Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 17, 2023

You’d be surprised by what kinds of unexpected things can make investors say “no” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

There’s a Specific Strategy For Getting Capital When Sentiment Turns Sour. There’s only one thing that entrepreneurs have complete control over, and that’s picking the market they want to operate in.” I’m paraphrasing wisdom shared by entrepreneur/investor Jeff Kearl at a conference.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 14, 2022

And Why I Demand Liquidation Preferences, Too Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I like to work with people who hate to lose. You need to be extremely gifted on some fronts to be enormously successful as an entrepreneur – but still human. I had to say it. Competitiveness - One attribute that I believe most VCs look for in entrepreneurs is competitiveness. I know I do. I’m not a poor loser at all.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2019

If you're an investor, employee, or just user of a large media distribution network, please ask the hard questions about the responsibilities of those platforms to prevent the spread of hate and violence--again and again until these platforms take their role seriously.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Still: I hate selling companies. I hate when it’s time to graduate. You cherish the moments together and just like family: You fight, you argue, you cause unnecessary drama but in the end in great board relationships – in healthy board relationships like in family – you have each other’s backs. You accept it.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 11, 2021

Although a tyrant, his decision-making is pure genius Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 4, 2023

I also don’t think an AI has my humanity, my ego, my empathy, my love, or my hate. I have put a lot of what is in my brain onto the page here at AVC. But I have not put all of it. Maybe someday that will change. But we are not there yet. I think we are a long way from that.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 7, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss The value of women founders in combatting short-termism, How hate mail can be an entrepreneur’s secret weapon. As far as I’m concerned, the hate mail that doesn’t hurt you only makes you stronger, and sometimes you have to dig through a pile of you-know-what to uncover the nugget of gold.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2022

3 indicators you’re pleasing the wrong customers, and exactly why I’m ditching them (to grow a successful secret venture). Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 21, 2021

It only took me 17 years to learn this Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 8, 2023

First things first: Why do you hate networking? Keep in touch, Daniel Why You Hate Networking and How to Change That was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. For most, networking feels uncomfortable or even dirty.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 2, 2023

Don’t take all the bait — just the nugget of gold Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

And as I moped in self-pity the last 2 weeks of December and reflected about how much I hate December I came across this blog post by Brad Feld that really spoke to me. I hate Decembers. I hate the fact that my routine is thrown off. I hate the fact that my routine is thrown off. I hate the cold. I always have.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

When people describe what they hate about networking, they often use the word “transactional” in a negative way. No one likes to sell or be sold anything—or to be only valued for your ability to exchange goods and services right there on the spot. That, however, is a very privileged perspective on time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 31, 2021

And the counters that will land you more desirable jobs that won’t feel like work at all. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

What if there was a cost to hate? What if I was only allotted a few hate points a month? What if social media stopped you before you reposted something dubious or inflammatory--even if just for a moment, to remind you of what you were doing. If I'm not, it threatens to suspend my account.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 27, 2023

Don’t hate the player or the game; play the right game instead. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

From the beginning, I wanted my company to be a subscription service business because I hated the idea of starting over with sales every month. Growing a business is like running a marathon at a sprint pace, so if there’s not something in your core driving you forward, it’s not easy to last.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The #1 key to repeat business is not an auto-billed subscription model. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

HacWare, a New York-based startup and TechCrunch Battlefield finalist , tries to help employees hate phishing simulations a little less , and it just landed $2.3 HacWare wants you to hate email security a little less. million in seed funding to expand its cybersecurity awareness and training offering.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 13, 2021

We entrepreneurs can’t stand those guys either. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 28, 2023

I have seen CEOs who are excellent at managing up but terrible at leading their team and their Boards love them but their team hates them. These CEOs are often seen as weak when in fact they are strong. The opposite is also true. What is even more important for everyone is the insights that come from a CEO 360.

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OkDork

DECEMBER 2, 2022

If you have a day job that you hate (and I HATED my day job) that’s awesome. Why was it awesome if you hated it? If you really hate your day job, start by changing that up. I know for me, I HATED my day job at Intel, but I actually loved my day job at Facebook. What do you mean? You CAN do both, by the way.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

"MVP" is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can "learn." SLC is an alternate philosophy that results in fast, validated learning, that customers love.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 5, 2021

I do a lot of “bulk emailing” but I hate sending bulk emails. I prefer to personalize emails and send them one by one so that the recipient understands that the email came from me. What that has meant is that I take google sheets full of email addresses and I cut and paste a message into my gmail for each and every email address.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

Are you willing to confront derogatory and hateful speech online? When someone points out your errors, offer a sincere apology and be ready to learn from the experience. It will earn you much more respect than responding with defensiveness or anger. Be intolerant of intolerance. What about in person?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Why members-only club Chief, with a waitlist of 60K, hates the term ‘girl boss’ by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch. In addition, they expanded outside the U.S into the U.K. for the first time. Women’s leadership network Chief surges to unicorn status.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss Why first-generation founders need to learn to spend How to market your startup — even when you hate doing it P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 19, 2022

My friend thinks he’s starting a news empire, but he’s building a low-ROI hamster wheel he’s starting to hate Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

But “it also has real potential downsides, like being a vehicle for hate speech and incitement.”. Lefkow said the internet has “obviously been an incredible tool for people economically … to access markets and to strengthen entrepreneurs and businesses.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

Every time my posts ended up there the conversation descended into hate and vitriol and a lot of people that don’t really know me calling me all sorts of names. It’s just hate. I was tired of reading hateful things about Dave Morin, frankly (at the time he seemed to be 10% of posts in my stream). Same wants.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by a news organization over claims that major companies had ads appear next to antisemitic content. But the suit appears to confirm the very thing it claims is defamatory.

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500

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The idea for Back Office came from a pain point I encountered with each startup: the one thing I hated with each company — and put off doing. Before I started Back Office, I had built about 10 startups and sold three of them, growing teams that started in my living room to offices of 50 to 75 employees really rapidly.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Beyond climate or covid, it is this plague of dissension, doubt, fear, disrust, hate, and worse that is our biggest challenge and one that is very much raging across our world right now. This pandemic is a metaphor for the broader inability of society to find a way to move forward together. That’s what 2021 brought home for me.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I counsel a lot of job seekers looking to get into the startup world. Very quickly, I lay out the fact that getting a job comes down to two very simple things: 1) Do you know what you do? 2) Does everyone else? That''s it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Compared to the shitshow that went down last year, TwitchCon Las Vegas was largely a success. The problem? Nobody liked Las Vegas. This year’s TwitchCon appeared to mitigate last year’s crowding issues and concluded without any foam pit tragedies.

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