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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO.

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How to find that first big customer

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How you convinced them to pay up when code review at that stage was nonexistent? But this was 2002 when AdWords was affordable and I had no competitors, so you can’t repeat that — it doesn’t matter how I did it. I think you meant this ? It’s rarely true that your first customer will be big. I had a $39.95

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How to Find the Time to Accomplish Anything

Feld Thoughts

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. After I published Avogadro Corp, I knew that I wanted to send review copies to newspapers, bloggers, and other folks in the tech industry. For my second novel, I hired someone to research Amazon’s top reviewers for me.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Why does vintage matter to you?

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How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the Salesman Podcast, hosted by Will Barron brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell or just peek at the latest sales news.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. If you shoot from the hip, you’ll be shooting your own foot most of the time.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.