Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Erik Day from Dell spoke about small business technology at the Survive and Thrive Summit , hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media. Read on to learn how Dell technology might be able to support you and your business as you shift to manage COVID-19. Advice on Pivoting in a Small Business. Final Words of Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2012

Is App.net right the rail against ad-supported social networks or ad-supported products more broadly? What was the most practical advice Jonathan learned during his fund raising? should have admitted it was a media company years ago and become the market leader in that in stead of chasing Google. But awe.sm is different.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Launchpad LA SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. By Jewelle Saunders. She was just focused on doing the work. and she decided she could do something about it.

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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. I see too many people who do that.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. As my colleague Phin mentioned the other day, there are two types of bad advice you can give--one is to give bad advice in an area you should know something about.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Other times the partner wants to test whether there is support before sinking in tons of due diligence time. Congratulations. Let me write that down.&#. -

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2020

But each morning, I wake up to 20 new ideas in my inbox and 100 offers of hope and support on my social media feed. Most of our members have survived major periods of adversity and know that support and fellowship can help a fellow entrepreneur face his or her worst fears and find a way forward.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Firefly Digital provides advice to brands such as iconic Kiwi entrepreneur story, AJ Hackett Bungy. “In today’s day and age, if you are not in the digital space or don’t have a digital marketing strategy, you are irrelevant,” said Baxter in a recent statement to media. Get entrepreneur articles by email once a month.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. Maker Studios. Savings.com.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Meet BossLady Bio, a mobile-friendly mini-website that your social media can link to. Invest in yourself – This advice is unique to women. Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · How One Thriving Leader Supports Women Business Owners. Spotlight connection (a trail of who invited you). 5 Tips for Women Business Owners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

More social media struggles : Though the subject matter was a downer, Paul wrote a great story about Meta’s confirmed layoffs of 11,000 employees, explaining what happened, why and what it means in the greater context of Meta’s future. The TechCrunch Top 3. 3 tips for managing a remote engineering team. Wonder what he’s using the money for….

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave. “I TransWave has come a long way since its formation in 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

Furthermore, when Twitter publishers make money from their work in supporting the Twitter platform this is good news for all involved. And it supports my goal of making Twitter a healthy economic ecosystem and one that can rival Facebook’s as an engagement platform for audiences and brands. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. Depending on where you worked and what you did, you may already have the experience investors are looking for when it comes to reaching product-market fit and solving engineering problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

He talked about how we were going through a period of time in which people were measuring “likes” and “followers” but not the real value of social media conversion by tracking what actually converts into business and that few people understood the catalyst of what drove a successful campaign in the first place.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. Awesome small business advice! Great small business advice from Jason!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. This is directed at part time people who are building a blog to support their real business. Tweet support - What I DID do in the early days is enlist Tweet support. Some search.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

VCs generally have had an easy time fostering relationships with large ad agencies and media companies given how much our businesses have intersected over the past 20 years. On my trip I also gave my usual advice to entrepreneurs who don’t live in a major tech funding hub: Find VCs who are from your area originally.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Read Monique’s advice for other entrepreneurs interested in adopting sustainable practices. . By joining forces with different companies and well-known (or even not so well-known) brands, we’ve implemented co-branding and joint marketing efforts on press releases, trade shows and social media campaigns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2016

There is so much in the media about “The Internet of Things” that it has lost meaning and for many for some strange reason it became a short-hand for wearables. It’s been so great to collaborate and work towards this common purpose) and with Jonathan Triest at Ludlow Ventures, Amit Kapur at Dawn Patrol and several others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Thus you end up with Demand Media that booms until Google algorithm changes (Panda) changes send it off a cliff along with many other companies overly reliant upon one “place” and one “promotional” method. Startup Advice' That gets you 45,000 or so downloads in today’s crowded ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

Only Work on Projects That Support Your Core Product Effort. rollout support. In the Ad Tech world PS revenue often means providing “media services” as a value-add to using your product. Adding precious high gross margin to support an R&D team that you need to fund anyways.” configuration.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

I have also started with my partner from Los Angeles the company 360 Media Studios , a multimedia company. As a businessman, I learned to accept advice from other people with more experience. As a citizen, GSEA encouraged me to support the new generations of entrepreneurs. Where are you now? Describe the experience of GSEA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I recently invested in a company in the media & entertainment sector (this will be announced in a couple of months) so I’ve been thinking a lot about how the industry works, why the structure has evolved the way it did, why the company I invested in has had so much success and what this all implies for the future. If so, why?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. Advice to VCs Startup Advice'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Obviously I’m a proponent of still working closely with your investors to make sure that they feel bought into your decisions which will matter a lot if you ever need their support in the future. So we first turned to solve the question of how to better meet the needs of our growing customer base of large brands and media companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Lawyers are your support staff not your brain. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. .&# What a waste to sign an agreement that someone “may&# offer your service.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2024

Open conversations about mental health and seeking professional support when needed are essential steps to address these challenges. By acknowledging the mental health struggles and fostering a culture of support, the entrepreneurial ecosystem can evolve into a space where both success and well-being thrive.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Rigopoulos and Bamberger shared their cold-calling advice with TC+, along with the full text of one of their winning emails and a detailed breakdown of the three-step process they used. TechCrunch+ roundup: Attention metrics, growth through retention, cold-calling advice by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? My best piece of advice for founders is to keep in mind that they can’t do it alone. A strong support network of partner, family and good friends is tantamount to making it through your startup journey in one piece. BrakeAce. “My

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Because they’re good at it, they don’t waste time hang-wringing over whether or not to try an advertising campaign on the latest social media platform; they just do it. Online marketing teams are accustomed to throwing creative things at the wall, with new technology and platforms, because that’s the day-to-day reality of their job.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The other thing that isn’t talked about enough in the mainstream media about Twitter is the predictive nature of open Twitter data in and of itself. talk about their Twitter integration and how you can use Twitter analytics to better monitor social media conversion on marketing campaigns. I'm late and on the road.I

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. Given that I hadn’t had time to change out of my t-shirt (I had promised Jonathan Strauss I would wear to support his company), I tried to keep a low profile here [full shirt: Effing Social Media, How Does it Work? If you didn’t read it, it’s here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Sandvik told me about her work and her new bootstrapped startup, how leaders should prioritize their cybersecurity efforts, and, what piece of security advice she would give that every person should know. Our chat, which has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity, follows. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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