Comments on: Save Your Spin for Someone Who Cares

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By: What I learned online – and off – this week. - Voice 3.0

What I learned online – and off – this week. - Voice 3.0 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:47:27 +0000

[...] and focused more on how to maximize the use of PR successes, particularly in front of a VC audience:"I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope …4. And lastly, while Twitter is a fountain of education, face-to-face stills beats anything. So I [...]

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:35:48 +0000

haha, you might as well drown him in the cold sea with this remark!
PR is good if done properly, since it has the potential to bring sales. I think if the entreprenuer tells the story behind a product, this could potentially turn PR into sales.

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Save Your Spin for Someone Who Cares | CloudAve — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:20:52 +0000

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By: Roman Giverts

Roman Giverts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:06 +0000

Part of the reason inexperienced entrepreneurs are so susceptible to this is because of really poor entrepreneurial education at top colleges. Too many professors, lecturers, unqualified advisors, etc. tell students their products are great because they don't want to break their hearts. A great example would be that Facebook app class at Stanford, which IRONICALLY received a huge amount of positive press coverage. How many of those apps turned into successful companies?? As I said in my comment above, these “educators” are just crack dealers.

By: Roman Giverts

Roman Giverts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:52:34 +0000

Couldn't agree more. Mike is the best writer out there. In my few experiences talking with him when I worked at Techcrunch, I thought he was a very smart guy. But he doesn't know very much about building successful products companies.. in fact he's started multiple that failed!!

Even more interesting, look at Techcrunch's products: they bought this thing called inviteshare which has gone nowhere and crunchbase so far has achieved very little of what they said it would… as standalone companies they would both be long dead. Fun to read, but for the life of me I can't understand where people see credibility in their opinions.

By: Roman Giverts

Roman Giverts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:36:19 +0000

Yeah, it's actually kind of sad, very much like being addicted to crack HA. Too many people (at least in the bay area) start companies to be “cool” and “sexy,” not because they have an ability to solve a big problem, innovate, create value, etc. I'm pretty young, and I see this especially in young entrepreneurs still in school. A big problem is that most professors/lecturers don't tell the students the truth….. these people are just crack dealers!!

I always tell the students to spend more time around the people that make them feel shitty, not warm and fuzzy.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Roman Giverts

Roman Giverts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:30:23 +0000

crack cocaine… can't think of a better analogy. Most of the entrepreneurs that I've seen fail over and over again, they're just trying to come up with a story to get a quick high, and eventually burn out and die.
Will definitely use this analogy some time.

and btw, an inexperienced entrepreneur is not necessarily an undisciplined entrepreneur .

By: David Smuts

David Smuts — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:51:18 +0000

Or how about just: “Screw Convention” – double-entendre titles always sell more

By: msuster

msuster — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:47:39 +0000

Signed and free, my friend