TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail. During signup, the professional is prompted to enter their profile into a form, with an upload box for a resume, fields for awards, skills and certifications, and then a textbox - 500 characters max - for their professional summary.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2017

As a professional investor in early stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. Write these steps down in any form for now.

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JUNE 23, 2010

I next write a paragraph to describe what I mean by each comment. Next time write it down when it happened. At the end of the evaluation I like to do a summary paragraph of the flavor of the evaluation. Don’t have your staff write their own reviews. Put it in writing. That will never fly. Self Evaluations?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Here is my edited summary of their ten principles, which I like and may convince you that you don’t need a business plan at all, or at the very least will help you write a better one later: A new venture is a means, not an end.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles. What's going to go wrong?

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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. In any speech I do that is information rich I often have a summary slide at the end with the key points I want them to remember. Don’t write sentences on them – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

Paige is a gifted communicator and my summary does not do him justice. He offers a number of worthwhile tips and tricks that I was not able to capture in the textual summary, so the 14-minute audio file is well worth your time. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Paige’s responses. Click here to listen to the Audio File.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2016

Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. You have to be able to communicate effectively in all the common forms, including business writing, as well as talking, presenting, and producing videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. You have to be able to communicate effectively in all the common forms, including business writing, as well as talking, presenting, and producing videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. Most VCs are book smart.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. 3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. You can watch my interview with Naval below or on YouTube here: [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This trend so a huge rise in funds, dollars and deals in the seed category.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

So I might have to write a document, complete a spreadsheet, handle a negotiation or plan an event but somebody else is telling me when each task is due and we both hold me accountable for my work outputs. In summary. ” I write. This is a help in itself. Re-reading and editing is for completer finishers. Come what may.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Please read Greg’s summary of the GOAT story for a better understanding of entrepreneurial grit, stick-to-it-ness, pursuit of one’s passions and second chances. I was reluctant to write about GOAT because I don’t want to pretend that I deserve even 0.1% And here is Jason Del Rey’s announcement of the funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I plan to write a series of posts on the topic. Equally, I plan to write for the benefit of investors and independents, too, to offer some tips on how can you get the most out of the boards on which you sit. I’m open to lobbying via Twitter (I’m msuster ) which order to write them in and/or if you think I’m missing a topic.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Or if you’re pinched on time the summary is below and the time coding can help you watch a brief snippet on topics that interest you. 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. what lessons can we draw from Steve Jobs successes? Eric is so damn good. I could have gone 2 hours. And make sure to pick up a copy of his book.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I shifted my thinking a few years ago after I read Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Workweek (link is to a short summary I wrote). You’re writing a freaking blog post! I never get grumpy that people write. If you do randomly write me I have advice. I think so. [I I know many of you are not yet persuaded].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 14, 2010

Or when I see somebody who is extremely “salesy&# in a VC meeting I often write them off too quickly. &# Ugh. In summary: When you’re speaking with people try to understand enough about them as human beings to understand why they might look at the world in the way that they do. That guy is never going to stop spinning.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. .” Such was the quote of Clayton Christensen followed by, “… in the end I’m excited to see that happen. ” Who else does Clayton pray for?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Of course I can’t write every press release for the company nor would I want to. In Summary. It was overly intellectual, had too many competing ideas, didn’t have enough catch phrases that would be picked up in the press, emphasized some facts that made us look smaller than we were, was too long and had terrible quotes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

By Mahesh Raj Mohan Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. Your business plan’s writing style should take their preferences into account. So what writing styles should you use for these very different audiences? Hi, I’m writing this plan because.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

I think you'll enjoy hearing him, but if you're in a rush check out the summary notes below. As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. Highlights/Lowlights – summary of key events since the last meeting. After raising the next round two more seats can be filled.

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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. CEO transparency. It almost sounds uncontroversial. A CEO should tell her staff everything! Of course not. But mine if different.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2023

As a professional investor in early-stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. Write these steps down in any form for now. The post So, what’s the plan?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

This overview (executive summary) needs to include: Product and Business What is the product? Do I have to write up the overview? If answers will take more than this time, we will do our best to point you in the right direction. How Does it Work? You need to send us an overview of what you are doing. Who's the customer?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Summarize all of the above in an executive summary. This summary if often extracted as marketing collateral, with text and graphics for pitch handouts.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

This overview (executive summary) needs to include: Product and Business What is the product? Do I have to write up the overview? If answers will take more than this time, we will do our best to point you in the right direction. How Does it Work? You need to send us an overview of what you are doing. Who's the customer?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Here’s a summary of our interview. Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet.

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APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. Back to regular writing this week so check back in. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. I’ve just finished a week away from the office for Spring Break, which was much needed. Thank you.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Write these steps down in any form for now. It’s time to speak of some sort of business plan. Assess your current resources and attempt to calculate the resources needed to accomplish the goal. We’ll explore a more organized approach in the next insights. Positioning.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

Write down the customer pains so you’ll have them for later. It’s just human nature. So throughout the meeting your job is to tease out as many discrete pain points that are near enough to your solution set to begin talking about what it is that you do. Ask questions the whole time. Listen more. Problem solve. Good things will come.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I still think it’s best to take money from Dave when you’re also partnered with a more focused, hands-on seed-stage VC who brings different things to the table – like more ability to write larger checks in a downturn (for one) or solving a deep crisis that involves super hands-on involvement. I love the concept.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. But, in fact, I would rather have an executive summary than a pitch deck. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

When you write your email to the person assume it will be forwarded “as is&# so ask for an intro in a way that you wouldn’t mind somebody else reading. Summary: Those the make it easier for others to help them will receive more help. this is all more work for me.

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JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. Every sales organization with more than a handful of reps or that is across multiple offices or time zones would benefit from having a sales methodology. There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic.

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