Start Me Up

I've created this because I am building a start up. It's my source of mobile/social/tech focused start-up news and information including archived blog posts on Entreprenership, Management and Venture Capital.

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plugging in a usb on the right side on the first try 

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emoji space

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Don’t just watch. Play. It’s your turn to SHOW ME YOURS. 

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The “Triple Play” of VC Presentations

Act I – The Discussion

Act II – The Deck

Act III – The Demo

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1. You are what the market says you are

2. But you can also tell the market what you're worth

3. You're not really worth anything until you're profitable

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Three Tips to Make Your Agency a Better Self-Marketer

Posted by Sarah Lessen

1. Define the target audience. To date, you have relied heavily on personal networks and referrals. It's time to up the ante, and apply some thought to your own strategic growth. Are there categories you want to focus on? Capabilities you want to build in our own portfolios? Agency, focus your attention.

2. Develop a plan. Map out how you are going to get your consumer's (the client's) attention. And, yes, that does means creating a marketing calendar. Does your target audience have important pulse points throughout the year? Do research. Get ahead of the game, and be proactive with recommendations. Attend industry conferences. Publish articles and white papers. Agency, get their attention.

3. Update your marketing tools. Refine your message and update your arsenal. I don't want to embarrass you, agency, but do you need a website refresh? I've heard you mention this to other people. Social media? Perhaps you've heard of it? Write out your own social-media strategy -- and stick with it. Agency, articulate your talents.

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From http://blog.jedchristiansen.com

blog.pmarca.com was like a meteor from June 2007 through the spring of 2008. Here are a bunch of my favorite posts:

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 2: When the VCs say “no”

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 3: “But I don’t know any VCs!”

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 5: The Moby Dick theory of big companies

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 6: How much funding is too little? Too much?

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 7: Why a startup’s initial business plan doesn’t matter that much

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 8: Hiring, managing, promoting, and firing executives

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 9: How to hire a professional CEO

The truth about venture capitalists, Part 1

The truth about venture capitalists, Part 2

The truth about venture capitalists, Part 3

The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 0: Introduction

The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 1: Opportunity

The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 2: Skills and education

The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, part 3: Where to go and why

The Pmarca Guide to Big Companies, part 1: Turnaround!

The Pmarca Guide to Big Companies, part 2: Retaining great people

Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck

Counterpoint: Ben Horowitz on micromanagement

CEO Crime & Punishment

The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet

Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data

The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity

How to hire the best people you’ve ever worked with

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Don't keep a schedule

Keep three and only three lists: a Todo List, a Watch List, and a Later List.

Each night before you go to bed, prepare a 3x5 index card with a short list of 3 to 5 things that you will do the next day.

Use the back of the 3x5 card as your Anti-Todo List.

Structured Procrastination.

Do email exactly twice a day

Don't answer the phone.

Hide in an IPod.

Start the day with a real, sit-down breakfast.

Only agree to new commitments when both your head and your heart say yes.

Do something you love.

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Mark Suster via his blog: Both Sides of the Table

1. You can start informally with banter

2. Let them know why you’re calling

3. Don’t hang yourself

4. Ask questions

5. Know what “the ask” is

6. Stick to your budgeted time – maybe less

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Booz & Company’s annual study of the world’s biggest R&D spenders shows why highly innovative companies are able to consistently outperform. Their secret? They’re good at the right things, not at everything.

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TOMI AHONEN'S 9500 word essay on mobile strategy

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Mobile Year in Review 2010

http://mobilefuture.org