David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The next step is to create a social media post with these examples, tagging all relevant VCs/PEs, with a message like ‘Check out intel on your raises and other similar deals we could have helped you predict’. This was cross-posted on Integrity Research’s blog. You can buy it here and read the entire PDF here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no,

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you keep all your relationships in one place, then you’ll need to use tags or another identifier to isolate the folks that really matter to you. iPhone address book. We looked for systems which used tagging as their core data model, instead of categorization. We tag each email appropriately: NNTR=No Need to Respond.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Start blogging about what you *are* excited about. Pick up a ruby book and learn some code. Learn how to drive traffic to your blog using Google keywords. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Show up for a startup event. Join communities of innovators. Follow awesome startup people on Twitter. No kung fu skills?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Build a content website or add a blog. Start by offering something of value for free to your potential audience in exchange for an email address, such as a discount coupon for your products, a free e-book, workbook, or even a free trial period for your service. Publish a book. Image source: Instagram ). It’s that simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Orchard for e-Books”. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Tags: Start-up Advice. They sponsor TWiVC. He’s a one-man show who hasn’t raised VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

John Batelle profiles this well in his book The Search. When Brad Feld lists a book on his blog with an affiliate link that he monetizes is that wrong? Should affiliate links to Amazon be acceptable in a blog but not in Twitter or Facebook? Tags: Tech Market Analysis. I don’t think so.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. So cheeky Chamillionaire went to Universal wearing the tags from every other label he had visited. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. Tags: Startup Advice. Here’s what I learned.

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StartupNation

APRIL 27, 2021

Your passion will shine through in whatever you do, whether that be writing a book or creating a YouTube channel. Look at products on Amazon, conduct a Google search, review websites and blogs related to the topic and see what they’re promoting and how they’re doing it. Writing a book. You’ll be less likely to quit.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2020

I remember growing up reading that a Coca-Cola cost five cents, and seeing the old New Yorker magazine covers with a price tag of 15 cents, and awing over the price of a Ford Model T of $850. It’s an economic history lesson in 15,000 words, which admittedly is a third the length of a typical business book. The key idea is this.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. But I believe much of it can be learned from reading great books, reading online and testing out the principles yourself.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work. Linkedin.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. In this space you don’t have a pre-assigned space but rather book space like a hotel. Do tell … Tags: Start-up Advice Tech Market Analysis. As they showed me around the CIC I was instantly envious.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. To anyone who believes his data proves anything please do me a favor and go read The Black Swan – my favorite book of the past 5 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. So BuildOnline kept the employees on their books and they did subcontracting work for our company, Koral. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. We had the consent of the acquiring company to take them yet US regulation prohibited it.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in an established media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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Derek Sivers

MARCH 1, 2022

I write almost everything important in my life: thoughts, plans, notes, diaries, correspondence, code, articles, and entire books. I convert them into HTML to make websites, or LaTeX to make books. I’ve written four books and four hundred blog posts in plain text. I refer to them often. They are also a history of my life.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, you might set up an automation that tags email contacts with any new information you receive about them, like demographic details and job characteristics. Save time by automating Email marketing automation allows you to complete detailed tasks that would be impossibly time-consuming to do manually.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. Hire a part-time accounting clerk to do the data entry and prepare the monthly books. Tags: Startup Advice. Thank you, Justyn, for bringing up this important topic.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Inside your prompt, you'll want to tag the keyword that you used to train your model. I refuse to slap 8 pictures of my face into a blog post, so Leap AI's example will have to do—but it works, I promise. Generate images based on your custom model's data Now for the fun part. Design products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. Any and all welcome.

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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 think you’ll end up with a newer lawyer who’s trying to build her book of businesses. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Adding full lifecycle data and industry exposure tags to that, across such a large number of companies, often enables us to see trends ahead of the market, such as retail decimation a few years ago.” AskAnything.VC aggregates resources from all the VCs. Proprietary resource.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Adding full lifecycle data and industry exposure tags to that, across such a large number of companies, often enables us to see trends ahead of the market, such as retail decimation a few years ago.” AskAnything.VC aggregates resources from all the VCs. Proprietary resource.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

You can also leave your own tips for fellow Welcome users, mark the list as a favorite, and add tags. The team developed custom tools that pick up keywords in the articles from publishers and turn them into tags. Still, Welcome’s underlying data and parsing engines are interesting. million places its database.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In the industry they’re known as “conference ho’s.&# OK, they’re known as conference “whores&# but that sounded too harsh for a blog post. If you’re in the services business, looking to sell books or work in sales I get why you might spend more time at conferences. Tags: Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2010

My wife reads a blog every day that she loves (and highly recommends to everybody) called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. She loves it and always has such great stories to tell me about the blog in the evenings when we talk about life. Read this book (“The Alchemist&# ) if you want a reminder about enjoying the journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand. My 2 biggest negatives about the book: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog. So when I saw the merely mortal Tristan with a normal sized Twitter following I clicked through to his link, saw his blog, saw that he was a second year at Stanford and just thought, “hey, he seems like an interesting guy. before having 300k followers!).

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi , now the No. ” People’s real lives are made up of many unperfect moments that are worthy of being captured and shared, too, a company blog post explains. 1 app on the App Store.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 7, 2010

I am happy to announce the availability of BERKONOMICS in book channels worldwide, including the eBook edition from Amazon. This book and workbook contain all the material from the BERKONOMICS emails and blogs and much more. Soft cover book ( $20.00 Tags: General. your cost , $37.50 your cost , $37.50

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

In another post I’ll talk about how PR has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or you can just read Brian Solis’s blog or buy his book on the subject. Most notably you need to understand Earned Media and how blogging, public speaking and social media play an important role in the new PR landscape.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

Amazon is *nailing* this with books. Click, I have a book everywhere I read. 3) Remix, Comment, Blog, Tweet. Now, I’m much more likely to share something on Twitter than I am to tag it in del.icio.us. Sharing links on my blog is to cumbersome, but I’d do it if I had a better clipping tool that posted.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Grab lunch, read a book, or go for a quick walk. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. You can tag your work periods by what you're doing, and the analytics track when you're most productive. Use the timer to keep yourself honest.

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