Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. It’s how I did.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “how do I get a job in venture?” Below is an updated overview of the venture job landscape as well as some current thoughts on how to break into the industry. So has the typical profile of a venture professional. And a lot hasn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I guess it may be impractical for Twitter to acquire Seesmic given it has raised considerable amounts of venture capital (reportedly $12 million) but the broader point for me is that I always believed Twitter should control the client versions of its product. So the ad appears wherever content is consumed.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John. He decided to join.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had called on Chamillionaire from the audience and asked him to provide some views on how artists view social media, why they use it and where it’s heading. As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. He was riveting.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to learn what a VC investor thinks about “Internet scale” and how you can usually simplify your idea by charging a fair price for your product. No, it’s best thought of as CRM for families, individuals, and the businesses and organizations they interact with most.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

After I retired, I began teaching Customer Development , a theory of how to reduce early stage risk in entrepreneurial ventures. The first time I taught the class at the Haas Business School, U.C. You most definitely read the book for the content. You tell much better stories than you write. Startup Culture.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. This series/ebook will be at least 20 posts long, and I’ll add some commentary on how I’ve personally applied the lesson on my sixth startup, data.world, to bring them “up to date”. business model and team. I could write a book on this post alone.

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Up and Running

APRIL 4, 2022

Have you been wondering how you can start a business with no money or experience? Many people, just like you, dream of getting into the self-employment world by owning a business. Where most people lose interest is when they realize that it takes money to start a business. How to start a small business with no money 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

We also talked about why he took a very public stance on the role of corporate leadership in social issues, and how it relates to fulfilling Coinbase's mission. As you'll hear, BA became an entrepreneur without expecting to have to address such questions, but that's not how it's turned out.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. By Sarah Lacy. On November 28, 2012.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

My book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business , is now available for pre-order on Amazon in multiple formats ( Print , Kindle ), which is an exciting milestone in this project! Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected! When I get closer in, I may publish some excerpts of new content here on Only Once.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Updated Business tools for Startups. An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. About VC Cafe.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Last week, Bplans members had the opportunity to attend our free webinar, “14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded.” ” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. As we jump in here I want to first talk about the purpose of the pitch.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It has many stylistic errors — and a few substantive ones, too — that I would now change having learned more, but I realized that it still provides useful insights for entrepreneurs and startup participants outside of the Greylock network, particularly across three areas of interest: how entrepreneurs should approach the pitch process.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. This series/ebook will be at least 20 posts long, and I’ll add some commentary on how I’ve personally applied the lesson on my sixth startup, data.world, to bring them “up to date”. I didn’t start my first business until I was 24 and earning my MBA.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Because I know how important quality advice can be. How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? It’s called the bowling pin strategy – it’s how Foursquare did it, Yelp, Craigslist, etc.

Technical Review 44

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. You can guess how it influenced user experience. To some point that was true.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Content, of course, is the same!]. Why liberal arts undergraduate degrees can be more valuable than economics / business undergraduate degrees.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! and Path Intelligence.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

So how does a former Apple Final Cut Pro developer start a blogging website? This came about because he didn’t know how to set up an email server. He didn’t want (or maybe didn’t know how) to create a registration page. Tip: Monitor how your users interact with your product.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The ideal candidate for a product management role is “a technologist who got tired of being a technologist who wants to solve a business problem through a feature or a product.” A PM basically sits at the center of UX, technology and business. You may have heard the quote: ‘The PM is the CEO of their product.’

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

He actually has a new venture called SparkToro , which we’ll touch on today. John Jantsch: I’ve been coaching a lot of business owners that I think there’s a element of SEO that needs to be much more strategic. John Jantsch: Isn’t that every business? This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Rand Fishkin.

Silicon Valley 33

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We’d love to see these given the number of businesses you see and ultimately invest in. If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. It’s free. Get started here.

Software Review 79

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 18, 2013

If you’ve been paying attention you will know that Nicholas Lovell and I are writing a book for entrepreneurs who want to raise venture capital. The idea is that these two opening sections will illustrate the fundraising problems we are seeking to alleviate and show that we have some good content to offer.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. How to Incorporate. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here’s how to replicate a banker, even if you don’t have any relationships with potential investors: Hire a consultant to make your deck persuasive, thorough, and attractive, and your data room professional. Some suggested consultants and guidelines here: Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? How do you decide what to outsource though and what to do internally with your own team? Since every business is slightly different the functions and whether to outsource will be different for each. So it can be done.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

Entrepreneurs such as Figma CEO Dylan Field, fellow investors including Moxxie Ventures founder and general partner Katie Stanton, and Coatue Management partner Jamie McGurk pitched questions to the duo. So how do each of these seven deadly sins play out? I love this one: “You said you invested in seven deadly sins.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I’ll bet your customers, business partners or suppliers would love similar. By definition, you read blogs. Absofuckinglutely.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. The business plan was starting to look great and all the idea kinks were worked out. We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

How To Get There. It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. Need proof?

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Googles plan, for example, was simply to create a search site thatdidnt suck. No doubt there are great technicaltricks within Google, but the overall plan was straightforward.And while they probably have bigger ambitions now, this alone bringsthem a billion dollars a year. [1] That shows how much a mere idea is worth.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

There’s no greater feeling in business than building a successful company from scratch, especially when you do it by yourself. We’ve all had a fantastic business idea at one stage or another. If you’ve dreamed about building a successful business, now is the time. And here’s how: Funding. But you still need some capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Admit it – you’ve thought about starting your own consulting business. If you’re like many would-be consultants, you’re just not sure how to get started. Navigating the transition between a salaried employee and running your own consulting business can be tricky. How do I market my consulting business?

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