1999 Business Plan Hiring Marketing 
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 30, 2021
I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Very rare case.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2019
I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Very rare case.
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Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Exactly three months after its $48 Million funding announcement, Smooth-Stone today detailed its company momentum, including significant new executive hires, new office space and renaming the company. Bob Baughman, previously with Polycom and Marvell, as Vice President of Business Development and Sales.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 6, 2013
I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Very rare case.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Out of 5,923 investment professionals in our dataset, 916 (15.5%) were focused primarily on origination and marketing. To get access to these investments outside of the major VC centers, you need to proactively market in those geographies beyond bicycle range. Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete. So very few investors want Business Plans any more. We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 31, 2016
I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Very rare case.
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