Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. 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. It’s a continual process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2023

It’s better to write 100 lines of new code every day, recognizing that you will have to iterate to perfection, rather than expecting a week of work to happen all in one night. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2020

It’s better to write 100 lines of new code every day, recognizing that you will have to iterate to perfection, rather than expecting a week of work to happen all in one night. 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.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

Founders read the tech press every day filled with stories about these $20 million fund-raisings by this firm and that firm and it sounds like everybody else is doing it except for you. When you read about the funding in the press it sounds like it was a walk in the park. Happy raising.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Are you cynical about their chances in the market just because they seem to be hot in the press and that bugs you? Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures wrote a great post the other day that reminded me I’ve been meaning to write about this topic. That plus great press & it’s working on some level.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. According to Steve, “The original version (of Four Steps) was printed on tree bark at Café Press.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 If you invest early and then pull back in the next 3 rounds your multiples on cash invested are much higher than if you keep writing checks. As I tell our LPs, “if I’m not making you slightly uncomfortable when I’m writing my first check I’m not doing my job.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. But it’s hard to know that from the press. The press who trusted me enough to report on our successes. Entrepreneurshit.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Nobody likes to hear you say, “we can’t tell you anything we’re in stealth mode&# so develop some generic talking points that don’t give anything away when you’re asked what you do. But don’t let this information get out into the general press and don’t market more than a few months out.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. The opening paragraphs of that first newsletter are indicative of the captivating and accessible writing style, which eventually cultivated a huge audience. And of those 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

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. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s a hard topic to write about because it’s almost an accepted norm that total transparency is good. They told you, “Yeah, man, I’ll gladly write the first $250,000. It is because when you share too much of this information with staff you develop an “options culture” the I find unhealthy.

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Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. The opening paragraphs of that first newsletter are indicative of the captivating and accessible writing style, which eventually cultivated a huge audience. And of those 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

They basically said, ‘Anybody who is a developer, come hang out here at Trada and we’ll give you coffee and food and a desk and Internet and you can plant here… and of course, some of those people (became) optimizers. We have never done a press release. Write Your Own Playbook.

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Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Having been through the experience as an entrepreneur twice myself I have developed a list of what I think it takes. This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. There were also press and other senior executives from the sector. What attributes am I looking for during the process? Next on the checklist.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. ” I know it sounds obvious.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. Mostly during the day I’m in meetings or doing work.

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Email Blogging Venture Capital Writing 287

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Photo by Hope House Press - Leather Diary Studio on Unsplash It’s also true that there will be tough moments in your company’s journey where you will want to be able to carry people behind the tough decisions you want. You can write this as a narrative in 3–5 key bullet points. But what are the KEY ISSUES management is grappling with.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting. What prompted this post?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? I know this category has gotten a lot of press. “What you get&# is one of the most mature, seasoned & experienced mobile games developers that has existed.

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2018

It’s better to write 100 lines of new code every day, recognizing that you will have to iterate to perfection, rather than expecting a week of work to happen all in one night. 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.

Startup 57

Startup Writing Blogging Entrepreneur 57

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

We were sick and tired of writing up fake descriptions of places to make them sound like they were luxury, when they were not necessarily luxury. They hired me to help with business development, which is what I did for about a year. Michael Womack: A lot of this is organic, due to the press we''ve been getting.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Press, Pause, Play ‘s message of mediocrity is one that musical hardware device maker of this year’s SXSW, Miselu , plans to overcome. We can honestly say that it couldn’t have gone better for us with the phenomenal response we got from artists, press and potential partners. Yes, that is bold.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

If you’re a developer you ought to be asking yourself the question. I even had some reservations about writing this blog post this because I have no desire to p**s off other investors or great entrepreneurs. You may already know all this since it occurred a couple of weeks ago and was already in the press.

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Blogging Content Press Startup 328

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2013

It’s better to write 100 lines of new code every day, recognizing that you will have to iterate to perfection, rather than expecting a week of work to happen all in one night. 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.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 100

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2011

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. If you enter into a development or trial partnership for free, you are allowing the BDC to forestall its ultimate determination of the value of the partnership. However, avoid writing contracts that may contractually hold the other party to an economically infeasible deal. Give up Branding.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Resource Press 244

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

If you’re an early investor like I am that often means writing the first $2-3 million check into a business that previously had either survived on fumes or on a $500,000 angel round. At the B-round great teams often hire their first business development person. These things don’t happen by themselves.

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2016

It’s better to write 100 lines of new code every day, recognizing that you will have to iterate to perfection, rather than expecting a week of work to happen all in one night. 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.

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Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 60

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

So I know I’m getting myself into a bit of trouble by writing this. I think when the company has the complexity of large customers, customer service & SLA management, well established sales processes, continual recruiting because you’re growing, constant press, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Lead investors and follow investors can both win equally but in each case you know why you personally are writing the check. I know you have good knowledge of how the Internet is developing and have good intuition of what drives viral adoption, what local services are needed, what API’s need to be developed, etc.

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Invest Angel Web 2.0 SEO 288

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. A regular dialog with peers can be more valuable than reading any amount of tech press and in many cases more valuable than even board input.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Of course in-person is best for true relationship development but that’s not always practical. Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. If I saw their company in the press, heard that they saw somebody at an event that I know, they live in a town where a storm just rolled through – whatever.

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Startup Email Writing Course 150

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

My Forbes co-contributor Geri Stengel concurs that something is happening in the Volunteer State, writing last month about that state’s emerging women entrepreneurs. Provide High Impact Exposure Beyond Your Hometown Press. Per Jason , “In some cases, media meetings and introductions don’t generate immediate results.

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