts please subscribe to my newsletter by adding your email below. She had emailed with a partner at a big VC fund and he had passed the request to a junior associate. Of course you have to be careful with this. If you’ve enjoyed or learned please email to a friend or share through social.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

As executives we’re all seemingly accessible at any moment to anybody via email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Text. Having interesting and frequent opportunities at the top of your funnel is important, of course, but the ultimate score is only measured on the bottom end of the funnel.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. 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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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options. That of course jumps to the top of the list for young, fast growing technology companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2016

I’ve weighed in on: Email 1 —  How to Get Busy People to Take Action Email 2 —  Etiquette to Email Introductions Email 3 —  Make it Easy for Me to Forward Your Email ! If you want somebody to action email one person and make it clear whom you’re asking. Of course I cc people on emails.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] On the final day of our assignment, I was responsible for the “reporting out” to the assembled twenty or so executives in the large conference room of this major corporation. Not all consultants give advice worth taking, of course.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 22, 2024

How to respond to “change the course” suggestions But there is a limit, a point where your gut is more important than your ear. Make your case for staying the course. If you reach that point with suggestions from these people trying to help, think carefully about how to respond, whether with facts, instinct or support from others.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Email readers, continue here…] Second is consistency. It is more than difficult to follow a leader who changes course seemingly without reason, or sets standards that change by day or by whim, or rewards one person or department differently than others.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . Of course I do! If you have a chance to be on court and shooting 3-pointers as the game clock is winding down OF COURSE you still want to be on the court. Investor emails. Hell, I send those emails. But he learned. Center seat.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2017

So last year I talked with my wife about how few “nuclear family” trips we had been able to take given all of the extended family trips that were so important to us and we committed to doing 2 nuclear family trips per year until Jacob is in college (and of course we plan to continue this for years after and we have Andy for 8 more years!).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

My email back to him was a version of. I got an email recently from a VC who had invested in a company a small amount in a seed round. Of course I ask more politely that than. “This is a very accomplished executive in his industry across more than 20 years. He has a team of 4 other such executives. But I always ask.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Of course Airbnb hosts love the company. Increasingly startups want access to our emails. Or Google employees have access to your email? But if you’re an Airbnb host you’re making money by renting out your apartment which doesn’t involve you spending hours on actual work. It’s found money. Probably a bit.

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Press Journal Startup Training 418

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance. Responsive Low Hanging Fruit – I view email in the category of urgent but not (always) important. Sounds harsh but when you think about it that’s what email really is.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2024

Expect a board member to give a meeting a month, emails and phone calls between. Of course this is a tricky question. In addition, most board members freely receive phone calls and emails from the CEO during the month, all considered part of board service. Urgent issues require more of all.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts. Email readers, continue here…] Second: measure the results of delegation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2017

Of course most of us have limited resources for such overwhelming support of a new offering. Email readers, continue here…] And I am serious about the “…at all costs” admonition in this insight.

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Customer Custom Resource Sales 243

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

Of course, unlike cars there is no direct comparison across each startup so these are just some general guidelines to try and even the information field. How you talk about valuation will of course depend on how well your business is performing and how much demand you have from other investors. some might even want slightly more.

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