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Finding an Entrepreneurial Valentine
(Please note, this was written for V-Day LAST year on an old blog. But I am trying to collect all my writings in one place.) I’ve talked about how to get and prepare for your first Investor Meeting. With Valentine’s Day coming up, I figured some tips on getting and preparing for a first romantic [...]
Getting The First Investor Meeting
A few tips on how to snag that first coffee meeting with a VC
Sponsoring an Event – Lesson 1
I am often surprised at just how rarely I am asked “When should we sponsor an event? Why? and How?” These all seem like pretty pertinent questions to me, especially when you’re considering investing anywhere from $1,000 – $50,000 at an event. With advertising, social media, and even customer engagement getting their ROI measured under [...]
My Favorite Events for 11/16 – 11/22
The Best Bay Area Tech Events from 11/16 through 11/22
November Bay Area Tech Events
The upcoming events in the bay area startup and tech community – November
Best SF Tech Events 11/9 – 11/13
Just to clarify – these Monday lists are the events I will be going to – or would be if I were free. I am guessing that they are the events that will have the best networking, food and drink, and/or fun at them. I will generally put only 1-2 events each day, since this [...]
Thanks to Myles – info on my Events List
So rumor has it that Myles sent out a note about the bi-weekly event mailing list I provide to startups, founders, and investors in the Bay Area. If you are visiting this blog from that email, interested in joining the list, shoot me an email and I can sign you up (cassiph[at]gmail[dot]com). Or head over [...]
Tech Events for 11/2 – 11/6
Tech events to check out November 2nd – 6th
November Bay Area Tech Events
All the bay area tech and startup events I have heard about in the Bay Area for the first month of November.
5 things I've learned from 50+ demos
From SFbeta to SF NewTech, MusicTech demo rooms to my own, I have seen a LOT of demos. I’ve seen demo presentations and demo stations, pitches and slide shows. And it is maybe 1 in 15 that actually makes me say “Wow, that was a good demo.” Now I’m not a VC, or one of [...]