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PR for Startups: Avoiding crickets after the Ta-Da!

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PR isn''t a one shot deal--it''s about constructing a story that will evolve over time. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists. You launch to the public, announce a funding, and then what? Venture Capital & Technology'

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The Problem with Startup Advice

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Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Why ever read another tech blog?

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

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Be careful about board construction. Since it is sometimes hard to get the full context from a conference presentation, I have included blog posts links on the topics in which I have written fuller posts in the presentation itself. Limit the number of VCs. Equally limit the number of management. What you agree / disagree with.

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How Employers Can Support Workplace Mental Health

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Assertive communication and constructive criticism will show your employees that you appreciate all the effort they put in, and have an understanding of their potential mishaps. The post How Employers Can Support Workplace Mental Health appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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How the Pick Two Rule helps entrepreneurs juggle priorities

Entrepreneurs' Organization

There is a common saying in construction that for every project, you can pick two of three attributes: speed, quality or price. . This Pick Two Rule of the construction world underscores a basic truth: While we can have everything we may want, we typically can’t have it all at once. He is also the host of The Elevate Podcast.

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The Importance of The Narrative

Both Sides of the Table

I talked specifically about it in the context of raising VC / establishing credibility over on the Sales School blog where there’s a video & a transcript. Keep it human -Far too many presentations, keynote speeches, conference panels or blog posts seem wooden. They’re going t0 publish all 4 parts of my talk.

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Seven Years in this League

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Seven years ago (yesterday, it seems… I had the date wrong in my calendar), I started this blog. The consistency of it provides constructive pressure to continuously find inputs and inspiration. I think that’s where people fall off the wagon when it comes to blogging. Blogging is taking batting practice.