February 2012
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January 2012
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5 DC Startup Titans that Fly Under the Radar →
inthecapital:
These guys have done incredible things for the DC startup community but are not the kind to hog the spotlight. Like a good Milford man, they are neither seen nor heard. Yes, I had to throw in an ArrestedDevelopment reference.
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wowah.
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How to respond to email intros
I really enjoy introducing people in my network to one another. This is especially rewarding for me because I love connecting people. In fact, creating meaningful connections is one of the driving principles behind my startup, Social Tables.
My intro emails usually look like this:
Foo, meet Bar. Bar, meet Foo.
Foo, Bar is blah blah blah. I know her through blah blah blah. She’s awesome.
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My plans for 2012
New year, new resolutions. It’s time to get my commitments for the new year down on paper. Here we go.
Track everything. I just got a Fitbit so I can start logging my daily activity, exercise and sleep habits.
Track everything - business edition. Make more data-driven decisions at Social Tables: More spit tests, more pattern recognition, more laser focus.
Read one new book a month. On my...
December 2011
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retroglo's best of 2011 music →
My friend Nancy, a bad ass chick with seriously awesome taste in music, put this list together of her favorite music from 2011:
in no particular order or number.
albums.
monarchy - around the sun
summer camp - welcome to condale
the weeknd - house of balloons
fabian - say goodbye
metronomy - the english riviera
katy b - on a mission
tracks.
m83 - midnight city
penguin prison - don’t...
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Art Basel 2011 Favs
Here is my album of pics I took of my favorite art from this year’s Art Basel, the country’s largest art fair that takes place in Miami every year for 3 days. Galleries from all over the world set up shop and show off their artists and pieces.
My top picks:
Strongest political statement: Bare-chested Muslim woman
Most beautiful photo: Elephant in Amboseli
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November 2011
6 posts
Your Very Own Stuart Smalley Moment
This morning, as I was getting ready, I had an impromptu Stuart Smalley moment. I stared at myself in the mirror and said out loud: “Social Tables is doing awesome. Our roadmap is solid. And god damnit we will be successful.”
I’m not sure where this came from. I mean, things are going really well for us. Our team is formidable, our userbase is growing fast, our product is...
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DC is awesome for startups. Here's proof.
So DC Week just wrapped up last friday (BYT’s photos here) and DC Entrepreneurship Week has arrived. I didn’t even get a chance to breathe!
Apart from being informative and fun-filled, these two weeks are illustrating why DC is [again] becoming a technology hub.
In his October 2011 essay, Paul Ghraham says tech hubs work because within them startups are seen as cool and chance...
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October 2011
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WatchLeroy is an ET.
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Photos from Papua New Guinea →
I just returned from two weeks in Papua New Guinea. We spent time on the Sepik River, in Goroka, Madang, Mt. Hagen and Tari. It was as undeveloped and poor as the countries in sub-saharan Africa, where most people don’t have shoes and live off of about a dollar a day. There are no restaurants or bars and tourists must remain within the confines of their hotels at night. Despite the poverty,...
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July 2011
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What can DC do to foster a startup culture?
I went to dinner with a prominent DC-area investor the other night and he asked those at the table this very question. After dinner, I emailed him my ideas:
Branding. Half of it is branding/perception so DC should be at the forefront of leveraging the latest technology to communicate with the world (and its potential residents/investors/etc). Mayor Bloomberg established the Chief Digital Officer...
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Arm Parties
The first of a series of photos of my arm parties. Inspired by the chick fashion blog, Man Repller (and Beth Lauren Jewelry).
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The Agony of Wedding Seating, Week 2
socialtables:
It’s time for another installment of “The Agony of Seating” - a collection of tweets from around the world in which brides and grooms express their frustration over doing their seating charts. If only the knew about Social Tables :)
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June 2011
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The Agony of Seating Charts, in tweets
This is why I built my startup. socialtables:
We closely monitor tweets that contain the words “seating” and “wedding” to identify brides and grooms-to-be that will find Social Tables useful.
Here are a few recent ones that beautifully capture why we built our product.
And a few hours later…
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So Your Startup's Got Some Interns?
Your startup is kicking ass, your name is getting out there, and you’ve gotten some interns for the summer. Now what?
Before you start giving them any work (from a simple admin task to a complex long-term project) read this list to learn how to maximize this opportunity for both your startup and your interns. Time is of the essence for three reasons: (1) they’re excited to work with you and...
May 2011
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