Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She not only rented out her room but also rented the couch. She not only became an expert in SEO, she began consulting in SEO to continue to make ends meet and she became a speaker on the topic. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) She found non-traditional financing. She never gave up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

The clearest indicator here is a wave of consolidation: You generally don’t want to be the only “little guy” left standing after the heavy hitters buy up all your competitors. Not only will you have trouble finding a buyer, but you’ll suddenly be up against much better-resourced adversaries. Uplevel your board and exec team.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

Much to our delight (and admittedly, surprise), it was standing room only for both sessions (and that was after we were moved to a larger room – both times). We know from various studies that only one or two out of ten equity investments will produce outsized returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Your main competitor just raised $75 million and took all of the oxygen out of the room. He has staked his reputation on a project to use the software of some shitty 2-year-old startup company because he believes! To be kicked a lot and still keep standing. Despite the fact that only the Lotto winners get reported.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

By planning your campaign around the stages of the customer journey, you can ensure that your emails are relevant not only to who your target is, but also to where they are at a particular point in time. Plan your campaign in stages The B2B email marketing cycle should more or less mirror the B2B customer journey. But when I'm at work?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. The overwhelming encouragement and support not only gave me practice, it also built my confidence. When you arrive in front of the Sharks, you’re asked to stand in silence for up to a minute while they set the cameras. Wonderful” O’Leary—the only shark left.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

Team is the only thing that matters. Only hire A players. Well, A players are discerning and tend to only want to join somewhere where they perceive other A players are. 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.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” In the article is cites: Page estimates that only about 50 investors are chasing the real breakthrough technologies that have the potential to make a material difference to the lives of most people on earth. They get to sit in the back of the room, snicker, criticize and yet enjoy the benefits of our efforts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

Even if every single person in the room believes otherwise–and that room is filled with people who you believe are more experienced, more intelligent and more prepared than you are–do what your instincts tell you you do. I apologise if this sounds insensitive, but you are only allowing yourself and others to be bullied.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2013

In fact, not only did I start hitting, but I played well enough to earn a spot on the "A" team over the second season later that summer. We say they are, but the reality is that there's an important social and professional standing that furthers our careers. 2) Work harder. I succeeded. But lists are b t, right?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

So, if you want to get to six-figures fast, you only need 200 out of the seven billion humans running around this joint to make it happen. Man, I would go to school at 5:30 AM, come home after football practice or the weight room at 7:00, and I had like an hour and a half after I saw my kids, to actually sit down and build a business.

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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. But they should be open-ended enough to give your mind room to explore. But what did it mean ? Where were you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2011

17 of my Twitter follower told me to go to Pat’s and only 5 told me to go to Geno’s. And a guy that I had seen several times comment to me on Twitter & my blog, Brian Sierakowski (from the Greater Baltimore Tech Council) had sent me a Tweet asking if I’d come to meet entrepreneurs in Baltimore. I had a free day.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. I grew up doing puzzles in my room for hours. It’s both your curse and your secret sauce.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

You can only have a certain amount of clients working a full time job. First, you can call it a blog, small biz technology was the second company that I sold 20 years ago, to the date last year or two years ago. Point is, Smart Hustle, Alisa, I was just tired of being the tech guy only. Ramon Ray: But I think something is right.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros. Standing in the “groupie&# line after a conference is NOT the best way to meet somebody. Give them the short list (2-3 people maximum) that you would love their help in meeting. An even better way to meet.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

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A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I can only teach you my style. Others can only teach you theirs. Your values are tested only when the decisions are tough, like losing money, hurting your brand, firing a highly-productive employee who isn’t a culture-fit, or a wonderful culture-fit who isn’t able to be productive. They will do crazy things to save $2.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 23, 2020

In this blog, I will share with you my five-step process for building a killer pitch. With most investors, you only get one bite at the apple. 2 - Focus Now that you have all the information that might go into your deck, you need to bring some focus to your presentation. I wrote a blog on nailing the start of your pitch.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

So not only is there less competition for new businesses right now, but some sectors can even thrive since others are trying to just save cash. Business Idea #2: Content Remixing With so many social media platforms nowadays, this service is going to get even MORE popular. But that's exactly how everyone else feels.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. Current shows generally only have 5 episodes at a time, which makes the service pretty mediocre as far as consumer value goes. Older shows might allow a single season.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

Fred Wilson wrote a Tweetstorm and then did a blog post on the topic. I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. Engagement. They are synergistic.

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 8, 2022

General Assembly’s email newsletter example is effective for two reasons: (1) it offers up a wealth of upcoming content and (2) keeps that content simply organized. For an image-centric newsletter, you’ll want to make sure your offer or call-to-action stands out in another way (i.e. Why it works. Penguin Random House. pops of color).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Only then can I even care about product, market or their nebulous “fit.&#. Nearly every company faces its crisis moments and only through the inspiration , focus and dedication of the leadership can you motivate teams to dig in deep and come out the other side stronger. I only got my ass kicked twice in front of others.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Some respondents use specialist virtual data room providers; Intralinks or SecureDocs were used by 8% of respondents. We’ve tried just about everything for team task management from Asana to Trello to Wunderlist to Dapulse ; our current favorite is Airtable , whose flexibility allows for a variety of standing and ad hoc task lists.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The film highlights a nationwide school system called KIPP Schools (knowledge is power program) that teach only in lower-income neighborhoods. They have produced the only measurable increase in test schools for lower-income areas in the past 40 years on a sustainable basis. Appendix (personal note only for those interested).

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