This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

I have one failed attempt at a startup under my belt as a founder and I don't have any particularly usable skills that anyone would pay for like selling, designing, building, etc. Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. I mean, what do I know?

advice 412

advice startup VC strategy 412

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. Pose is no different.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2024

Don’t miss our previous posts on How to Protect Your Mental Health When Starting a Business and 5 Strategies To Change Your Inner Dialogue From Critic to Advocate and 3 Steps to Safeguard Your Mental Health and Become a Better, More Effective Leader. How will she handle the pressure?

peer-to-peer 253

peer-to-peer founder health entrepreneurship 253

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

Twitter was right to make the changes they made to how Meerkat uses their “social graph” What did Twitter actually do? What Twitter did to @AppMeerkat was smart – and unusual for them to do to an early app. 2/ it shows how big the opportunity for live video, and owning the “go live now” network can be.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

These shifts are also likely to change how people work and shop far into the future and accelerate the pace of changes already underway. The below article is part of Robert Glazer’s LinkedIn Newsletter series and originally appeared on Glazer’s LinkedIn page. These behavioral shifts are creating rapid changes in our economy.

health 307

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night.

mix-use 418

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 13, 2012

After all, lots of the code required to build web services are now available off the open source shelf--and many of the processes formally asked of the code are being worked into the language itself, like with Ruby on Rails. Despite the app building apps, new development platforms like mobile reverse this trend.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you. Such that during that time, Chris “learned how to learn.”. West Coast”).

entrepreneurship 281

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Should I use AI to help with a blog? Local SEO How often have you searched stores or services near your location on Google Maps? More importantly, how often do you look beyond the first few business options at the top of the results? Today’s online environment is noisy and foggy. What about social media?

strategy 242

strategy media creativity education 242

American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

They leverage technology to promote their content creation, particularly the internet and social media, to reach audiences, build communities, and often monetize their work. Software and app developers design and build digital tools, apps, or software.

collaboration 98

collaboration education media communities 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. If you’re in the minority that never read them – you should.

real estate 334

real estate strategy development enablement 334

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? ” YouTube takes 45%.

networking 366

networking media strategy technology 366

Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

NOT spending time on the accelerator building the product. I've been an alum of Dreamit twice. The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. We didn't have a live product, but we had an insane buzz around us, with a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign and 'The Next Angry Birds' quote from Techcrunch.

startup 334

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. Enter Salesforce.com.

incumbents 376

incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 376

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

If you want to build an eCommerce site, it won't take a developer long to get you up and running on Shopify. Even the one time blogging platform of choice Wordpress can, without a lot of hassles, can be manipulated to be your entire site's content management system. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana.

incubation 268

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

Since I was little, I was always looking to build things. literally building things! That experience taught me that I could build things in other ways, so that’s how I came to study Computer Science. I remember with special appreciation how insightful the Forum session was for me. My dad was the main inspiration.

entrepreneurs 286

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

This only makes the stress build up inside you. Many entrepreneurs are reliant on outside funding, whether angel investors, venture capitalists or strategic investors , to keep the venture going. It turns out that this is even true for a number of entrepreneurs I know who had profitable enterprises before the pandemic. Join a CEO peer group.

peer-to-peer 321

peer-to-peer startup advice entrepreneurs 321

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. In our next meeting I asked them how often it crashed. 4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. You already know it from your personal lives. On measurement.

startup 346

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. Explain how you’ll solve the problem.

advice 348

advice entrepreneurs sustainability pitching 348

Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

Why it will revolutionize the way we shop, browse, and learn Source: openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins The electrifying launch and global adoption of ChatGPT has been amazing to witness. OpenAI’s latest announcement solves for both, introducing support for plugins and giving us a glimpse into the first AI App Store.

creativity 257

creativity disruption development opportunity 257

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. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And then came AOL.

networking 318

networking mix-use innovation development 318

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Corporate wellness programs have become commonplace, with companies offering everything from gym memberships to meditation apps. How can they design and implement programs that employees will actually participate in and benefit from ? So what can organizations do to make their corporate wellness efforts work?

corporate wellness 234

corporate wellness culture consulting health 234

Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 6, 2024

Anyone – yes, even you – can build a web app, saving you both time and money. Well, allow me to say with the same confidence: Anyone can build an app. Anyone can build an internal tool. A big part of the reason I started Blaze.tech is to empower non-developers to build apps and automation tools.

mix-use 207

mix-use development consulting entrepreneurs 207

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

You need to take months & years to build relationships with journalists. I wrote about how to build relationships with journalists in this post. There is obviously no black-or-white answer, but I’ve tried everything from working a large international agency, to hiring in-house people to doing it myself.

startup 349

startup pitching advice consulting 349

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With most in-person events currently paused, here’s how one EO chapter is using a creative approach to make 150+ “micro-collisions” among members to drive relationships and value. How did you come up with this initiative to grow EO member connections? We asked Brad about this exciting new initiative. That hurts engagement.

networking 253

networking entrepreneurs creativity opportunity 253

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. I’d strongly encourage you to read it. I laughed as I did at much of his rant.

peer-to-peer 384

peer-to-peer strategy culture advice 384

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 15, 2022

Every app, channel and brand is, too. You either build the skill of focus or fall into the consumption patterns someone else designed to keep you doing what they want you to do. You either build the skill of focus or fall into the consumption patterns someone else designed to keep you doing what they want you to do.

leadership 254

leadership accelerator entrepreneurs culture 254

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It''s a story of a mechanical engineer turned startup entrepreneur who has seen how NYC actually works (and built a company to help it run smooth) from as deep undergroud as the East Side Access Project under Grand Central and as high as the roof of the NY Times building. Just introduce yourself and offer yourself up as a resource. "

peer-to-peer 346

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

media 84

media strategy education collaboration 84

NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this blog, we’ll break down everything you need to know, from choosing the best business structure to getting professional help. It impacts your tax obligations such as how much tax you’ll pay and when to pay them, as well as your ability to raise funding. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

startup 105

startup consulting sustainability frameworks 105

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]. Then came AOL.

networking 297

networking innovation development opportunity 297

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are the top blog posts EO published on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Read the post to learn how to implement this time-saving process in your company. OKRs-Objectives and Key Results-have transformed how I do business. These insights from top entrepreneurs benefit EO members plus the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. But the No.1

consulting 211

consulting real estate entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurs 211

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

Unfortunately, as long as content is produced by people who send nastygrams to people building great consumption experiences , like Pulse, and who want us to download a new app for every site we visit, you can expect little change. What’s even more fantastic is that it also goes to my Kindle Android app.

venture capital 314

venture capital creativity sustainability capital 314

StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

media 78

media strategy education collaboration 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

When we got out of prison Trevor began describing the startup he and his co-founder, Jeremy Gordon , wanted to build. This is certainly true in how startups raise money from VCs. It is true in how founders share progress and issues with boards. Announcing Projector?—?A Yes, I always imagined announcing the company that way.

startup 191

startup collaboration creativity media 191

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. . Not sure how to network? Build your professional network with resources such as these: Four Cs of Networking . What makes an entrepreneur? A passion for connection. Self-discipline.

entrepreneurs 236

entrepreneurs peer-to-peer creativity networking 236

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

One thing that struck me is how diverse the cityscape is outside of Manhattan. I don't think they're open to how varied a life you can live here. I'm afraid that they're conceding too much about how they want to live, how they get treated by others, and who they portray themselves to be in an effort to be accepted or successful.

communities 307

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