Tech.Co

JULY 9, 2024

If the thought of writing a proposal is making you anxious, we also explore how AI can be used to assist with the grant-writing process. For example, tools like ChatGPT can help you brainstorm ideas, crystalize your business plans, and create a clear structure for your proposal. However, don’t be deceived.

ChatGPT 151

ChatGPT Writing Commerce News 151

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Communication is not just talking, but also writing, body language, and “actions speak louder than words.” Although people should be safe, ideas should not be. The goal is for only the strongest ideas to survive.

Startup 134

Startup Writing Ideas Entrepreneur 134

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution. Email readers, continue here…] This moment is to celebrate every action, including shopping for supplies, furniture and technology to support the newly minted enterprise. Write your own Hollywood script. The intoxication of a new beginning.

Hollywood 120

Hollywood Writing Press Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

But … … was thinking about a very common BSAK error that I see committed – the “flaming email.” I would write the email and be as scathing as I wanted to be. I would write the email and be as scathing as I wanted to be. And flaming emails are like driving cars aggressively.

Writing 292

Writing Email Startup Ideas 292

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market. Third: Management risk. .

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? Start dreaming of the next big idea. Write a book. Write a handwritten letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line. Then the money…. What most entrepreneurs fail dramatically at is to celebrate the moment. Take a long breath.

Writing 156

Writing Entrepreneur .Net Sales 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Class 140

Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

What I loved about it was that my thoughts were instantly in the ether, I would get quick feedback from readers and I would know where my ideas stood in the world of ideas. There were days where I could write about what I was thinking about Apple or Twitter or Facebook. Or I could just write about life. ” B.o.B.

Blogging 150

Blogging Writing Startup Ideas 150

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Poor thing had to write this parable and broadcast it through social media, just to get her point across.

Course 156

Course Writing Report Startup 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. We have spam filters for our email. So did the media. Everybody gains. Check out TwtApps alone!

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Second: Market risk. . Third: Management risk. .

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

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.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. I think team sessions are better for testing ideas than for original thought, but that’s me. It’s how you codify your ideas.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s March 1st as I write this*. However your year has gone, I’ve some ideas for you because all isn’t lost. Below I have some ideas for you to consider in each scenario. If you don’t feel comfortable sharing with somebody else write the goal down somewhere that you will see it daily. Write down everything you eat.

Startup 347

Startup Writing Course Coach 347

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. I wanted to write about the top 10 attributes of an entrepreneur.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. Most ideas are fungible. It is insanely common.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. 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.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2019

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Communication is not just talking, but also writing, body language, and “actions speak louder than words.” Although people should be safe, ideas should not be. The goal is for only the strongest ideas to survive.

Writing 94

Writing Ideas Entrepreneur Email 94

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Email readers, continue here…]. But you have no idea what to do next. Here’s a quick nod to the folks at Colour Graphics for urging me to write this insight. Your niche market is younger, and perhaps smaller – especially if the feature set on the smartphone is so radically new that you would need to reach early adapters.

Marketing 266

Marketing Advertising Resource Social Media 266

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] Using your attorney or accountant to find who is close to the decision maker sometimes works. Another way to approach the gate keeper directly is with a strategic idea or extremely profitable suggestion that he or she can make their own, and enhance their standing within the company.

Ideas 120

Ideas Sales Competition Venture Capital 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 140

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea. That was back when VCs weren’t so quick to respond to emails. I started by writing 3-4 times / week. Less than 100 people read that original post 2 years ago. It will likely take time.

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

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 can feel the ideas needing to come out and I know if I get distracted I will lose them. Or people who think all sorts of ideas about how they want to quit their job and try a startup.

Venture Capital 400

Venture Capital Conference Ideas Entrepreneur 400

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Remember that the goal of an email to a VC or an introduction from a trusted mutual connection is simply to get you the meeting. You want to send just enough to get the meeting (and of course a great deck sells better than a long email) and not so long that you don’t leave a chance to wow the person in your actual meeting. Poppycock.

Venture Capital 261

Venture Capital Slides Email Startup 261

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk. A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

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.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. I mostly get hammered on HN if I write about a controversial topic like criticizing Apple (in fact, what prompted me to write this post today was that I was asked on Twitter to write a post about Facebook.

News 258

News Tips Blogging Writing 258

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write.

Startup 96

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. You get the idea. The notepad was my idea bank.

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution. Email readers, continue here.] Because it is yours to write alone, there is no Hollywood script more thrilling than the one you create during those first days when everything is so very new. But the excitement begins much earlier.

Press 149

Press Hollywood Writing Startup 149

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Course 96

Course Email Social Network Ideas 96

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. 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.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Every year we try to write up and publish our thoughts publicly both to help other investors & entrepreneurs and also to test our thoughts in the public market of ideas. We’re sending it directly to people’s email boxes but I figured we might as well make it public so you all have access to it.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Marketing Writing 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Really!). Enter Xobni.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. 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?

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

When I sit down to write every week I never really imagine what is going to end up resonating the most with people but it seems I’ve most often been defined by my post that I Invest in Lines, not Dots. He sent me a few nice emails. ” He had two ideas. We never got to the second idea. And the idea?

Startup 372

Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write.

Startup 92

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 92