Derek Sivers

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Get more specific about what’s needed. When you have a vague or distant goal — like “be a great singer” or “make a million from my music” — break it down into specific ingredients. Most people know what they want, but don’t know how to get it. But a little research can turn a vague desire into specific actions.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2021

They had constructed a very specific story about how that company’s features would win out over and above the deal that they missed. By waiting, they’re betting against you—and it’s your job to figure out what it is specifically that they don’t believe you can do. Founders get “happy ears”. You’re kind of a jerk. You wouldn’t.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One of the most common questions we get from early stage founders is “what should I put in my data room?” Gantt chart for the fundraise Where does this round of funding get your team? How is the company’s go-forward budget split across platform investments and program-specific spend? key in vivo data results).

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2020

Sometimes, if you seem well connected to other founders or VCs, that will get you a meeting—because you don’t want to miss something everyone else has seen. Ask Pointed, Specific Questions Do you lead? Do you think the outcome could be as specifically big as I do? They’ll get back to you right away without you prompting it.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s just meant to share some transparency around how to best get me and, I think, others to engage. As the person giving the advice, doing a half-assed job of getting someone all the information they need is pretty unsatisfying—so that becomes a barrier to wanting to do it at all. a really wide range of stuff.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

It was the first time the event was broadcast to the public, giving sports fans and collectors a unique opportunity to engage with Mahomes and get their hands on rare memorabilia. Getting in touch with the investor directly (always the gold standard!)

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

What are the benefits of marketing to a specific audience? Marketing to a specific audience helps you focus on sharpening your value proposition — the “it factor” of your product that tells why someone should care to invest in it. How can I best get feedback from my audience? How do I find my target audience?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2020

When it comes to financial goals, most of us know what we would ideally like to reach, but not many of us know how to set a specific financial trajectory for a frontier we have not yet pioneered. S – Specific. Be SPECIFIC. Be SPECIFIC. Identify and write down the few specific goals you have for growing financially.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

In MyEO groups, you can: • Gather a group for a poker night • Sail with EO members in the Caribbean Sea • Learn how to write and publish a book • Enjoy a whiskey-tasting tour • Learn and share industry-specific knowledge. Here are the five specific MyEO groups that have been life-changing for me: 1. Early birds get the worms!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2023

For social media: Engagement rates: What kind of posts get the most engagement from your audience? Click-through rate: This is the number of clicks your posts get, indicating which calls-to-action drive the most engagement from your type of audience. Find aspects shared by those posts and build content around them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 29, 2023

However, if your company is new to digital marketing, it can take some time to identify your specific needs. On the other hand, if you run a small business in one city and are trying to reach a specific age group, your total spend will be much lower. Determine which social channels you will use. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

No matter how cutting edge or sophisticated, from a technology perspective, your product might be, you’ll still need to present compelling metrics to get a deal signed. You can use a bottoms-up or top-down approach (or both) to identify these pain points, but eventually you need to converge to a specific line-of-business problem to focus on.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

When I first started getting this question, my answer was “open a Coinbase account and buy Bitcoin.” That last paragraph is not meant to be specific. I am not recommending any specific assets here. A number of friends have been asking us how to buy crypto assets. It is meant to be illustrative.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2023

In March, EO recognizes and celebrates women entrepreneurs with its second annual EmpowHER virtual conference , which focuses on the specific challenges women in business experience. Because it requires hard work to get to the root of the problem. Why are organizations struggling to address burnout effectively? Named to the 2022 Inc.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 7, 2024

But recently, a few savvy consumer founders have found ways to improve retention by applying specific methods — in some cases, increasing their N-Day D30 retention by a whopping 10-15% (which our benchmarking study identifies as going from “okay” to “great”). They show what you are missing, and invite you to contribute to the product.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Many teams at Zapier have already created specific-purpose chatbots that give career advice, translate corporate jargon into plain English, suggest gift ideas, and finesse feedback for employees. In this blog post, I'll walk you through exactly how to create your own chatbot using Interfaces—and offer a few ideas on specific use cases.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Identify the specific champion within the organization who owns that problem, not the person who wants to buy AI Relatedly, selling to enterprises requires identifying the specific person within the organization who owns the problem , not necessarily the person who’s most excited about AI.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing can be an extremely valuable strategy for any business, but particularly startups trying to get their foot in the door. This is even more relevant when it comes to PPC as you will be targeting specific keywords that match up to the search intent of the user. Understand your audience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

