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Beyond the Full-Time CMO: How Companies are Opting for a Fractional Future

Duct Tape Marketing

05:20] Could you shed some light on your business model? 06:14] One challenge of the Fractional CMO model is essentially selling your time. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So tell me a little bit about your particular business model, organization wise. You're ready to graduate.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Loyalty experts will swear this is not true, and will use complex models to demonstrate ROI of their systems. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc.

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Best iPhone Photo App – Phanfare Photon

BeyondVC

It is great to see my friend Andrew Erlichson getting some rave reviews for Phanfare Photon , his iPhone photo app.  It is important to note that Photon puts less emphasis on social feature than other services like Radar , which we reviewed last week. " I first started using Phanfare in late 2004 and have been a fan since. 

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. . Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

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Optimizing Your Agency For Profitability

Duct Tape Marketing

More About Marcel Petitpas: His business — Parakeeto. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! The software sucks, whatever cool. So there is, is a way to adapt your business model and do this without time sheets. John Jantsch (22:27): The, my longest running client, uh, has been a client since 2004.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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