This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

I reached back out to him and we reconnected for lunch at Coffee Shop right before the Techcrunch Disrupt conference. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. He introduced himself and we kept in touch through all the various social media channels—until I heard he was leaving Gilt.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

I Tweeted that I’d like to meet somebody for coffee and had 6 responses in 60 seconds. Comments are the coffee shop banter that we miss being in this busy and digital world. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. One day I was in Palo Alto with an hour to kill. One was from Tristan.

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MAY 12, 2010

If he’s reading this I’m sure he’s laughing but it’s not uncommon for him to ring my mobile phone at 9pm for something “urgent.&# (everything’s urgent with Sean but he’s so infectious you gotta love it ) Or he will ask whether he can swing by early for coffee. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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MARCH 6, 2010

It is the equivalent of going to a coffee shop every day and having intellectual debates. In fact, I often take meetings in coffee shops. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. We have debates about how the industries will change / evolve. I LOVE this part of my job. Other times I might get great results and approbation.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

On Street Smarts / Working with customers: I had coffee with another startup founder yesterday. The CEO was the “ideas guy.&# My coffee date told me about the product they were building. Tags: Start-up Advice. Really nice guy and clearly smart. He was at a 3-person startup where he was a co-founder but not the CEO.

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MARCH 2, 2010

One area where I have made in-roads is in the “I’d like to buy you a coffee for 15 minutes and get some career advice&# emails from people I don’t know. Tags: Start-up Advice. .&# If yes, then I try to determine whether or not I think the people involved can create a huge company. You should try it, too.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. Tags: SoCal Stuff. They’re applying the knowledge of what they’ve learned there to create compelling game-like experiences for driving consumers to retail sales.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

I left that presentation and sat down in a coffee shop. Tags: Startup Advice. Anyone who saw me within an hour of speaking, though, must have thought I was Rain Man. I couldn’t carry on a conversation. I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Ideally the tool would automatically add relevant tags and distribute on relevant platforms (including email), without looking spammy. Tagging recommenders and the news sources that they recommended also helps with followers and engagement. “. Today, I do this manually. Missinglettr and Evergreen both help solve this problem. .

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Take them for a coffee. You need to make it an effort by researching on the web and going and doing 50 coffee meetings with people. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. There’s obviously things like www.crunchbase.com and Venture Source, Venture Wire and many others. Ask them for advice. Most people are not action oriented.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

In fact, it’s probably easier to get media coverage for your company here than any place else, because you can literally run into a relevant reporter at your average tech event and go for coffee because they work down the street from you. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Ideally the tool would automatically add relevant tags and distribute on relevant platforms (including email), without looking spammy. Tagging recommenders and the news sources that they recommended also helps with followers and engagement. “. Today, I do this manually. Missinglettr and Evergreen both help solve this problem. .

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2010

The girl sitting next to me is having coffee with her parents. Tags: It's My Life. So far, three phonecalls, one in person meeting, and not as many e-mails as I would have liked to get back to. I’m playing with some apps on my Touch. She has a rock on her finger the size of my head. Dad has a Titleist cap on—same hat he fishes in.

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MARCH 15, 2010

I sent out a Tweet saying, “I’m in Palo Alto for an hour, anyone want to grab coffee?&# Within 2 minutes I had 5 responses to meet me for coffee. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. But I had an hour to kill before lunch and I was on California Street in Palo Alto. One of them was Tristan. We spent an hour together.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

And this is my chance to give back to all of those people for whom I don’t have enough time in the week for that “15 minute coffee meeting&# that many people wants with a VC. Tags: VC Industry. I do this because there are often people who want to meet VCs and don’t have a chance in their current roles to do so.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Pogo is going to have an intimate window into someone’s life, from where they live to their favorite coffee shop to just how many subscriptions they own. You wouldn’t place a price tag on your freedom to speak. It’s similar to what a bank would see, but it’s a venture-backed startup that it wants you to trust.

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Red Rocket

OCTOBER 4, 2022

coffee drinkers vs. tea drinkers). So, when setting up your campaigns, tracking URLs or other conversion metrics, make sure the appropriate tagging and tracking is in place, so that your CRM can easily see how the different personas are performing at driving sales. enterprise vs. small businesses).

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

I'm just seven minutes into my current work block, but I know I only have to wait 18 more minutes until my next cup of coffee. You can stretch, get coffee, or check social media. You can tag your work periods by what you're doing, and the analytics track when you're most productive. month or Pro Yearly at $39.99/year.

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JULY 20, 2010

Predictably over time I started more noticing the tapas restaurants below these buildings of splendor as I craved a morning fix of coffee and food to stave off my hangover. Tags: Startup Advice. Really, it’s worth the 10 minute diversion). Otto Zutz never let out early in Barcelona. So Gaudi became commonplace.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

These were the franchisees with ribbons hanging from their name tags, displaying phrases such as “Presenter,” “Multi-Unit Owner,” and “Million Dollar Club.” Related: This $100 Million Biggby Coffee Empire Co-CEO Shares the Secret to Turning an Idea Into a Positive-Cash Flow Business. They were a chummy bunch, perhaps a little tipsy.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Acceptable : Would you mind if next time I’m in Boulder I emailed you to see if you had 30 minutes for a coffee? Tags: Startup Advice. But if it’s there then ask for something small, easily accomplished and very precise. I’m a partner at the largest VC fund in Southern California.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

I want it to exist, but at the same time, I’m struggling to imagine the vehicle finding a market, when its $10,000 price tag buys a lot of other cool transportation options. Coffee is for closers : Shypyard is a startup developing business planning products and services for brands and direct-to-consumer merchants. Startups and VC.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 24, 2010

You don’t need to buy me lunch or coffee or whatever to get me to take a meeting—it’s my job to. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. At the same time, once you get past the whole asking for money thing, let’s get one thing straight—entrepreneurs create way more value than their investors do. I want to and I need to.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Their office pays for their coffee and ours doesn’t. Tags: Startup Advice. It would surprise anybody who has never been a CEO the specificity and sometimes simplicity of the grievances: We haven’t gotten a new office printer in 3 years, I really can’t take it any more. It doesn’t seem fair.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Quick coffees, whatever. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Hopefully by then you’ve made good progress. You’ll be able to give them an update on key hires, pilot customers, key tech innovations – whatever. Keep these interactions low-key and short. And we all know how Vegas weddings turn out.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

I immediately cut out all most of the things the doctor ordered: coffee, orange juice and spicy foods. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. If you’re still young I’m sure you think it would never happen to you – you’re fit, right? Age and life catches up with you. I was you, too. You manage what you measure.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 10, 2010

Entrepreneurs have enough things to be stressed out about—they don’t need to get freaked out over getting coffee with me. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. I try to be all about the friendly, casual approach. Imagine marrying someone based on a bunch of dinners at fancy restaurants where everyone was dressed to the nines.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I recommend company-sponsored camping/hiking trips, going to play laser tag, and other active endeavors that still give people some time to kick back at the end of the day and get to know each other as people. Perhaps a coffee break in the morning or a chat after work. One activity we enjoy is the “buddy-lunch.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis. This post was originally published in a shorter (more sensible) format in the Wall Street Journal online.

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JULY 5, 2010

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev. He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. And it doesn’t stop there.

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