Posts Tagged ‘networking’

Posted on October 3, 2008 - by Jeffrey

One of my favorite networking tools

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I have been carrying around this business card for a while now and I feel it has done way more good than bad. I usually give it out to break the ice at an event or network gathering. Using a card like this takes a keen sense of social skills so if you decide to give it a shot, use your judgment. You wouldn’t want to end up making enemies when all you were going for was a laugh

Posted on September 15, 2008 - by Jeffrey

It’s Nice to Go Out and Talk Tech

This last Saturday I headed into the wonderful city of New York with one of my business partners Stoppay. We attended a party for Laughing Squid which is an internet hosting company that seems to be gaining some speed in the Web 2.0 niche.

At the event I experienced a feeling that I had almost forgot about from prior years. It is the ability to have a free flowing conversation about technology and not have to explain anything.  We had a great time talking about in-depth concepts ranging from video and streaming to web 2.0 monetization strategies with a gentleman named Justin.

As the night went on we drank ourselves a little further down the rabbit hole and managed to end up at McDonalds somehow. Ugh… Till the next crazy tech meet up!

Posted on July 16, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Are you in the boys club?

We all know that contacts help in business, the right ones anyway. Too many times I have been to meetings where everyone thinks we are in the right place talking to the right person when we are really not. The problem is that big companies have so many employees and VP’s and blabla that it is easy to get confused with it all.

I have two schools of thought when it comes to this:

1. Pitch until you find the right person and hope for the right meeting
2. Be in the “boys club” or know someone in the club

(the slow way and the fast track) (more…)

Posted on July 10, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Regaining your Momentum

Commonly referred to as “Reclaiming the fire”, it is a point we all reach as entrepreneurs where we feel a little stalled. Maybe something you have been working on for a while seems to be dragging on with pointless meetings, or maybe you just read how a potential client of yours just closed a deal with your pseudo competitor on techcrunch..

Whatever that reason may be, it can feel like your going nowhere and loosing ground. This is probably where most people get pressured to go back to (or start) work at a 9 to 5 job living in one of those awesome cubicles. My opinion is that this is the best time to relax and do a lot of thinking, when you don’t know what to do, sometimes the best thing is to just stay still and observe your surroundings.

Even if you have always been that go-getter and never take a minute to rest, maybe this is a good time. I recently had a point where I was feeling stalled. I had just sold my business and took a big cut in my income in exchange for time to do bigger and better things. I figure that if I can make one successful company and then another thereafter, I am a true entrepreneur. If I can’t make another company work, then maybe the first one was just a fluke. Is this being a little hard on myself? Maybe..

Soon after selling my business I started to feel a little stalled. I don’t know if it was the lack of income or not gaining enough momentum on other projects, but it happened. It is very evident that I am in this phase because I always start resorting to the same situations in my head. (more…)

Posted on July 6, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Messing around with POP17.com Sarah Myers Austin..

We were at a local crunchgear/techcrunch meet up and we ran into life caster Sarah Myers Austin, or is it Sarah Austin Myers, no Sarah Myers; wait I think it’s just Sarah Austin now.. Whew?!?!? Hey, it was all in good fun