Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts. I think Dave has blogging Tourettes Syndrome when he hears the word VC. We then started talking about Dave McClure.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? Favorite business book, blog, podcast? What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? What and when was your very first investment? What struck you about them? Is this a founder I want to work with for ten years? I love teaching.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The idea for this book dates back to my time at ProgrammableWeb (2009-2014). Blog articles are certainly core, but you want to make sure you’re covering the right topics in the right way. Do you have any final piece of advice to share with developer-focused companies? Your “marketing” should not feel like marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

awe.sm (I have been an investor since 2009) has always provided these data through an API to allow developers to have social analytics embedded in their products or for internal use in their organization to drive more effective campaigns. Startup Advice'

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

So, in 2009, Adrian created Adrian’s Network , an innovative and (very) successful business networking community that combines virtual networking (think conference calls and webinars) with in-person meetings. Ramon Ray got some great networking advice, plus a few do’s and don'ts directly from Adrian herself. Become a Great Networker.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. Put yourself in interesting situations.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. They wanted advice. Even tech blogs know this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? Next post: two “4-Hour Workweek&# like hacks I started in 2009 to try and take back control of my life that are saving me hours. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice startup technology vc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have advice to share. Ask them for advice. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? Basic search engine research can give many clues and if people do keep a blog and you want to meet the person then many clues are obviously there. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. They exist in every town.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. ” I highly recommend reading it. Profitability.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. Dmitry was giving me advice that he only ever has two folders at any point in time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

.” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table?” You remember what 2009 was like, right?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that. Enter phone calls. We love to streamline and text people.

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