Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m going to save that for a future blog post. Let me start by saying two things: Events like this are invaluable to startups because the significant value comes from building the network across portfolio companies and the discussion one can have with your peer group. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

Last night I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum event started by Jason Calacanis , a fellow LA resident. Jason started the Open Angel Forum in response to his frustration that entrepreneurs were being charged by some angel organizations to present at their events. He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, you might set up an automation that tags email contacts with any new information you receive about them, like demographic details and job characteristics. Of course, when you're cold emailing invitations, you do need to at least explain what the event is and why someone might be interested in attending it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. Like most centers PlugnPlay hosts industry events, brings in speakers & venture capitalists and gives companies more visibility than being on their own. It has big wide open spaces for such events.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This heated competition among alternative social apps could explain why Poparazzi is taking to its blog today to share its metrics and confirm its financing after a year of silence. (Or The app’s idea was, effectively, to turn one of Instagram’s core features — photo tagging — into a stand-alone experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. The second event was in Boulder. Tonight’s event at the 5A5 Steak Lounge in San Francisco was even better.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2010

When a reader lands on my blog, they’re going to run into a lot of people. Not only is my e-mail address on my blog, but I even have a live Plugoo widget that you can type into and send me a message on AIM. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. First off, there’s me.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Show up for a startup event. Start blogging about what you *are* excited about. Learn how to drive traffic to your blog using Google keywords. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Join communities of innovators. Don’t try to reverse engineer your resume to try and figure out who would hire you.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

If so, share it with others on LinkedIn and tag me. Get the latest small business news, upcoming events, and more every week on Smart Hustle. You should expect to budget from $3,000 to $5,000 a month for a publicist, as a starting point. Where can you spread your message? Broadcast media (TV, radio). Industry publications. Count Me In!

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2010

The guy owns the preeminent technology publishing and events company and coined the term “Web 2.0” Or, if you’re dying to do something data-driven, how about actually measuring influence through a service like Klout, or running someone’s top 50 blog posts, tweets, etc., through some kind of algorithm?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I’ve known Chamillionaire for a couple of years and I’ve never been at a tech event where he HASN’T upstaged everybody with his marketing insights. 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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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

Although the form saved the team a home visit, it required highly skilled engineers to spend a ton of time meticulously tagging homeowner photos and log info across at least six different Google Suite tools. To ensure customers got personalized pricing quickly and in a scalable way, David created an online quote form.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But, there are some things we can do to get closer: NFC tags and QR codes are tools that are designed to send just a tiny amount of information to mobile devices, and they're already everywhere—you've probably interacted with them recently and not even realized it. New to Zapier? Sign up for free.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Welcome to Social Media Week --the one week out of the year where we get to tweet and blog about social media! Hopefully, you can find a way in to some of these events as most are sold out. We hold a monthly social event for undergraduate students and recent graduates to mingle and exchange ideas. Try the waitlists.

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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. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. Many days I have a breakfast meeting, back-to-back meetings all day and then an evening event.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Organize events in your vertical. Particularly when events are all virtual, this is an easy and low-cost way to build trusted relationships with the leaders in your space. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. Celebrity Relationships.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Build a content website or add a blog. Create and add products to a Facebook shop first, connect your Instagram Business account and start tagging! You can also approach website owners and brands directly, asking for advertising space on their website or whether you can sponsor a podcast or an event they’re hosting.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Airbnb, with locations all over the world, utilizes local content well in their blog. Consider tagging your keywords with location-based phrases to help target your content. For instance, hotels could create a list of the best restaurants in the area, or a pet shop could showcase the best dog-friendly parks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Premium invitation cards and event stationary that is designed online for online distribution or paper print. Tags: Start-up Advice. They sponsor TWiVC.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work. Linkedin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2010

After a few days of controversial blog posts I thought I’d try something more light hearted today. From his blog posting on “ Why Am I passing ?&#. when I’m in meetings the entire day and have an event in the evening) followed by another one. Tags: Start-up Advice. I try to minimize these.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. So it is not uncommon for somebody to be skint when a big event such as a “ hen party &# is coming up and just need 200 quid for 2 weeks. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. LendingClub.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). You need to know how “tag along&# rights could potentially screw you. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. the link is here.

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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. And I spent time with Dena Cook, Adam Lilling and Dana Settle this morning discussing how we’re going to take our events to the next level in September & October.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. We end up out a lot at events: dinners, cocktail parties, conferences. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me. I’m enjoying the chaotic creativity that comes with blogging. That’s true.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Organize events in your vertical. Particularly when events are all virtual, this is an easy and low-cost way to build trusted relationships with the leaders in your space. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. Celebrity Relationships.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 21, 2013

Sometimes, marketing speaks directly to customers through channels like blogs, events, paid advertising and public relations. Tag management systems, both web and mobile, create simple tools for prioritizing ad networks. Marketing teams with customer support to ensure service reinforces the company’s brand. But that’s changing.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in an established media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 9, 2010

to create paid e-mail newsletters—effectively nailing the coffin on what were sometimes sparsely updated blogs. I get why people like Jason Calacanis wanted to stop blogging (even though he really can’t). My suspicion, though, is that it’s not the blogging that’s hard, it’s the writing. It’s not the medium that’s the issue.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. They were fine traveling RyanAir and then having to bus an extra hour to get to the event but they wanted their own room to crash in late at night.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

With these integrations, every new subscriber will be logged as a new event in Facebook Offline Conversions automatically. Every time you close a new deal, update a lead's status, or tag a user for a post-purchase update, Zapier can feed this information back to Facebook to refine your ad targeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have Twitter chats, respond to blog comments, trade emails, respond to comments on This Week in VC. All I need is a little context. &# Mark, we met last year at the NYU event. I remember! &# You’re the guy who built the Twitter plug-in for blogs. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. I remember.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

If your first resort when you have trouble raising money is to complain about New York on a tech blog, you’re really doing yourself a disservice in the relationship building area. On top of that, tech blogs like TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOM, and Venturebeat all cover NYC tech startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In the industry they’re known as “conference ho’s.&# OK, they’re known as conference “whores&# but that sounded too harsh for a blog post. Tags: Startup Advice. They are CEO’s addicted to the schmoozing. Inevitably a certain number of entrepreneurs feel compelled to attend every conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! Do you know a “hot&# company that you think would like an intro (if so, make sure it’s one that’s not currently fund raising ) Do you have access to an event that’s coming up and you want to invite the investor?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 25, 2018

Written for EO by Raul Harman, editor in chief at Technivorz blog. Even so, if you’re planning a professional event and your success depends on people showing up, you’ll want to implement a marketing strategy to ensure its success. Social media platforms are great tools for generating buzz around your event.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Scott Sangster has made a good case for himself at the two events I’ve seen him speak at recently and I know that people love Bryce Benjamin and say he’s hands on / helpful. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. They have great people and probably some duffers.

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