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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Arin Fishkin did all the original graphic design. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. It just took another 1st place at CES.

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Hear how the Lean Startup began — and helped one company find success: Episode 2 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Eric Ries and Jon Sebastiani

Steve Blank

Eric Ries co-founded Catalyst Recruiting while attending Yale, and continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com. At the same time, the jerky manufacturer they had designed their first flavors with decided to make their own jerky. Taking My Class. And it was obviously a game-changer for KRAVE.

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Selecting An Agile Coach

SVPG

Starting around 2004 and 2005 I began seeing an increasing number of teams moving to Agile, and of course the first thing they needed was training and often some coaching. Given the key roles of product manager and UX designers, any potential trainer must understand how these people work with an Agile delivery team. See [link] 3.

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Monitoring Relationship Status :: Small Business Marketing Blog.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Just so we’re clear, I don’t receive anything for promoting this tool, I just think it’s the right one for this use.) Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

Here are 3 website design trends I think you should be watching. Responsive Design: A Great Experience, No Matter Where. Have you heard the term “ responsive ” website design and laughed it off as techno-mumbo-jumbo? Remember, the purpose of your website’s design is to support your brand and brand message.

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What is Marketing Strategy and How Do I Get One 5 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Or maybe it involves creating and communicating a special pricing plan, designed to secure early renewals and lock in a longer renewal term. These and other types of marketing approaches will directly help increase renewals.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. Engineers initially failed to understand the new possibilities of the new paradigm. Loyalty experts will swear this is not true, and will use complex models to demonstrate ROI of their systems.