Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple
networking events a week
Make it a point to attend one social gathering or
networking event a week.
Try to attend 1
networking event a week.
Or you can confidently reply, «I have two
networking events this week that may lead to promising job prospects.».
On the plus side, I can go back to attending 2 - 3
networking events a week (I had things coming up that I was bummed that I was going to be missing that Ill now be able to attend), and giving the job search 12 - 18 hours a day of my attention again.
But does that mean you need to drag yourself to in - person
networking events every week?
Not exact matches
There are numerous related
events happening throughout the
week that give attendees another chance to
network and meet the right people.
For example, Small Business
Week Eastern Missouri has a schedule of almost 20 different events next week, ranging from information sessions about how to get an SBA loan for your business and how to win a government contract bid to a SBA gala and networking ev
Week Eastern Missouri has a schedule of almost 20 different
events next
week, ranging from information sessions about how to get an SBA loan for your business and how to win a government contract bid to a SBA gala and networking ev
week, ranging from information sessions about how to get an SBA loan for your business and how to win a government contract bid to a SBA gala and
networking event.
Not only did an entire delegation from the Turkish government, including high - profile diplomats, travel to the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business
Week event in Washington, D.C., last year; tech giant Dell chose to host its Women's Entrepreneur
Network event in the nation's most populous city, Istanbul, this month.
The tech industry is a model of
networking, with
events almost every
week in nearly every city.
At the Dell Women's Entrepreneurship
Network event in Istanbul last
week, we sat down with her to discuss how a group of talented entrepreneurs from around the globe is helping to bring the U.N. into a 2.0 world.
«My dad used to ask my brother and me at the dinner table what we had failed at that
week,» she told the audience at a 2015
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
event in New York City.
Last
week I met a brilliant and driven solopreneur at a
networking event.
This is directly related to your goal - based routines — set goals when it comes to
networking, whether it is to hit a certain number of
events weekly or make a specific number of new contacts each
week.
The startups, which Plug and Play declined to name, will go through boot - camp iteration sessions, 20 hours of one - on - one meetings with mentors each
week, and weekly pitches at the Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup
networking event.
Marketing is something I do all
week as there are many
networking events to attend, such as Chamber of Commerce
events and industry association
events.
With four of the top 10 Olympic advertising spenders in the automotive category — and BMW leading the way at $ 28.7 million according to iSpot.tv — the brand that has experienced the biggest uplift in key consumer metrics in the first
week is the TV
network broadcasting the
event itself, NBC - TV.
Guest Post by Bryan Brewer, Funding Quest As a volunteer «pitch doctor» for the Northwest Entrepreneur
Network's First Look Forum program, I attended the dress rehearsal last
week where twelve eager entrepreneurs practiced their pitches for the big
event next... Continue reading →
There are a lot of
networking events in the Bay Area every day of the
week.
This infographic will help you navigate the free
events happening during the
week so you can squeeze the most
networking into your trade show experience.
I'm thrilled to be a part of Food
Network's Summer Soirée
event this
week.
The first hour of the
event was a taping for next
week's episode of NXT's weekly show, while the last two - plus hours were streamed live on the WWE
Network.
Even ESPN's
networks, which carried two of the five games on the schedule, relentlessly promoted next Thursday's Indiana — Ohio State Megacast as the official start of the season, but for those who passed on the day's other sporting
events to get their first glimpse of the gridiron regardless of how modestly it may have been billed, there were a few moments worthy of carrying over into the real
Week 1.
If you have a blog you update at least once a
week and / or are active on social media you can be involved in product reviews, sampling opportunities, sponsored programs, contests,
networking and even
events.
All sponsors will receive recognition on printed materials at the
event, listing in the «Meet the Sponsors» email one
week prior to the
event, as well as acknowledgement on social media
networks leading up to the
event.
Last
week Khan and Goldsmith appeared at the Copper Box Arena in the Olympic park for an
event organised by the London Citizens
network of religious and communitiy organisations.
At 6 p.m., the African - American International Chamber of Commerce celebrates Harlem
Week with a
networking event, 24 E. 125th St., Manhattan.
This is where we need to depart from the model of politics that has informed much of the reporting of last
week's
events: of plots, conspiracies,
networks and factions.
The GPS
network detected the slow slip
events occurring on the Hikurangi subduction zone plate boundary in the
weeks and months following the Kaik?ura earthquake.
Tweets and status updates have been buzzing for
weeks about DARPA's
Network Challenge, even though the
event does not officially kick off until 10 A.M. Eastern time Saturday when hundreds of technophiles will compete in an effort to be the first to track down the locations of 10 large red weather balloons positioned across the U.S. throughout the day (pdf).
«We had very informative activities lined up for this year's NPAW, covering multiple aspects of their training, such as career development, professional development, work life balance and
networking,» said Sudha Krishnamurthy, PhD, who organized the
events for the
week.
Check out the full list of scientific sessions, abstract presentations, workshops, and
networking events to plan your
week.
On Friday, the
week wrapped up with a
networking event that provided postdocs at both Gladstone and its affiliate institution, the University of California, San Francisco, an opportunity to mingle, collaborate, and celebrate.
«Planning an entire
week of
events focused on our postdocs was intended to recognize and thank them for their scientific contributions, and to create some special learning and
networking opportunities.
«I was thrilled to win your book at the NE / DBC
networking event in Denver a few
weeks ago.
Speaking of tailoring pants, though, I went to a
networking event last
week (and had to dress like a real professional... life is hard) and realized my black pants are toooooo long.
The Revolve - owned luxury retailer called upon its international
network of «superinfluencers» for a
week's worth of
events that lit up our Instagram feeds.
If you can find time to go to the gym three times a
week, meet your girlfriends for drinks, and attend business
networking events, then you must allocate one hour a day to devote to your love life.
Lightning Speed
Event Services Dating, Friending,
Networking Funding after taken twice blogger within single
week, we got message its time to go.
Discovery Channel and Shark Savers, a shark conservation non-profit organization, are teaming up for the 25th Anniversary of the highly popular Shark
Week, the
network's annual weeklong programming
event devoted entirely to the ocean's apex predators.
Now in its 11th year, the Discovery Education Summer Institute is a celebrated
week - long professional development and
networking event, bringing together teachers from across the US and Canada who are passionate about using digital media in the classroom.
Networking and
events group BAMEed will launch in January with the aim of encouraging more black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates into teaching and leadership roles, Schools
Week has reported.
So last
week's eLearning
Network's
event was a perfect opportunity to find out more about these technologies.
In the coming
weeks, we'll be working to schedule community
events, and we'll keep you informed about the additional
networking eventsas well as other opportunities to get involved.
The SEMA Businesswomen's
Network's annual Speed
Networking Breakfast award ceremony has become one of the premier networking events during SEMA
Networking Breakfast award ceremony has become one of the premier
networking events during SEMA
networking events during SEMA Show
week.
Just
weeks after the SEMA Show, MPMC members will be packing their bags for Indianapolis for a
week full of exhibiting, customer meetings,
networking and MPMC - sponsored
events at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show.
Special
events held by councils and committees during the
week of the SEMA Show include select committee and membership meetings, awards receptions and industry
networking events.
«To ensure that attendees get the greatest value for their investment, the entire
week of the SEMA Show is filled with multiple
networking events, special activities and a comprehensive educational program.»
It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III), so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up, so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to libraries; I'm attending
events at my first literature festival next
week to meet and
network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).
I will be attending a conference for authors next
week and have been doing some research on
networking tips for live
events.