As a startup advisor and angel investor, one of the first things I try and teach every entrepreneur, is the importance of keeping advisors and investors in the loop. With that in mind, I’ve created an email template that you should consider using. Benefits of sending update emails Have you’re advisers solve problems for you No surprises, surprises are bad
The word appreciate means “to recognize the worth, importance, or value of”. I want to take this moment to appreciate YOU and recognize your worth, importance and value. It’s because of you that I get to do what I’m here to do and live my WHY. And during this holiday season, take a moment to recognize YOUR OWN worth, importance
This past Saturday (November 14th, 2009) I ran my first marathon! It was hard. A lot harder then I thought it would be. Fortunately, I kept busy by thinking about how running that marathon was much like doing a startup. Below are 9 similarities that I identified throughout the run. If you have any other example, please let me know
I’m not a football “guy”. Actually, the only thing I like about footballs are the inspirational movies, great quotes, and cheerleaders (yep, guilty). However, here’s a startup analogy involving football: having the ball, taking a hit, rolling [bouncing] (without touching your knee to the ground) and continuing your charge forward! That’s the mental movie I see when I think about startups. Run.
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As Dave suggested in his post -> come get your geek on! If you haven’t been – I’m giving you a reason to spend a week in Hawaii (it’ll be my first time). There’s a ridiculous line up of events, people attending and activities planned – so … do what you can to make it! www.rethinkhawaii.com RethinkHawaii will feature a conference
Want to learn what the top online marketers are doing to win the hearts and minds of their customers? Join me and a cast of amazing people in Toronto at the first ever MeshMarketing event! The event is going to be interactive and awesome. Some of the best people in the industry will be presenting (including myself ;-). About MeshMarketing
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at fbFund REV demo day watching 20+ startups pitch to a room of over 100 investors and seasoned entrepreneurs. What’s interesting is the pattern I started to see emerging. Some of the best startups not only had the strongest pitch, but also had an amazing person selling! Here’s 5 characteristics I noticed and why I
On June 6th we held the first Kiva.org Dev Garage to help introduce developers to the new Kiva Data API. This event was a huge success and will definitely provide a foundation to help bring awareness to our efforts. Social Following: YouTube + Twitter Who came? Some of the top CTO’s and engineers from the bay area, along with other
