Angel Investor, Entrepreneur at Trigwee
Palo Alto, CA
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▼Staying Motivated at Work with a Status Board [Workflow] - Lifehacker
Panic is a software company that makes useful tools like my personal favorite, Transmit for the Mac. They've also made a beautiful project status display keeps their team on top of what they're working on and keeps everyone motivated. The board is actually an internal web page that auto-updates support email queue numbers, how far along each company project is, day over day revenue comparisons...Expand this post »
Panic is a software company that makes useful tools like my personal favorite, Transmit for the Mac. They've also made a beautiful project status display keeps their team on top of what they're working on and keeps everyone motivated. The board is actually an internal web page that auto-updates support email queue numbers, how far along each company project is, day over day revenue comparisons...Expand this post »
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Like▼Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …) - Both Sides of the Table
I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. Summary notes and then I’ll ex...Expand this post »
I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. Summary notes and then I’ll ex...Expand this post »
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Like▼The Public Dashboard - A VC
I really like how Tumblr publishes some key stats publicly every month in their own stylized dashboard. I also like the way they foreshadow upcoming product features: As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Related articles by ZemantaTumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue (mashable.com) Tumblr Is Growing Fast: Perfect Tool for Quick Blogging...Expand this post »
I really like how Tumblr publishes some key stats publicly every month in their own stylized dashboard. I also like the way they foreshadow upcoming product features: As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Related articles by ZemantaTumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue (mashable.com) Tumblr Is Growing Fast: Perfect Tool for Quick Blogging...Expand this post »
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Like▼How To Close The Income Gap - Trizle Yo Bizo
Education. But not just any education: education that helps you help others. - A software developer helps businesses work more efficiently. - A marketing consultant helps businesses bring in more...Expand this post »
Education. But not just any education: education that helps you help others. - A software developer helps businesses work more efficiently. - A marketing consultant helps businesses bring in more...Expand this post »
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Like▼How to pitch an angel investor - Triblr.com
There’s a lot of resources on how to pitch VCs, available out there, but perhaps you are asking yourself what should your pitch for angel investors contain. Photo by Cest Based on my experience and on tons of materials that I read, this is the structure I choose: 1. The team - It’s about you and your team, about your experience and motivation to do the project. 2. The problem - What is the...Expand this post »
There’s a lot of resources on how to pitch VCs, available out there, but perhaps you are asking yourself what should your pitch for angel investors contain. Photo by Cest Based on my experience and on tons of materials that I read, this is the structure I choose: 1. The team - It’s about you and your team, about your experience and motivation to do the project. 2. The problem - What is the...Expand this post »
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Like▼Deliver a Better Presentation by Reminding Yourself It's Not About You [Mind Hacks] - Lifehacker
We all give presentations in our work and lives, whether it's a one-on-one meeting with your boss or a lecture to a room full of people. Psychology Today offers a great guide to giving a successful presentation. Photo by James Jordan. I'm presenting a panel at SXSW this year, and the fact is, as is the case with many people, public speaking still rankles my nerves. Psychology professor Nancy ...Expand this post »
We all give presentations in our work and lives, whether it's a one-on-one meeting with your boss or a lecture to a room full of people. Psychology Today offers a great guide to giving a successful presentation. Photo by James Jordan. I'm presenting a panel at SXSW this year, and the fact is, as is the case with many people, public speaking still rankles my nerves. Psychology professor Nancy ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites - Smashing Magazine Feed
Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic. There’s also a plethora of tools out there to help you achieve your goals. But which ones do what, and why should you use some of them? This article introduces some of these tools and offers a tip or t...Expand this post »
Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic. There’s also a plethora of tools out there to help you achieve your goals. But which ones do what, and why should you use some of them? This article introduces some of these tools and offers a tip or t...Expand this post »
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Like▼Why Are Diamonds So Expensive? - Trizle
Tom Sawyer: "There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money;...Expand this post »
Tom Sawyer: "There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money;...Expand this post »
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Like▼now this is how you make a viral video - Time To Get Back To Reality
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i saw @chamillionaire tweet this and had to share it. [extracted from now this is how you make a viral video via feedly]
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Like▼There's no room for The Idea Guy - Signal vs. Noise
Startups need people able and willing of doing the actual work. They need programmers, designers, and eventually folks to do marketing, support, and more. What they don’t need, though, is someone...Expand this post »
Startups need people able and willing of doing the actual work. They need programmers, designers, and eventually folks to do marketing, support, and more. What they don’t need, though, is someone...Expand this post »
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Like▼TEDTalks : James Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boy - James Cameron (2010) - TEDTalks (video)
James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic -- from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving -- and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits "Aliens," "The Terminator," "Titanic" and "Avatar."
James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic -- from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving -- and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits "Aliens," "The Terminator," "Titanic" and "Avatar."
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Like▼iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th - Engadget
Word from Apple is out -- so get your credit cards ready. The iPad will be launching on Saturday April 3rd (and on the shelves, er... display tables at Apple retail stores), but you'll be able to plunk down cold, hard cash for it in just a week. Pre-orders will begin on March 12th for the US version (non-3G) for that April street date, with the 3G version coming in late April along with iPads f...Expand this post »
Word from Apple is out -- so get your credit cards ready. The iPad will be launching on Saturday April 3rd (and on the shelves, er... display tables at Apple retail stores), but you'll be able to plunk down cold, hard cash for it in just a week. Pre-orders will begin on March 12th for the US version (non-3G) for that April street date, with the 3G version coming in late April along with iPads f...Expand this post »
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Like▼15+ ideas to enjoy life with friends - null
[extracted from 15+ ideas to enjoy life with friends via feedly]
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Like▼Docverse and Mixer Labs exit stage right - Startup Boy
Congratulations to portfolio companies DocVerse (now at Google) and Mixer Labs (now at Twitter). The best part was getting to know and work with people that I genuinely liked and now consider friends.
