Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Arnold Waldstein , who stops by periodically on my blog and always leaves relevant comments, made the observation that, “if I want to connect with you, I’ll engage with you on this blog …from there, a follow on Twitter, a link on LinkedIn are closing the loop of connection rather that opening a cold door.&# This is so true.

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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

See my Forbes article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ”. After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It Yet somehow many people think that startups intended to operate at massive, Internet scale can be casual affairs. The drive to succeed at all costs. We revere musicians.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

Actually, startups tend to drop the ball on recruiting the same way they mess up in PR. Startups need to aim for a constant buzz in the media in the same way that they should be bringing in a consistent flow of high quality talent--there's rarely a time when a growing company is out of the market for either. The Meetup Ground War.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

No matter what you may have heard or read in the blogosphere, there is simply no platform in the world where you can post a profile and expect money to start flowing. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Oblong, led by Kwin Kramer, which houses more MIT grads per startup than probably any other in LA. So his Twitter handle is @infoarbitrage and his excellent (must read) blog is Information Arbitrage. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The Truth About Building Startups from msuster. You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2024

The high-quality head, standing, sitting and waist-up shots will serve to support your new higher public profile. EO members can even publish their thought leadership right here on EO Blog. Develop a website or blog to showcase your work. and more articles from the EO blog. Flush out what you know.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. Hopefully this becomes the year that most of the startup teams you see have not only a business person and a tech person, but also a designer--and you start to see people looking for "design co-founders".

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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. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

I certainly don’t plan on writing one—but in a way, I write a book’s worth of content every year on my blog/newsletter/Substack/whatever the kids are calling long form these days. Medium reports that the ideal read for a post is 7 minutes or 1600 words—which means that every chapter is really just 4-5 Medium/blog/long form newsletter posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And that person has almost certainly chosen specifically to be a startup lawyer over serving other types of customers because he or she enjoys working with entrepreneurs. She was lamenting that some startups simply see their PR company as merely somebody who corrals the press when you want to get some inches. It’s a great read.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Define Your Brand Identity Before creating any online profiles or websites, you should establish a clear brand identity. Engaging content Blog posts, FAQs, and detailed product or service descriptions build trust and credibility. Optimize Your Google Business Profile For local businesses, a Google Business Profile (GBP) is essential.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

And by the time most companies get to an exit (which despite what you read on TechCrunch about all the high-profile early exits the most realistic case is still 8-10 years) often the founders own very little of the economic upside. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. Now that I do they’re willing to accommodate?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

For startups looking to fast-track their international acumen, entering international pitch competitions produced by the likes of Get in the Ring , SaaStock or SXSW can put you on the radar of international investors—or at least provide a master class in what you need to do to get there. Bake global into your business plan.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

No startup on the face of the earth has ever gotten so much free PR in the history of entrepreneurship. Momentum at the right time paves the way for startup success. I just had just written about Foursquare on my blog, so I was actually invited to his biz dev meeting, too. It takes a lot to achieve escape velocity as a startup.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Event planning Dropshipping Handmade crafts selling Pet sitting Social media management Repair service Blogging/vlogging Alternatively, consider more revolutionary business ideas like AI automation consulting or podcast-editing services. Note: Fines can definitely cost you more than your startup budget of $100. Hosting & Email.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 1, 2019

But if you think that breaches only affect high-profile companies, then you are mistaken. Can you imagine all of your hard work getting your startup off the ground going to waste like that? Thus, entrepreneurs must protect their startups with strong cybersecurity measures from the get-go. Understand the risks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

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.” I think the most limiting factor that stops startups from recruiting is the “we don’t have an open spec” or “we already have somebody doing that role” excuse. We know the mantra: Team matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

This morning’s show took on the topic of “teams” and highlighted research that Julia Rozovsky and Google has conducted called Project Aristotle and profiled in Charles Duhigg’s book Smarter, Faster, Better. I call this process “ triangulation ” and highlighted it that blog post I wrote on the topic.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. Most of the profiles of startups and investors are provided by Gust.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. What people don't know is how First Round got started and often people know less about the amazing background of one of its co-founders, Howard Morgan (everyone tends to know Josh Kopelman as one of the highest profile players in our industry overall).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I know some people think the whole market has been disrupted and startups and funding work differently these days. Deep pockets – In the previous posts I’ve compared tech startup investing with poker taking analogies of The Big Short & Delivering Happiness. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

No startup on the face of the earth has ever gotten so much free PR in the history of entrepreneurship. Momentum at the right time paves the way for startup success. I just had just written about Foursquare on my blog, so I was actually invited to his biz dev meeting, too. It takes a lot to achieve escape velocity as a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. It’s not.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Now a young startup wants to disrupt that. For verifying educational credentials, users upload their student badge or ID or use their institute’s assigned email ID to get their profiles verified. The startup has plans to verify users’ past work experiences and education by expanding its verification feature over time.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

In Southeast Asia, startups in this space that have raised funding over the past few months include Ajaib , Bibit and Stashaway —and that’s just a (very) partial list. He also founded a startup called Lana Group that was acquired by Line Group. Infina launched its app in January 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

I’ve started a recent series on PR at startups since I get asked for advice on this topic so often. The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ? After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. Perception = reality.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. What hogwash.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2019

And we’re continuing to profile some of the event’s premier speakers. He’s kept it old-school in a time when financial gain has become a primary goal for many tech startups. The post Steve Wozniak Shows Entrepreneurship Is a State of Mind, Not a Destination appeared first on THE BLOG. It was to build good computers.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Ammar also recently edited his LinkedIn profile saying that he is based in Dubai.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2021

This funding round will also support a ‘Creator Grant Program’ being set up by Clubhouse, which will be used to “support emerging Clubhouse creators” according to the startup’s blog post.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today, innovation has spurred a plethora of meat alternatives, but consumer skepticism and startup economics are still barriers to parity with real animal protein. Last year, the White House published a blog post attributing half of the price increases at the grocery store to beef, pork, and poultry.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

The new social networking app, from the same folks behind TTYL and others, lets you create a social profile that only your friends can post photos to — in other words, making your friends your own ‘paparazzi.’ Your profile will remain bare unless you can convince someone to upload photos of you. — Connor V.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 28, 2019

EO Accelerator helps startups and young organizations reach the US$1 million revenue mark through accountability and experience sharing. Learn more about EO’s work with early-stage entrepreneurs and startups through its accelerator program. . Within 12 months of entering the EO Accelerator program, we doubled our revenue.

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