But it is focused specifically on educational content for teenagers. “We They aren’t designed specifically for education. Essentially, Revyze wants to unbundle education videos from TikTok — a very large social platform — so that they get the attention they deserve. When you open the app, you get a TikTok-like feed of videos.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Uber), Judge William Alsup asked rhetorically, “Is an engineer really supposed to get a frontal lobotomy before they go to the next job?” The court criticized the plaintiff for failing to “identify any specific design routes,” and instead seeking to prevent the defendants from designing any software at all. “Is

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

A brief about your company and products might seem non-essential if you don't work with external contractors , but it's crucial for onboarding new employees and getting in-house employees on the same page. Help Scout's style guide is an excellent example of getting it just right.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

A lot of my work as a consultant involves helping founders come up with a good fundraising story, but a surprising number of founders seem to get stuck on the next step: Finding the right investors and landing a meeting to pitch their companies. So here it is: A sure-fire way to get in front of the right investors, at the right time.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Another, similar tactic: ask it to choose from a specific list of options for better responses. For example, say you're looking for ways to help your customers overcome a specific challenge. GPT-3 gets them completely wrong. To be clear, King Renoit was never mentioned in the Song of Roland. If you ask GPT-3.5

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Few people love the software they use to get things done. Users can input a text prompt, sketch, or 3D model, and instantly get a photorealistic rendering to further iterate on. It’s rare that you get exactly what you want on the first run. If you re-ran the same prompt, you’d get completely different results.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

It is a great resource for minority entrepreneurs with a more specific funding need. Through this competition, you get the chance to network with possible investors, and also win between $1000 to $50,000 in funding for their business. From this collaboration, businesses can get funds of up to $10,000. Website: [link].

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Schulman views one of Pave’s goals as getting companies to go from doing their D&I analysis from once a year, to doing it consistently. The company plans to build diversity and inclusion-specific dashboards that allow companies to see inequities and access ways or suggestions to improve their breakdown.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Image Credits: Vessel Capital While the capital will be invested mainly in startups focusing on application-specific infrastructure, the firm is open to exploring other categories as well, Uddin said. “On Venture funds get announced all the time, but we really wanted to treat this like we’re launching a new startup.”

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 5, 2024

Unlike programming tools like GitHub Copilot, security-specific products like Microsoft Security Copilot face skepticism. Despite these challenges, there are specific security use cases where generative AI can be beneficial, such as post-incident investigation and code review.

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Red Rocket

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Paid Media Paid media is buying your way into getting discovered. This too requires disciplined tracking and reporting tools, and can assess campaign performance/conversions and properly attribute cross channel marketing touchpoints to a specific customer. Some companies engage specific agencies for each point solution (e.g.,

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. I recommend doing a bit of shadowing work or general cross-training between your teams to help them get a better grasp of what the others are working on.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Yes, you can screw up some things, but there’s one task you can’t get wrong: you’ve got to pick the right, critical advisors or coaches, the ones who will keep you on track to accelerate toward your dream. It just may help you get your new business funded. “We Go out and get me some customers. How important is coaching?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 30, 2023

SECTION 1 Incorporates entrepreneur support as one of the functions of state workforce boards SECTION 2 Explicitly makes entrepreneurial skills programs eligible to receive funds SECTION 3 Provides specific options to include entrepreneurship within career services offerings SECTION4 Establishes parameters for multistate DOL research study to inform (..)

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Highnote launched to the public today, allowing musicians, podcasters, and other creators to collaborate on audio files by recording voice notes directly over a track, making timestamped reactions, and creating polls to get opinions. There’s also the option to create polls to prompt the listener with questions at a specific time.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

But it's worth diving in for the quality you'll get. It's time to get started. You can type in whatever you want, but if you need some inspiration to get started, here are a few to try: A Canadian man riding a moose through a maple forest, impressionist painting. Be specific.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Specifically, it harkens back to the old 1980s and ’90s Space Quest games, and the company itself, Wilco, is apparently named after Space Quest’s main protagonist, Roger Wilco. Aaaanyway — sorry, my 8-bit nerd is showing, and nostalgia does occasionally get the better of me. Where were we? Slides in this deck.

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Founder Bounty

MARCH 16, 2023

Ultimately, the best Canva alternative for you will depend on your specific needs and preferences. If your looking to get help on your business idea make sure to check out founderbounty. It offers a library of templates, images, and fonts to choose from. It's worth trying out a few options to see which one works best for you.

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