Conferences and What They Really Facilitate
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
3y ago
No one really talks about this when discussing physical industry events. People don't go for the content. Here and there you may learn something in a session or you may get the chance to listen to someone live whom you admire or wanted to get access to. But this isn't the major draw of physical industry events.  You go to be amongst people. You go to interact. It's walking the hallways and hanging out in the lobby that leads to the serendipity that has facilitated so many deals over the years. You attend to be seen and to show that you are part of the community. You want to catch up on t ..read more
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Late to the Mechanical Keyboard Party
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
3y ago
I've had my eye on a Keychron keyboard after I saw a bunch of reviews on various tech sites over the past year or two. It seemed quite hyped and the original Kickstarter project blossomed out to a full blown company with a bunch of various keyboards on offer. I was forced to be patient as it took forever for them to bring out a German version. I contemplated getting the US layout but it's just too much hassle when regularly writing in German. Two weeks ago, they finally sent a notification mail that a German version of their V2 keyboard was available so I jumped on it. I'm glad I did. It tha ..read more
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Will Conferences and Events Really Change?
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
4y ago
I enjoyed reading Ben's essay this morning about his thoughts regarding online conferences and how things in this regard pan out going forward. I have to admit that I've been thinking quite a lot about this. As someone who spends time on the road at events (more so earlier as a VC), I have been asking myself where do we go from here? Simply taking events online and doing everything via video just ain't happening. But for me, it is not about the events specifically. I am much more interested in changing things for the better having now been forced to. As much as I'd like to support doing every ..read more
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Yeah, WFH. Let's do it. Now...Or Not
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
4y ago
Well, yesterday Twitter decided to let all their employees work from home indefinitely. They have something like 5000 employees so this made the news everywhere. It's definitely been on my mind as the CEO of a small company and it's hard to get away from with all the news regarding this out there. Nevertheless, it's far too early to tell whether this is going to be a sea change in the work environment. So let's all calm down. I can give two perspectives on this. These are things going through my mind. As someone who is currently working from home, I love the simplicity it brings to my life ..read more
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Success without Effort
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
4y ago
There's been so much written about hustle porn and one of the most outspoken people on Twitter is @dhh on Twitter. He is one of the founders of Basecamp and with his cofounder, has even written a book about it not having to be crazy at work. As much as I like to agree with him, the reality of the world we live in is often nuanced. As much as I'd like to fully agree that you can build highly successful businesses with a maximum 40 hour workweek, my day to day shows otherwise. I have been dwelling on this quite a bit the past couple of months as I go about building Receeve with my team.  I hea ..read more
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How We're Hiring at Receeve
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
5y ago
Michael and I have been at this game quite a while at this point. Nevertheless, one thing I realized is that I often repeat myself to both people whom we are hiring or whom we are telling about what we do. We have a very specific type of person whom we like to hire. Further, both Michael and I have our very own styles of management (or in my case, lack of management) and we compliment one another greatly. It still remains though that it takes a special type of person to gel with us when it comes to a working environment.  It seemed easiest to put this in a blog post and if you're reading this ..read more
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Only 20 Years to Raise a Round
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
5y ago
20 years....that's one way of saying it. You could also see it differently....about two weeks of work. We're finalizing our round at Receeve. It's been quick outside of the admin and we were able to raise more than we need. Therefore we asked some folks to wait for a further financing round. I don't want to jinx anything but I remain confident that we will have together a pre-seed round which sufficiently funds us to the next round and allows us to get a team, a product and initial POC's in place.  But this isn't a post about fundraising and instead, about expectation management. Why could it ..read more
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It Could Be Worse: 10 Thoughts on the Economy
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
5y ago
Somehow, during the span of my career, I've had multiple groundhog day type occurrences. I feel we are in the midst of one right now. My first occasion was the bubble bursting after the turn of the century. Then we had the 2008 financial crisis. Now, we have what I'll call the Trump crisis and unfortunately, there will be more before I am done as the cycles are accelerating.  This isn't a post about economics or why such things happen and the economy turns. We may be in for a long phase of shitty market conditions. I haven't yet completely become convinced that the markets are done for. Never ..read more
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Meditate On This
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
5y ago
I recently read a post about needing a "strenuous age" to start again. I highly recommend reading it if for no other reason than to see the parallels between the turn of the 20th century and now. It's scary how similar things seem and a bit worrisome what those parallels will lead to. Nevertheless, this article came at an interesting time for me. Having reflected a bit on what I've done in the past 43 years, I can attest to the fact that the next 40 plus years of my life won't be driven by meditation, drug use, and journaling. Yet, if you look around, you will see that this seems to be a trend ..read more
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Learn to Take as Well as Give
Paul Jozefak – Babbling VC
by Paul Jozefak
5y ago
A lesson I learned far too late in my business career is that you have to also take instead of just giving. That may sound harsh but you would be wise to heed these words, especially if you are early in your career. Everyone is talking about "giving" nowadays and "paying it forward" but be very cautious about this. It sounds nice when preached but can be quite disadvantageous when practiced.  Now don't get me wrong. I am all about giving. I spent the past twenty years happily helping people on their way without requesting anything in return. I have had very positive experiences in my life w ..read more
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