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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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Given the bank more “warrant coverage.&#. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Too much PR, too early. Post-Mortem Title : Leaving IonLab. Company : IonLab. Author : Swaroop C H.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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As much as I love Linux (and would love to make it my primary OS across all of my development systems), it simply lacks the market share necessary to warrant the investment of my efforts. I tried to continue reading but it is obvious that you are closer to PR or marketing than to the tech area. Federico Delgado.

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