That is a massive inbox. Also loved the Chinese fire drill analogy with Twitter. Reminds me of my high school days.
Felipe
· 1 year ago
Well, clearly you need some help getting through all those emails... Do it more often or seek help asap.
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 1 year ago
The one thing that GMail is horrible with, it's going through old emails and sorting them. A lot of it is admittedly bacn, but thankfully I'm able to keep up with most important correspondence.
Keeping the unreads down to zero? I gave up on that a long time ago.
Nicole Simon
· 1 year ago
Just seeing that a message from your boss is not highlighted - Filtering, Quicklinks and automatic starring (you know you can search for stars, right?) work. Lifehacker and other sites have a lot of articles on them.
Rather than doing that, I'd suggest you get yourself an impap client in which you can drag and drop mail more easily for sorting them (though you should not do that with large amounts at once).
ZAP
· 1 year ago
I am actually quite surprised to hear that Tesla is laying off people because seeing the current upswing in the electric vehicle space, the reverse should be true. Sales have never been better!
JamesBruni
· 1 year ago
Great post. Mark. I love this Mashable "pitch metric" you've created for gauging what's going on. I am curious, of those 15 or so pitches a day you get, how many are from PR firms pitching on behalf of these startups?
Best, Jim Bruni/ BRUNI PR
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 1 year ago
I still get a lot of pitches from PR folks, but most of the PR pitched stories come from folks I know (either from phone calls or IM). The uptick is mostly coming from people without PR representation so far.
StarvingEntrepreneurs.com
· 1 year ago
I think "shuffling around" is the right way to look at it. Some businesses will always do better than others because they are strong enough fundamentally to grow even through economic hardships.
Starving Entrepreneurs (wanted)
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 1 year ago
Shuffling around is an apt phrase. A lot of folks are getting to work on their own ideas for a change.
One thing I didn't go into great detail of was the calibre of the ideas, which also seems to be markedly better. Perhaps the product of experienced folks re-entering the market?
Ted Shelton
· 1 year ago
While I think the Sequoia deck was great, I think the main message gets lost in a lot of the noise. The slide to pay the most attention to is number 46 - specifically the slidebar between "preserve capital" and "grab share" and slide number 49 "survival of the quickest."
At different moments in the tech cycle we see different opportunities and risks. During good times there is a risk to a good company/product/idea that a faster moving competitor will grab market share - so it makes sense to spend a lot to get there first.
But the next two years will be a great time to build a business if your focus is on preserving capital and getting to revenue so that you can manage your business to break-even. 2000-2001 wasn't a time to fold, it was a time to place smaller bets and ride out the bad news. So it will be from 2009-2011.
Justin Siegel
· 1 year ago
Now, for some good news. MocoSpace is hiring. Check our corp site for job openings: www.jnjmobile.com
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Keeping the unreads down to zero? I gave up on that a long time ago.
Rather than doing that, I'd suggest you get yourself an impap client in which you can drag and drop mail more easily for sorting them (though you should not do that with large amounts at once).
I love this Mashable "pitch metric" you've created for gauging what's going on.
I am curious, of those 15 or so pitches a day you get, how many are from PR firms pitching on behalf of these startups?
Best, Jim Bruni/ BRUNI PR
Starving Entrepreneurs (wanted)
One thing I didn't go into great detail of was the calibre of the ideas, which also seems to be markedly better. Perhaps the product of experienced folks re-entering the market?
At different moments in the tech cycle we see different opportunities and risks. During good times there is a risk to a good company/product/idea that a faster moving competitor will grab market share - so it makes sense to spend a lot to get there first.
But the next two years will be a great time to build a business if your focus is on preserving capital and getting to revenue so that you can manage your business to break-even. 2000-2001 wasn't a time to fold, it was a time to place smaller bets and ride out the bad news. So it will be from 2009-2011.