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Successful Meetings
Bogged down by e-mail? Try these tips to lighten the load. Read
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San Francisco Business Times
What’s better than pennies from heaven? Millions from angels, of course.
Fastangels.com is giving away venture cash for equity stakes in tech startups.
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San Francisco Business Times
[Breier said] the entire industry is gaining more traction amid growing signs
of a strengthening economy. "There’s a basis for cautious optimism,"
Breier said. |
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Silicon Valley Business Ink
Former Amazon.com, Beyond.com executive Mark Breier is now helping startups as
an angel investor. Personal profile. Read
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Silicon Valley Business Ink
(op/ed) "Managers need to actively take responsibility for defining a new
paradigm for what ‘business as usual’ is, taking into account the deep
well of human emotion in the world today." |
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SJ Mercury News
"Fast Angels Ventures in Los Altos just funded MultiDigit, which has a new
fingerprint-identification technology. Iris-scanning technology is also being
developed." |
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Postcard from the Future:
"By now most people realize how futile sending email on a cell phone is,
or how maddening it is to enter names into a cell phone address book. In fact,
almost all input functions on a cell phone are aggravatingly painstaking. Alec
Matusis believes he has the perfect solution." |
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American Way:
"…Mark Breier, formerly of Amazon.com and Beyond.com, brings some valuable
new economy lessons to the podium. ‘Act Fast, Act Smart’ is the speaker’s
central theme….’You can’t be an 800-pound gorilla; you need to
be an economic gazelle. You’ve got to be able to change directions quickly.’" |
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Daily Deal —
"Having created a virtual cottage industry of lectures and seminars out of
his 10-second tips, Breier lost no time in extending the marketing trademark to
a new $20 million seed-stage angel partnership he now manages." |
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SF Chronicle —
"If you are going to fail on an idea, fail on a great one that is ahead of its
time," Breier said. "Among failures, it's a noble failure," which is how he describes
his own tenure at Beyond. Read
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The Herring Take: —
"’Act faster, act smarter’ is the motto of Fast Angels and its
general partner Mark Breier. It's the idea behind his book (The 10-Second Internet
Manager) and now his Fast Angels fund, which is moving so rapidly that it
hasn't even formalized itself as a limited partnership yet." |
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Silicon Valley internet.com —
"It's a great time to invest in high tech startups. Say what?
While that statement may run contrary to the current environment that's seen many
a high tech enterprise struggle, if not fold, it's exactly the bullish sentiment
of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Breier whose putting his money where his mouth
is with the launch today of a $20 million angel investment fund." Read
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San Francisco Business Times —
"As for Mark ‘to Market’ Breier, he’s focusing on mobile communications
as a place to invest today and, as an angel investor, is buying private, early-stage
companies. ‘If you know someone starting up a company, this is a good time,’
he said. ‘It’s an entrepreneur’s market.’" |
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Boston Globe —
"Looks like angel investing is still alive and well among the high-tech elite.
Mark Breier, the former CEO of Beyond.com and an ex-Amazon marketing executive,
is starting a new group, Fast Angel Ventures…Breier is shooting for the stars
while much of the VC industry has toned down its expectations." |
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Chicago Tribune —
"Spending way too much of your workday responding to e-mails? Mark Breier,
author of the ‘The 10 Second Internet Manager’, has some common-sense
tips for quelling the deluge." |
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internet.com —
"There's been a firestorm in high tech with only a few trees standing like
Cisco, Dell, Amazon, and a few others, but the ground is fertile with skilled
staff, and the clouds are filled with billions of dollars of VC money waiting
to find a home," says Breier, a former VP of Marketing of Amazon.com, and
ex-CEO of Beyond.com. Read
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San Jose Mercury News
Mark talks about why speed is the key to survival in the New Economy. "Indeed,
much of Breier's advice in ‘The 10-Second Internet Manager’ is aimed
at helping Old Economy businesses learn how to speed up their operations much
like a New Economy one." |
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LocalBusiness.com —
"Entrepreneurs trying to start technology companies in this tough investment
climate may be getting an answer to some of their prayers." |
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San Francisco Business Times —
Viewers not familiar with March Money Mayhem need to look no further than Mark
‘The Shark’ Breier, general partner of Fast Angels Ventures. Keeping
in lock step with the NCAA basketball tournament, visitors to Breier’s patch
voted for what they would do with $1,000." |
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San Francisco Business Times —
"There are two kinds of belt tightening," said Mark Breier. "You
can hang on to precious cash or change the business model." |
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Dallas Morning News —
"Back in 1982, Kenneth Blanchard had a best-seller with The One Minute Manager….Mr.
Breier has shaved a full 50 seconds off Mr. Blanchard’s business tool." |
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Silicon Valley Internet.com —
"Mark Breier, a former Amazon.com and Beyond.com executive, has joined with
Conservation International." Read
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Wall Street Journal —
Featured in job burnout article. |
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Businessweek.com —
Chapter excerpts from the book focus on tips on how to "act fast, act smart"
and using customer feedback to improve your business. |
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Entrepreneur.com — Author discusses "act
fast, act smart" management in areas from promoting your brand to improving
your meetings to using email more effectively. |
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Industry Standard —
Author discusses managing time in today’s fast-paced business world. Read
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Office.com —
Author discusses how to be more productive in your job. Read
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Management General —
New Leadership.now ezzay for leading management site. "Become A New Economy Cheetah!" |
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San Jose Mercury News —
"Hungering for something–anything–a few folks gathered recently
for breakfast at Buck’s of Woodside to come up with cooking metaphors as
business strategy." |
