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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. The things that always differentiated Accenture? Ameet said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, just wait for the next downturn.&#.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Article: Behind Every Great Product. I titled the paper, “Behind Every Great Product” and it was inspired by the classic Good Product Manager / Bad Product Manager by Ben Horowitz. The paper proved popular and helped many teams to get a better understanding of just what product was all about.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Meet in person. They’re buying you. .”

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? With enough resources, products can always be copied. It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns.

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Mastering SEO in the Age of AI

Duct Tape Marketing

John (04:23): Yeah, we had a 2000 page site that we did just that to 1400 pages and immediately lifted their results. These sorts of things are still applicable, but now with the advent of ai, we need to find ways to differentiate your website to make it seem like it's handcrafted, it's fact checked, it is authoritative and trustworthy.

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Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book

Duct Tape Marketing

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] Um, he and his partner took Red Hat to an IPO early days, and Bob found himself with a lot of time and a lot of money, and a lot of people wanted to hear his story. [2:25] Is self-publishing a more profitable way to publish today? [5:12]

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. biopharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare products, targeting the regeneration and repair of complex human organs and tissues. In business, we negotiate with external vendors, suppliers and partners.