Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. If you are committed to devices, work is always at the top of the screen. The person who can demonstrate that he or she can effectively manage a project can write their own ticket for success.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. Don’t write sentences on them – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say. If you write sentences you’ll read them and you’ll … suck.

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MAY 27, 2016

I answered in the same way I always do so I thought I’d just write it publicly. “I I have fallen in love several times in the past 2 years and in a strange set of circumstances most companies prefer to stay below the radar screen for much longer these days so most of them have not been announced. I fall in love.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. I recommend a thirty to ninety-day trial period, defined in writing, where either party can terminate the relationship without recourse.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. ” Funding IS the story. Funding is news.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. I’ve been reluctant to write about weight in part because I don’t want to sound self righteous. Then should write down your “target goal.” I figured out something that worked for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

She entered you reservation by writing in a time slot in a paper calendar and you were in. If you want to get a quick sense of the app there’s a short screen cast here that make it obvious what it does. The hostess worked from 4-10pm so you had to call during these hours. After hours there was the answering machine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. I recommend a thirty to ninety-day trial period, defined in writing, where either party can terminate the relationship without recourse.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 3, 2013

″ 1920 x 1080p Full HD IPS Screen (400 ppi resolution). Despite the ability to fine-tune your keyboard/settings for one-handed operation though, such a large screen is really a bit unwieldy to navigate without both hands. Another common complaint with larger screens is that they often suck up a lot of juice. Android 4.1.2

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’ll try to get write-ups shortly but for now here is an overview of my interview with Nanea Reeves – President and COO of textPlus. There is a tangible understand that comes from engineers talking with real customers that simply can’t be gleaned from intuition or staring at computer screens.

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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. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. Don’t write sentences on the – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say. It is not sufficient to write yourself notes and read them before hand.

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

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

I was fortunate that I could write software and doubly fortunate that my despair at working for ‘the Man’ – and feeling compelled to strike out on my own – coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era. For me I had few alternatives; working for someone else had proved to be a frustrating experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. The power of large screen real estate. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” The power of a keyboard. Fred’s post was right.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 29, 2013

Proper Context – If the context of the intro is the least bit unclear, I ask the person requesting the introduction to write a paragraph or two that I can forward to the target contact. In this way, the person seeking an intro can speak in their own “voice,” which reduces the risk that I will inadvertently dilute or misstate their message.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2015

Or, if you’re one of the lucky ones who Santa brought a shiny new flat screen TV, how do you deal with squeezing all those chunky cables and streaming sticks between your TV and your wall? Standard HDMI cables have pretty bulky connectors, making attaching them behind a wall-mounted flat screen TV tricky.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. Examples (these are going to be more detailed than you need to get to at this point): Sample Spec Functional Specification Example Wireframes, Comps, Clickable Prototype Create wireframes for a few key screens that sketch your concept using a tool like Balsamiq. Don't stress over format.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I’m still planning to write some in depth pieces on the topic but I thought, “given that this is about how video will consume the Internet over the next 5 years, what better way to exemplify this than with a 10-minute video.” I recently gave a talk about the Future of Television. It’s not as easy as text.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Frankly, it’s the life of ANY executives with whom you want to sell product, do a business development deal with, execute M&A, a journalist you want to write about your company?—?anybody. On a phone call it’s too easy to be distracted and thumb through paperwork, stare out the window or glance at your computer screen.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. million round I might write $1.8 – 2.2 I have a slightly different take on why I find it valuable.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Overall we write about $100 million of investment checks every year. We’ve made investments in our community in LA to renting out movie theaters and screening films on gender bias and chairing discussions about how to improve the work environment in startups. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. If you are committed to devices, work is always at the top of the screen. The person who can demonstrate that he or she can effectively manage a project can write their own ticket for success.

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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. The picture above is from the actual event courtesy of Dan Farber who was writing for ZDNet.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

” He was writing to people. To get on his radar screen. Even before the Tweetstorm phenomenon, Marc was favoriting, RT’ing, sparring with people, @replying to random folk who reached out to him. In the first 2 weeks I even saw a few people on Twitter say, “Is that the real Marc Andreessen?” Many people.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. Those teachers are what set us apart. What's your background?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! I never get grumpy that people write. If you do randomly write me I have advice. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. “But WAIT !!! How the hell can you tell us you don’t have time for email?” ” I never said that. Marketing.

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Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2017

While close examination of a person’s DNA might help spot disease early or prevent it altogether, it also might spur “unnecessary costly follow-up,” the authors write. The study is limited by its small scope, but it is the first with some rigor to examine outcomes.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. Frankly, I enjoyed the community so much that I would have continued to come back more often but my blogging pace has been such that evening time commenting on an answer website was time away from writing pieces like this.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This allows publishers to easily create missions and activities to get people involved more directly than just reading stuff on a screen. will help developers to quickly write and deploy lightweight mobile applications, with access to camera, geolocation, and more. Schachter writes, “The API talks to the central human.io

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList. From there Rob decided to make a small investment. It’s part of my radar/early warning system.&#.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Take a long breakfast, or maybe even go for a walk to get a healthy break from your screen. This could be as simple as someone around you glancing at the private documents on your screen. If you're working in a public environment, lock the screen any time you're away from it – or better still, don't leave your device for a moment.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 What's Scripped?

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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 found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. So what is an EIR and why Sam? I thought that was the end of it.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. If they’re not at a minimum you’ve shown that you’re thinking of them and you’ve stayed on their radar screen. And I know many stories of Benchmark or similar investors writing term sheets after the first meeting.

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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? At JAMDAT he designed the most successful mobile games – (Bowling, Bejeweled Multiplayer & Solitaire) and knows what drives engagement on “the small screen.&#

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? Writing Code. It’s pretty common for us to get requests from movie-makers about showing our graphics or posters or books in movies.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Gabe Grifoni: I had actually transitioned to the writing side, and focusing on tech. That got me to CES for some technical writing and journalism, and I started checking out the scene. However, that's really a device from the 1800's with a screen, and that didn't seem like the way to go.

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