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I’ve taken to saying, “Email is our personal to-do list that anybody adds to – whether they know us or not.” about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I have taken to limiting my outbound email.
They get pissed off if a senior executive at Google doesn’t take a meeting with them, if people are late to their meetings or if they have emails that are unreturned. The 70% of entrepreneurs that simply can’t get past an un-responded-to email. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails.
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Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable. ” Or, “I sent u an email.
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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?—?the It’s super distracting when your executives are typing away at email while the rest of the board is meant to be engaged in a discussion.
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So, co-management is the second group to share in the bounty upon a liquidity event. Those who receive options but leave the company before a liquidity event may either purchase those shares represented by the options upon exit from the company, or lose the right to those shares, often 60 days after their exit.
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I’ve known Chamillionaire for a couple of years and I’ve never been at a tech event where he HASN’T upstaged everybody with his marketing insights. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power. He received that only round of applause of the evening.
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When I worked at Salesforce we had “city tours” in which a senior exec on our team would fly to a city in America (eventually globally) and host an event with customers and prospects. Building a community goes well beyond hosting events. And then came March 2020 and events globally were being cancelled. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a
The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur? I emailed him back with my bona fides and made the case again.
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Email readers, continue here.] So co-management is the second group to share in the bounty upon a liquidity event. That risk deserves reward if there is a profitable sale or even an initial public offering, rare as that event is. It is the old story of “100% of nothing is worth far less than 10% of a large number.”.
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. Derek followed up with a super kind care package for me (and importantly for my kids) thanking me for having given up my time to attend his event.
Email readers, continue here…] But this question begs for a positive answer. If you own a significant piece of the business, is this a time to consider planning an eventual exit or liquidity event? How would you like to see your finish line? Or do you plan to pass control to the next generation if appropriate?
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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. This Dave knew I was running an event on “the future of television” that was important to me. I doubt he owns an item of clothes worth more than $20. Not the Dave I know.
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And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. Create time to network with members of these groups at their public events. Spend time finding your champion. Seek out names from your trusted sources.
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That is where a “compelling event” comes into play. It’s true that some solutions are really hard to quantify and the most obvious example people point to is email. You can’t quantify the value of email yet everybody needs it!”. Maybe they don’t? I’ll bet that could be quantified.
Otherwise, you might picture an event in which the sale of a company to be consummated a few months before full vesting could cause a board member to find ways to vote for delays or even against a sale of the company, awaiting full vesting of his or her options.
Email readers, continue here.] The liquidity event and beyond' Questions to be asked include: “What were the major factors contributing to the failure?” “How How quickly did you and your team change the plan when faced with the first signs?” “Did Did you seek outside guidance?”.
Getting involved with political events and fund raisers. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Soleil returns emails at 1.30am. Somehow she was always on a flight up to Seattle or San Francisco. Always meeting her product ship dates. She was always able to get into the weeds on product or biz dev discussions.
There was a recent investor event where I was keynote speaker, on stage only after several panels of experts had wowed the audience with their predictions and observations. Email readers, continue here.] Some businesses are built around a single idea. One of the panelists made a point that resonated with me.
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I have Twitter chats, respond to blog comments, trade emails, respond to comments on This Week in VC. All I need is a little context. &# Mark, we met last year at the NYU event. I speak at conferences where I might meet 75-100 people and have conversations. I do dinners too often as my waistline can attest. You get the picture.
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