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Ok my fellow Young Grasshoppers, we need to fly. Let’s close deals, chomp on some revenue, and raise cold hard liquid cash. My Dot2Dot family and my NYC Nerdsters, I can be your connection to Silicon Valley who will get you in with the right people. But to actually cut the deal in SF, you need the right venue, with the right mixture of old school (for historical context), understated class, and worldliness (so you can think about the possibilities outside of the room). The point is to focus on the people at the table, the deal, and your future partnership together. Just be strategic about your bathroom breaks and watch your toes. Here’s where I’ve cut deals from $1000 to $24m.
Marissa Louie and Nalin Mittal at Cafe de la Presse, by David Gelles of Financial Times
These work for me:
- I always get deals done here. I got my biggest deal done here.
- Ask for longtime General Manager Philip Ip and tell him I sent you. He pays 100% attention to detail and knows exactly what to do.
- Before you go, take a ride in the speed elevator while you watch everything beneath you shrink. Now take that soaring feeling straight into your meeting.
- It’s best to come late at night with a cheery spirit and with no intention of cutting a deal.
- Do your deal in a hushed voice. And wear something conservative unless you want men gawking at you during your deal.
- This is the social media, PR, and communications hub of SF, so cut your deals related to those arenas here. According to superstars @dgelles, @nalin, @rafer, @dayo, @dipw0nder, and more.
The Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton
- Bring your East Coast colleagues here.
- I took control of a client dinner where everyone was twice my age by talking about how consulting executives cannot sell, even though 90% of top executives have a background in sales. We got the deal, celebrated, and then I bumped into Gavin Newsom and Willie Brown on my way out.
- It’s where you make history.
- It’s where my company, AD-Village, was born. I’ve taken that energy into cutting multiple deals, and have been a loyal customer for 2 years.
You’d think these would work, but they don’t for me:
They’re great dining places, but for me, the settings are uncomfortable, the people tend to stare rudely, or the waitstaff is stiff and awkward. The chi is just not right.
The NYC version is on its way!
Marissa is the CEO and Co-founder of AD-Village. On the job, she handles, sales, PR, customer service, community relations, marketing, speaking at conferences, strategy, recruiting, coding, text messaging, Twittering, and returning calls and emails.
She is a frequent conference speaker and will make a keynote speech or presentation at Web 2.0 Expo New York, Wharton West Entrepreneur Club, LeadsCon Las Vegas, and the Mobile Marketing Summit.
Marissa blogs at BusinessWeek, Adotas, and here at Bub.blicio.us.
Find her on Twitter: @malouie
Contact her at (510) 375-1941 or Email her at marissa@ad-village.com.
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Audiences 09 is bringing together some of the most exceptional people in the world. From the entertainers who engage audiences directly to the statisticians who measure them, to the technologists building tools to help us reach new and larger audiences and engage with them.
I promise you, this event (and the presenters who are already on board and those we have yet to announce) will leave you enlightened and inspired…
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I’ve long promised to start shooting and publishing interviews with those whom inspire me. While this isn’t the official debut of this imminent series, it is a representation of what’s possible. In fact, once I complete the writing for the next book, I will place the video series on an accelerated path to production.
Nonetheless, Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV has written a new book, Crush It, which will hit the market in mid October. While I was in New York recently, Gary and I met up to discuss his new book as well as “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations,” my new book with Deirdre Breakenridge.
It’s always wonderful catching up with Gary and I look forward to doing so again soon.
Gary signed a copy of my book and once his new book is released, we’ll have him sign and send a copy over so that we can create a contest of sorts to give both away to one lucky contestant.
Stay tuned…
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Internet Week NY 2009 has come and gone, but its legacy will carry us throughout the coming year until we convene again at IWNY 2010.
PepsiCo and the TechSet were charged with kicking-off Internet Week by bubbling-up innovation and spotlighting global entrepreneurship at the Bubble Lounge on a beautiful New York evening. Dare I say that it was bub.blicio.us?
PepsiCo has been among those companies that truly understand and consistently demonstrate the activity, engagement, and potential for genuine participation and community cultivation.
It’s about people. And, that’s serves as the very foundation for the TechSet.
PepsiCo, along with the TechSet (Stephanie Agresta and yours truly) and a venue filled with new creativity and passion , indeed commemorated the vivacity of imagination and the people who transform ideas into realty – embodying the true essence and spirit of InternetWeek.
We toasted to the artistry of innovation and basked in the inspiration that spilt over not from our glasses, but from the vision and personality that fills NYC during Internet Week.
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…
Your hosts – Brian Solis and Stephanie Agresta
Maria Sansone of Poptub
“THE” Rock Band
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Anthony Casalena of SquareSpace
Loren Feldman, Dan Farber, Michelle Feldman
Dan Patterson, ABC Radio
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Joel Dreyfuss
Oz Sultan, Brett Petersel, Gregarious, Coutenay Bird
Leora Israel
Brett Petersel
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Nicole Jordan, Rana Sobhany, Stephanie Agresta, Brett Petersel, Anand Iyer, Jacob Mullins, MG Siegler, Michael Jacobson, Bryan Barletta, Courtenay Bird, Damien Basile
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