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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I was most impressed with the steps he outlined for turning ideas into goals into results, which I paraphrase here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Write down your goals or your dreams. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. That approach is not very satisfying in the long term.

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Ideas Writing Startup Entrepreneur 121

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. Saying, ''Hey, we want to pay you to write a book.’ So, I sat down and started spending about 50% of my time writing the book.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Statistics. Gain enough of an understanding of statistics that you can quantify risks and the probabilities of potential outcomes. Contrary to conventional wisdom, success as a millennial entrepreneur does not require that you become proficient in writing commercial-quality software code. Writing / English / Public Speaking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Popular keywords have higher costs.

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PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself. Even including repeat entrepreneurs, statistics continue to show that the overall failure rate for startups within the first five years is greater than 50 percent. Pitch your company, not your product.

Entrepreneur 156

Entrepreneur Tips Funding Startup 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story last year “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article a while back, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics. This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I had to laugh a bit reading it. What you gain: 1. What about strategy?

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story a while back “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article on this subject, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself.

Startup 104

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

One of the most repeated statistics trumpeted by the popular press is that “Four out of five businesses fail”. When sole proprietorships are removed from the statistics, the success rate of startups improves even further. Keep your write-ups to a single page. In your startup, you control your destiny.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2016

I was most impressed with the steps he outlined for turning ideas into goals into results, which I paraphrase here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Write down your goals or your dreams. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. That approach is not very satisfying in the long term.

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Writing Ideas Startup Entrepreneur 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The professor plotted data and showed us statistically that most people buy stocks when they are booming (e.g. A certain amount of infighting is clearly going on and would make for a great book about this era if some enterprising journalist would write it. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2023

I was most impressed with the steps he outlined for turning ideas into goals into results, which I paraphrase here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Write down your goals or your dreams. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. That approach is not very satisfying in the long term.

Writing 92

Writing Ideas Startup Entrepreneur 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. It’s why I don’t write for TechCrunch or similar much any more. I write my presentations the night before. Email twice. I rush the last 20%.

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Startup Writing Class Orange County 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2011

It’s similar to American Idol , but they judge more on your song writing ability rather than your ability to cover other songs. We ran contests where selected winners won their own custom jingle write by Jes. Great brand and great artist – they could write a jingle together. Jes made it to the final two and then lost.

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Social Media Startup Media Writing 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event.

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Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years is as high as 50 percent. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? How can you improve your odds?

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Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons. But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. “The

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2013

Resumes won’t give you the positive conclusion, but they can highlight negatives, like job gaps, bad writing, and minimal experience. “He All the statistical research shows that there is very little correlation between a good personality and any specific job. “I didn’t have time to read the resume, but he has great answers.”

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

To keep you out of this statistic, I recommend the following steps to all aspiring business owners as they step into this new and exciting world of managing your own business: Solidify your funding plan before you start spending. Pundits in Latino countries quickly pointed out that the name, ‘no va’ means ‘does not go’ in Spanish.

Social Media 98

Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2014

Resumes won’t give you the positive conclusion, but they can highlight negatives, like job gaps, bad writing, and minimal experience. “He All the statistical research shows that there is very little correlation between a good personality and any specific job. “I didn’t have time to read the resume, but he has great answers.”

Startup 96

Startup Statistics Summary Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

While you may schedule an hour for your team to talk about the relative pros and cons of every option, you'll get much richer input if you have them each spend that hour writing up their feedback Be brutally honest about the challenges you all face. In addition, I find that most big decisions require research.

Help 94

Help Framework Statistics Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years is higher than 50 percent. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? How can you improve your odds?

Startup 100

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2012

Resumes won’t give you the positive conclusion, but they can highlight negatives, like job gaps, bad writing, and minimal experience. “He All the statistical research shows that there is very little correlation between a good personality and any specific job. “I didn’t have time to read the resume, but he has great answers.”

Company 94

Company Companies Startup Statistics 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Resumes won’t give you the positive conclusion, but they can highlight negatives, like job gaps, bad writing, and minimal experience. “He All the statistical research shows that there is very little correlation between a good personality and any specific job. “I didn’t have time to read the resume, but he has great answers.”

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Summary Writing 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Members can also enhance their expert status by writing informative articles and position themselves as a contact person for other professionals to get information from. This includes statistics on articles and profiles. TechZulu met one of the sibling co founder Susanna Gebauer and here is what she told us. Competition?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Chip Kelly believes in the statistics of players: ages, sizes, speeds – and everybody is clear what the “Chip Kelly system” was. ” 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.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Admittedly, that last part is an exaggeration but they were bad enough that I am writing this essay in the hopes that you will read it and not make these mistakes. Tip: After writing you answer, re-read the question and ask yourself, “Is there anything in what I wrote that is not actually answering that question?”. The #EpicNovelFail.

Tips 70

Tips Startup Statistics Metrics 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself. Even including repeat entrepreneurs, statistics continue to show that the overall failure rate for startups within the first five years is greater than 50 percent. Pitch your company, not your product.

Startup 65

Startup Entrepreneur Slides Content 65

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. We track certain statistics, including checklist items and usage. But, it didn't seem scalable. Essentially, the foundation of the Genie learning process is that human beings learn by doing.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2010

However, be sure that any statistics you quote are primarily attributable to your personal efforts. Start by writing a draft of your reference. Specificity – The more your reference specifies how you added value to your past organization, the more influential it will be. Avoid too much emphasis on your character traits.

Startup 113

Startup .Net Organization Networking 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event.

Media 55

Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. These are missing a major opportunity to be found instantly via the Internet, locally and around the world.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. Jim rattles off a hilarious statistic: 10% of people watching primetime television are drunk or asleep.

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Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97