Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

With all of the knowledge in the room the person who stole the night wasn’t even on a panel. 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. The topic was “the future of television & the digital living room.&#.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2010

Each week there are so many great events, blog posts, videos, etc. produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Expensive venues? Pricey box lunches? Not necessary!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

I’m not trying to say my picks are great and other products aren’t and I’ll certainly forget some. But this is just a reflection midway in June 2015 of the some of the products I love, enjoy or use frequently, and am not an investor in. Uber – The second most profound application for me personally has been Uber.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

What social networking activity he does has seemed to be mostly automated, reposting directly from his blog, and there wasn’t much custom content for social media platforms. There was a bit of a Facebook presence, which the blog reposted to automatically, and a few Facebook Live’s most of which represented the altMBA. Make it personal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m going to save that for a future blog post. Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money). Key take aways: the CEO has got to be committed to leading PR personally or it won’t be successful. And market your brand, not your personality. He says this is a mistake.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

If you're an accomplished "personality" and you're looking to spread your message further, a publicist can help connect you to media to spread that message. Give them advance notice of news items, when you're speaking, or product launches. If so, share it with others on LinkedIn and tag me. Industry publications. Empowered PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. This is the person who lays the foundation of what should be built.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

So in 2019, she founded Casted , an audio and video podcast product aimed at B2B marketers. Once published, Casted provides access to a “fully searchable content archive” with transcription services and tagging. And now Casted has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. . million since its inception.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

Personally, I’m incredibly psyched about the scope of the vision and feel very lucky to be working with such a promising young team. I’ve always believed in small, private groups—dating back to when I first started blogging. Believe it or not, the average person doesn’t want to talk to 5000 people.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it as a way to learn, improve and increase my win rates. Or frankly, maybe they just believe that your competitor has a better product. For simplicity, let’s call this person inside your new potential customer, “the enemy.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. He ends up spending personal time trying to get through email. I live in email hell.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But, there are some things we can do to get closer: NFC tags and QR codes are tools that are designed to send just a tiny amount of information to mobile devices, and they're already everywhere—you've probably interacted with them recently and not even realized it. Sign up for free. But it requires a little bit more time to set up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. – and provide a way to facilitate a match between vendor and person needing service. The game then interacts with the physical world product.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Imagine, as an example, you upload a few of your own personal headshots. Developers and app creators can then integrate those personalized AI models into their apps, so they can build things like an image classifier, for example, or whatever cool, next-generation app idea they come up with. Design products.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

To ensure customers got personalized pricing quickly and in a scalable way, David created an online quote form. Although the form saved the team a home visit, it required highly skilled engineers to spend a ton of time meticulously tagging homeowner photos and log info across at least six different Google Suite tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2010

After a few days of controversial blog posts I thought I’d try something more light hearted today. But for me personally the extra overhead of this means that I can’t do it 100% of the time. My 2 cents: If I feel that I know the person well for whom the introduction is being asked (e.g. I like that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 3, 2016

The reality is that until you actually have an experience with that person—or their “brand”—it’s difficult to change your idea of their worth. Understanding not just your product competitor but also your talent competitor landscape is essential to your strategy. The post Separating Yourself from the Pack appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short. Ask me something very narrow that I can answer without typing a whole blog post length response. Fred Wilson nailed this in his “double opt in&# blog post. Most of us want to help.

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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. They use products because the products solve a need they have. He is both. Blah, blah, blah.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. I also talked about Virgin Money , a product that I have used to lend friends money in the past. Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. Too often, brands focus on just showcasing products or services, but the best way to attract your target market is to focus on the benefits your product or service brings. Build a content website or add a blog. Host a quiz.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 8, 2022

Instead of worrying about payroll, cash flow, or fundraising, I just had to focus on building a great product and growing its customer base. Zcruit had developed into a successful product working with over 90 Division 1 football programs. alone with a software product doing $50,000 in revenue. Four years later, I walked away.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The reality is that until you actually have an experience with that person—or their “brand”—it’s difficult to change your idea of their worth. Understanding not just your product competitor but also your talent competitor landscape is essential to your strategy. The post Separating Yourself from the Pack appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization. But when the right entrepreneur comes along they think, ‘I’ve got to join this person now. You’ve got less than 6 months’ cash in the bank and your product isn’t really fully baked.

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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. Obviously I’m assuming that you have a great product and/or strategy. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

It’s sort of like going to Vegas and marrying a good looking person without knowing more about what makes them tick. But then your customes start using your products, your competitors come out with new offerings and your business partners decide to launch a similar product rather than working with you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. 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. It’s a cool product and worth checking out.

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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. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

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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. In the scrappy phase it’s fun to be the person who set up QuickBooks and to watch every penny that goes out the door. Penny wise, pound foolish. I Love Scrappy.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. Well, duh, if you have 3 equal co-founders you personally have just diluted by 66.66% and you haven’t even raised a penny! You may be introverted and need the more externally facing person.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Quite the opposite. I don’t hold grudges.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Quite the opposite. I don’t hold grudges.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. My personal views? So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. His key quote is, “there are a couple things in this particular post that don’t work for me personally (every VC is different!). I’m a product geek more than a spreadsheet ninja. The product feedback will be invaluable. That notes only told part of the story.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 22, 2010

Hard to get into a deep product conversation about the iPad case when the lone Apple product you own was given to you by someone just to use for work.) However, a read of his blog depicts well considered intentionality, and I respect that. Tags: It's My Life Venture Capital & Technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. My job doesn’t involve the daily grind of customer complaints, product outages, business partner / channel problems, hiring / firing, etc.

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