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. Through this process he raised $2 million. It worked like a charm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2024

According to a study of 227 entrepreneurs in 46 countries by Founder Reports , 87.7% of entrepreneurs report struggling with one or more mental health issues. That’s an alarming statistic. In addition to high stress, financial concerns, and burnout, more than 50% of entrepreneurs report that they struggle with anxiety. Master the art of saying no.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Buyers will be also looking for publishers and content websites that spotlight the latest deals and advise on the best products and these sites should expect a huge bump in traffic. The below article is part of Robert Glazer’s LinkedIn Newsletter series and originally appeared on Glazer’s LinkedIn page. Games, Toys & Projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. This version is the shorter, ADHD version. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. Twitter is filled with people either bragging (complaining?) It has become part of modern life. I have taken to limiting my outbound email. I try to be helpful. My last one went out past midnight.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2019

Have you ever wondered where you’d have the best chance at start-up success in the APAC region? The original article appeared on ValueChampion’s blog here. . We used publicly available data to score countries based on their rank across these categories. percent) and high internet accessibility (81 percent).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

The company with the best team on the field will win. I wrote an entire blog post about this in the past highlighting my belief that you should hire people who “punch above their weight class.” It means a welter weight who wants to fight in the heavy-weight category. Individuals don’t build great companies, teams do.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Everybody was doing marketing blitzes, over-paying to steal the best staff, pimping out urban offices to the nines , and hiring in a frenzy. One of the wisest people I worked with in my career was Ameet Shah. He always was. But his favorite line was, “can you please slow down and explain this again? I’m only a 386 processor.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# A: It’s not best. The best thing to get is a “right sized&# valuation. We will continue to do more of this. This is wrong. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. Do it early.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That does not mean, however, that anyone else outside that category is unable to raise. This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean. If I told you I had the best idea since sliced bread, and I was raising $10k, you would assume a few things. Something else is at play.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I have too many portfolio companies without exits and I want to see some returns before I put too much more money into this category.&#. leaning on your best deals – The second scenario is the one we’ve already discussed – the ability to “lean” on deals that are doing well. This is actually the norm.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. We've assembled the best team of advisors--a vertible who's who of who's who--except that we don't know any of them, and they don't really know us either. Experience is good, but experience in this decade is even better. The Unicycle.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

People who are successful in their careers often arrive innocently at this sense of busy being best. Many of them grew up with hard-working parents who encouraged putting in the time to do your best. Many of them grew up with hard-working parents who encouraged putting in the time to do your best. It must be productive. (Or

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without industry-wide master unique identifiers for medical-surgical (med-surg) items, hospitals cannot easily compare products by their attributes to identify cost-savings opportunities, or map product selection to the best patient outcomes. The US hospital supply chain is one of the largest supply chains in need of an overhaul.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We just had our sixth episode of #TWiVC and I felt this one was the best. This week was had Jason Calacanis as our guest. It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We covered the topics discussed on VentureHacks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

That makes it a good time to set goals, recommit to best practices and set yourself up for a big year. Over the years, I have developed several best practices for setting annual goals and wanted to share them: Don’t Be Busy : Make 2024 the year you stop answering every “how are you?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage?

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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 ). This all got me thinking about a post on how to best work with lawyers. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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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. But the urgency addiction is a bad thing that I’m fortunate enough to get away with. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening. I’m not. Not everybody does.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. This post has a bit more than the serialized version, but if you prefer an even shorter version I created the ADAH version , which is < 50% the length. encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. It became the onramp for newbies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter, and follow my personal blog for more content. Here’s why it’s important: When you’re a seed-stage startup, the best way to stand out against a unicorn competitor is to try to do it all. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Answer: Yes, but CEOs? That’s complicated).”. The do-it-all’s.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Erin Yurday is the founder and CEO of NimbleFins , a startup that aims to educate consumers with data-driven research so they can make the best financial decisions for their individual situation. . The best countries for startups are well rounded. Written for EO by Erin Yurday. While any great business starts with an idea—that “aha!”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. I spent a bunch of time thinking about this position — especially since Beezer is an investor in Upfront Ventures. What percentage of their fund will you be? Beezer did.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. But it’s critical for your business, for you as a leader and people who excel at fund raising have an extreme advantage over those who do not. Below is the outline Upfront. It is CRITICAL that you not let this get inside your head.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The The prompts then lead to a brainstorming session for team members, and a scoring system allows the best potential ideas to come together. From these, figure out what the one thing your organization is best at. The ideas … have been very exciting to me and my team.”

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 10, 2021

This is a repost from the Launch413 blog. We already knew entrepreneurs were one of the best ways to create prosperity in our communities and we knew how to help them. Working together, Will, Paul, and Rick determined where ApprentiScope fell in each of the eight Scorecard categories. The VIRAL Scorecard – A Roadmap.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. Create your Gust profile to show off your venture in the best possible light. As such, the competition from an entrepreneur’s standpoint is very, very tough.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&# Of course I have. Can’t list them all.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a blog post , Microsoft said that it will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s AI research and deploy OpenAI’s AI systems across its consumer and enterprise products and “introduce new categories of digital experiences built on OpenAI’s technology.”

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. I judge the health of the creator economy by one single controversial factor: ease of access and probability of survival for its participants. That is, if you are someone who wishes to earn a minimum viable living being creative, what is the likelihood you’ll be able to do so?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

So much so that even the largest and best-known private fintech companies are suffering from embarrassing revaluations. There is a well-worn chestnut in Silicon Valley that no matter the market conditions, the best startups will always be able to raise. In contrast, the best startups, no matter the macro situation, will plug along.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Here are the eight best AI apps for managing your social media. for generating carousels and videos Publer for generating post text and images ContentStudio for staying on top of your content topics What makes the best AI social media management software? Consistency is a big part of social media success. But AI is changing the game.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

For this list, I dug deep through the pool of email clients for macOS, spent time testing each contender, and landed on these five apps as the best email clients for Mac. How we evaluate and test apps All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Those in the latter category tend to become disruptors, known in today’s vernacular as inventors, influencers or entrepreneurs. What’s the best way to deal with the reality that doubt and fear constitute the fabric of entrepreneurship? When You Shouldn’t Start a Business—And Why That’s the Best Time to Do It.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

How we evaluate and test apps All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category.

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