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| Page 1 of 56 | Previous | Next | BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE AUGUST 17, 2009 Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Imagine you pour 5 years of your life into your next gig and it starts to become successful. Starting with 25% is even harder. Start building out your product. MORE >> | BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE AUGUST 17, 2009 Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons.&# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Tags: Start-up Advice startup MORE >> | RECENT POSTS MAY 23, 2013 | LA TECH RISE
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| BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE AUGUST 28, 2009 Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons Building companies is hard work. I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. Tags: Start-up Advice We also had facilities in Dublin, Ireland where our company was initially founded. MORE >> | BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE SEPTEMBER 16, 2009  Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters This post is part of my series “ Startup Lessons &#. Elephants, Deer and Rabbits – Some thoughts on start-up segmentation. MORE >> | BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE APRIL 20, 2010  Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. But I do have more insight into understanding your startup team. MORE >> | BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE OCTOBER 22, 2009  Who Should you Hire at a Startup? This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. So what if you’re already a mid-stage startup. I’m not one of those. MORE >> | | | | | | | |
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010  Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees
This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Tools like Identified.com haven’t existed for me to do this in an automated way as they are starting to emerge. Yes, if you were a startup CEO I would probably cut you some slack. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009  3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. Tags: Start-up Advice I know I didn’t. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010  How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup
If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. Many people start companies arse backwards. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. the link is here. Sorry. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010  Running More Effective Board Meetings at Startups
We started with our financial statements. We So I changed things up and became much happier with my results. Here 1. Set two strategic topics per board meeting and start with them – I bet most of you feel that you have pretty talented people around the table but you get stuck talking about the minutiae of your business. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010  How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation
Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I’ll put up the video when they post it on their website. Stories have starts, middles and ends. MORE >>
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- Don’t be a Grin Fucker BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2010
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- How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010
- Should Your Startup Have an Advisory Board? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009
- Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
- Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010
- Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
- Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
- Founders, Ownership and Prenuptials BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009
- How Do You Reference Check a VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
- How to (re) Approach People (Advice on the Eve of LeWeb) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009
- Building Products for Mass Adoption BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010
- What Makes an Entrepreneur (2/10) – Street Smarts BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009
- 73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010
- Don’t Sweep Feedback Under the Rug BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010
- Scaling Sales: Arming & Aiming – Objection Handling BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010
- Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
- Choose Your VC Investor Carefully BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009
- 6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010
- The Right Way to Cancel a Meeting BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2010
- How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
- Avoid Decision by Indecision BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010
- Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010
- I met with an investor, what happens next? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
- The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010
- What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
- This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010
- The Berkus Method: Valuing an Early Stage Investment. BERKONOMICS | SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012
- The Danger of Crocodile Sales BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
- Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
- The Fallacy of Channels: Startups Beware BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010
- Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
- Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
- Good Judgment Comes with Experience, But Experience Comes from Bad Judgment BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
- The Agile Board BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010
- The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009
- Acting CTO Role in a Start-up SOCAL CTO | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007
- How to Deal with Skeletons in your Closet BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
- You Can’t Look for a Job from a Remote Location – It Doesn’t Work BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
- What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
- Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010
- What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010
- How to Improve Hiring at Startups BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
- Learn to Say “NO” to Meetings BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
- Seattle Startup cyPOP Enters the LA Tech Scene LA TECH RISE | THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013
- Angel Funding Advice BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2009
- People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
- Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
- First Round Funding Terms and Founder Vesting BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009
- Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010
- Do you need a Powerpoint deck for a VC meeting? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
- What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
- Venture Capital Q&A Session BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- The Best Entrepreneurs Are Hyper Competitive & Hate Losing BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010
- WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009
- Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
- Navigating the Challenges of Effective Outsourcing – Startup Uncensored #7 ALON SCHWARTZ | WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009
- I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010
- Entrepreneurs Don’t “Noodle” They Do BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
- Time is the Enemy of All Deals BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
- Am I too old to be an entrepreneur in Los Angeles? LA TECH RISE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013
- What Makes an Entrepreneur? Perspiration (6/11) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009
- What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009
- What it takes to raise Venture Capital OC VC | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011
- A Tale of Two Pitches BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
- Nitride Solutions wins UCSB start-up prizes UCINSOCAL - STARTUPS IN THE NEWS | SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2008
- What Makes an Entrepreneur (7/11) – Detail Orientation BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- What does your favorite sound look like? L.A. startup SoundStrokes can paint music. LA TECH RISE | TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013
- Job Hoppers Redux: An Employee’s Perspective BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
- What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009
- The Long-Term Value of Loyalty BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010
- Pulsoviral: Global entrepreneur settles startup in Silicon Beach LA TECH RISE | THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
- VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding! BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009
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John Morris