Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s as good as it gets in personal productivity / life reflection. Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). I have my “hacks&# for delivering outputs that are meaningful while managing the daily life more chaotically than you might imagine.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

As we finish the week of International Women’s Day, what better story to share than one of a woman who created a whole new beverage category while pregnant with her fourth child, with three kids under the age of 6 and a US$50,000 budget!? As I was drinking my diet soda, I turned the can around. Who is this “ Wonder Woman ”?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Being in control over your awareness enables you to say, ‘I’m not going to visit the fear or anxiety areas of my mind. It was the subject of his TEDx talk, What Do Airplane Wings Teach Us About Life Balance? I’m going to focus on an area of calm so I can think logically and make decisions from that place.’”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. For investors life is no different. We are experiencing a frenetic time. What is one to do?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. What stage?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

Whatever you’re working on now, the half-life of innovation is so rapid now that your product will soon be out-of-date. 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.” We know the mantra: Team matters. Is this philosophy exaggerated?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. What stage?

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I have much on my mind since I just returned from a week on the road. I had to miss a full day with my family, camping in the mountains. I returned home Friday night at 10pm – too late to see my kids. It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. He told me, “I have $6,000 in my bank account. I left on a Sunday.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Have you ever wished for a way to give back that’s integrated with your life and your work? He has managed to seamlessly weave charity into his life and businesses through social entrepreneurship, employee volunteer programs and much more. “When I joined EO almost 10 years ago, my Forum did an activity around bucket lists.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. .” “….I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

Over winter break, I discovered the drawstring on my favorite flannel pants had been pulled completely into one of the holes. For a good template, check out Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning, which I’ve discussed in a previous Friday Forward and on my latest podcast episode. Make A “Stop Doing” List: Achievement is not about doing more.

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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 ). I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I have much on my mind since I just returned from a week on the road. I had to miss a full day with my family, camping in the mountains. I returned home Friday night at 10pm – too late to see my kids. I returned home Friday night at 10pm – too late to see my kids. It’s 4.50am. Sunday morning.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. My bold statement is that there has never been a better time for Creators by that objective function. I judge the health of the creator economy by one single controversial factor: ease of access and probability of survival for its participants. A singer who wants to sing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2016

One of my first big projects of 2016 is realizing a super aggressive integrated marketing strategy. Even though I created this strategy, many of the necessary steps to make this successful aren’t aligned with my skill sets or interests. Management of my newsletter & blog. Management of my YouTube channel.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Does this investor’s expectations match what I want for this company, and for my life? Favorite business book, blog, podcast? I love teaching.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I recently survived Hurricane Irma as she unleashed all the fury of a Category 5 storm on South Florida. Despite the mandatory evacuation order, I chose to stay through the storm, riding it out on the 9th floor of my Miami condominium building. I made it through better off than many of my fellow Floridians. By around 11 p.m.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Acquiring early customers fall in the same category: Why should they trust you over a larger, more established competitor? The head banner for the Coca-Cola website tells the story — this isn’t about a tasty drink, this is about happy people enjoying life. They’re adventurous, young, full of life and enjoyment.

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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. However, joining the ranks of disruptors doesn’t mean a life of pure adventure and excitement—it also means stress. Fortunately, my wife was graduating from law school.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2016

When I had to close my B2B marketing and branding agency in September of 2014, that feeling of optimism shifted toward scarcity and desperation. When I had to close my B2B marketing and branding agency in September of 2014, that feeling of optimism shifted toward scarcity and desperation. That was the point of the exercise.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At that point, downtime wasn’t an option, but my inability to “switch off” began to beget consequences, starting with tiredness and escalating to mood swings, irritability and exhaustion. I cancelled my plans for the following weekend and dedicated it to getting my life back. Something had to change. I fired both clients.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

I'm a writer, so I spend a big chunk of my time doing research. That's why I was so excited to get my hands on Google's new AI chatbot, Google Bard. Power up your Google apps with automation Learn how That has the potential to make my job a lot easier. But obviously, it's not quite that simple.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In all the podcasts I listened to and blogs I read, there was a consistent refrain: "You need to set aside time to think big." Get the Zapier blog in your inbox Subscribe So, I crowdsourced the answers. Last July, I launched a business. It was a big decision (and risk!), so I wanted to be as prepared as I possibly could.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

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. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Quality of life improvements. A great user experience.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. I worked with my colleague Akshat Dixit to co-write this research. . Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. We list all of them below.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

As such, companies that offer that technology to merchants are unsurprisingly growing more competitive with each other. Case in point. This past week, San Francisco–based Affirm announced it was making its buy now, pay later technology available to U.S. businesses that use Stripe’s payments tech.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Use automation to share, engage, and cross-post without lifting a finger Learn how I researched and tested every AI tool for social media management that I could get my hands on, and I found a lot of useful options. Based on all that testing, here are my picks for the best AI-powered social media management apps. Quite the opposite.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

I've spent a lot of time reading and developing style guides, and this article will tell you everything you need to know about building a content style guide, from what it is, to whether your company truly needs it, to how to put one together. What is a style guide? A brand style guide contains a design style guide and a content style guide.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

To trace the line of thought to its source: I can only invest in a founder I meet, and I can only meet a founder I know about, so I spend a lot of my time reaching out to founders and probable future founders—but that still only scratches the surface. Reporting out in batches of five.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

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. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Hate every journaling app?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Shane Sams: Shane Sams, I’m the host of the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast and the Shane Sams Show, which is a tongue twister and I did it on purpose just to make my team mad. Shane shares the story of him and his wife in how they started monetizing their knowledge and how you can too. Many new business owners are struggling.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2020

Together, they develop strategies and make presentations around the world with the intention of finding high-quality ventures that participate in the different categories of the award. The other was Ayumi Matsuzaka who founded DYCLE , a project that re-invents a baby diaper’s life-cycle. The connective power of the network .

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

When folks want to vent/disparage VC they should feel free to use the ambiguous category. When you read a thought leadership blog post from a VC – is it actually advice for founders… or is it to establish expertise so LPs keep giving them more money? Reporting out in batches of five. Called “LPs” or Limited Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. You can imagine my reluctance to read a book with a title full of such bluster. My 2 biggest positives: 1. The Deferred Life (DL) Plan - This point alone makes the book worth reading. Can’t hurt.&#.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2021

He’s also the cohost of the Access To Anyone podcast, exploring how you can get to know anyone you want to in business and in life using everything from the latest technology to the most time tested principles (including the Art of the Ask). This is why it’s important to have translators in your life even if you are a great one.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2024

This year, I will celebrate my 10-year EO member anniversary, and I must confess: I simply cannot understand members who say that they’ve done it all, seen it all in EO, or have outgrown their experience. With a 20-second schedule check to make sure the dates did not overlap with my kids’ schedules, I excitedly accepted the honor.

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