Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

” Fred & I are both in agreement that there is a tension between capital constraints and creativity. My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. You can’t time VC investing markets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Startups and VC FreshToHome, an Indian meat startup going after a piece of the country’s food delivery market, has a new backer in Amazon, which led a $104 million round in funding. The company said the breach happened in December and was confirmed by a gaming blog. and its “Creativity Program” is now in beta.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. I’ve written about the topic before when I wrote the post “ I emailed a VC but never heard back.&# As in, what do you do now that you’ve written them. Blog comments.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. If you struggle to find moments of creativity you might read that post. I also have huge creative spurts when I run. Or I will get some good time in at a hotel just zoning out and thinking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

We also talked about why Jon decided to leave Google to become an EIR at a VC firm (Polaris) – minute 33. In working with brands, Jon says: “ Vary creative, try lots of things, the costs are so low, why would we put up one piece of branded content? Good comment community = viral blog. There’s no cost!&#.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Me, I can't draw my way out of a stick hat, so I'd be a lost cause--but a creative person could do a lot with design classes in two years. Just start looking for blog posts on "10 SEO tips for startups" or "How to write a marketing survey". In any case, you're going to have to start out with a very detailed job spec.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

So my simple advice is to start PR as early as possible (and certainly earlier than most of your investors will advise) when you have your head around your product plans and are well into execution (or ready to launch) precisely because your recruiting, seed funding and initial user base may depend on it. Should any money go to PR at all?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. Me: “Bullshit.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series on Startup Advice. If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. They are often not as creative in shaping things, one of my core skills. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. Plug your holes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

At Early Stage, experts will share advice on protecting intellectual property, structuring cap tables, developing target customer personas and more. of all VC funds in 2022, a drop from 2021, Dominic-Madori writes. You won’t want to miss it. International license. Sexism in the workplace: Women-founded startups raised 1.9%

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices. There is something about the adrenaline rush of being under time pressure that excites us and teases out our creativity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

And as a result their competitors were able to raise a considerable VC round from well-known firms. Actually, this is usually the same advice I give people about recruiters, accountants, lawyers and similar trade professionals. That’s why keeping a personal blog is so great. The guy who has typo’s in every blog post?

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

Frankly, we’re still thinking about Anu’s incredible advice for women founders. Anu is never short on advice for founders, but her words are particularly salient for women looking to build and grow their startups in the aftermath of the pandemic. But if I could go back to my twenties and give advice, I’d go join a startup.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Haystack VC runs almost entirely on Notion. I always make a point of keeping firm records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry: AngelList , CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dealroom , Dow Jones VentureSource , Pitchbook , Preqin , and Refinitiv Eikon. Pollen VC offers a LTV calculator.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

I talked specifically about it in the context of raising VC / establishing credibility over on the Sales School blog where there’s a video & a transcript. Keep it human -Far too many presentations, keynote speeches, conference panels or blog posts seem wooden. They’re going t0 publish all 4 parts of my talk.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map.

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