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Like▼How to get an introduction to an investor - Triblr.com
Because we are also looking for introductions to angel investors or VCs, this is the strategy I decided to follow: - Get referred by an entrepreneur who already got an investment; - Get referred by a...Expand this post »
Because we are also looking for introductions to angel investors or VCs, this is the strategy I decided to follow: - Get referred by an entrepreneur who already got an investment; - Get referred by a...Expand this post »
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Like▼Beware of Vanity Metrics - Lessons Learned
The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Any entrepreneur with a decent reality distortion field can find metrics that make it look like they're being successful. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meetin...Expand this post »
The next article in my series on entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review is live today. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. Any entrepreneur with a decent reality distortion field can find metrics that make it look like they're being successful. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meetin...Expand this post »
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Like▼10 Emotional Triggers - client k
Customers buy on emotion so for you to be successful at selling, you should understand basic buying emotions/triggers. Susan Gunelius outlines 10 of the most common emotional triggers. They...Expand this post »
Customers buy on emotion so for you to be successful at selling, you should understand basic buying emotions/triggers. Susan Gunelius outlines 10 of the most common emotional triggers. They...Expand this post »
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Like▼Run Your Own Free Proxy Through the Google App Engine [Proxy] - Lifehacker
Finding a good proxy is difficult. You either have to run it yourself from your home computer or web server, or you're left scavenging about for free proxies online. Instead, you can run one for free through the Google App Engine. If you want total control over your proxy experience, you can always run a home proxy. We showed you how to set one up last month with our guide to bypassing heavy-h...Expand this post »
Finding a good proxy is difficult. You either have to run it yourself from your home computer or web server, or you're left scavenging about for free proxies online. Instead, you can run one for free through the Google App Engine. If you want total control over your proxy experience, you can always run a home proxy. We showed you how to set one up last month with our guide to bypassing heavy-h...Expand this post »
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Like▼Google responds to Apple's HTC lawsuit: 'We stand behind our Android operating system' - Engadget
We were wondering when Google would have something to say about Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC, since the majority of the claims appear to implicate Android itself, and while the knives aren't out yet, we just got a short-but-sweet statement from a spokesperson: "We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to...Expand this post »
We were wondering when Google would have something to say about Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC, since the majority of the claims appear to implicate Android itself, and while the knives aren't out yet, we just got a short-but-sweet statement from a spokesperson: "We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to...Expand this post »
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Like▼why Intel is a great company (it is all about the engineers) - Summation
Companies that go through CEO changes usually degrade over time because the company is no longer innovating at the rate of new competitors. Tech companies usually hire non-technical CEOs to replace...Expand this post »
Companies that go through CEO changes usually degrade over time because the company is no longer innovating at the rate of new competitors. Tech companies usually hire non-technical CEOs to replace...Expand this post »
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Like▼How Businesses Lose Market Share - Trizle
Warren Buffett: it's better to make mistakes quickly than stand idle and suffer from unforseen opportunities. Take Bubba: - Year 1: Bubba has one greeeeeat product. - Year 2: Dang! Competitors are...Expand this post »
Warren Buffett: it's better to make mistakes quickly than stand idle and suffer from unforseen opportunities. Take Bubba: - Year 1: Bubba has one greeeeeat product. - Year 2: Dang! Competitors are...Expand this post »
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Like▼Charlie Rose - Understanding Development of the Brain - Hulu - Recently added videos
A look at how the brain evolves.
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Added: Wed Mar 03 03:08:04 UTC 2010
Air date: Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 UTC 2010
Duration: 12:32
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Like▼Google Chrome Gains as Firefox, IE Lose - ReadWriteWeb
The growth of the Firefox web browser is one that's been spurred on by word-of-mouth referrals, volunteerism and community-funded advertising campaigns to raise awareness. Over the years, the alternative web browser slowly chipped away at dominant Internet Explorer's market share, despite its competitor's advantage of coming bundled with the Windows operating system. By January of last year, Fi...Expand this post »
The growth of the Firefox web browser is one that's been spurred on by word-of-mouth referrals, volunteerism and community-funded advertising campaigns to raise awareness. Over the years, the alternative web browser slowly chipped away at dominant Internet Explorer's market share, despite its competitor's advantage of coming bundled with the Windows operating system. By January of last year, Fi...Expand this post »
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Like▼Porsche 918 Spyder concept is the most beautiful hybrid we've ever seen - Engadget
Um, we're sure there's something sensible to be said about this Porsche concept, but we're not altogether capable of coherent expression at present. We want to own one of these so badly, we don't even care if it has an engine. And boy does the 918 Spyder have an engine. A 3.4-liter V8 petrol burner is combined with electric motors to put out 500bhp, while featuring the mind-altering acceleratio...Expand this post »
Um, we're sure there's something sensible to be said about this Porsche concept, but we're not altogether capable of coherent expression at present. We want to own one of these so badly, we don't even care if it has an engine. And boy does the 918 Spyder have an engine. A 3.4-liter V8 petrol burner is combined with electric motors to put out 500bhp, while featuring the mind-altering acceleratio...Expand this post »
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