Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2024

No, not 19 2006, not 1996, 2006. And so I started doing things and then people would ask me questions and I'd end up coaching them, and then they'd ask me more questions and coach 'em some more, and then they refer to their friends and I'd coach 'em a little bit more. Phil (01:40): Well, when I started, I had no clue.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

I’m not referring to the idea that early risers are more successful. He founded Wrike in 2006. In those situations it’s helpful to silence notifications entirely. Silence is golden – just remember to turn them back on when you’re done! Start Early. This is an easy one. I know plenty of effective night owls as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever. If they want reference calls be ballsy. If they want reference calls be ballsy. I’ve done it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2013

It’s an enjoyable read and one I’ll bet you refer back to rather than read once and file away. Brad & Amy refer to it (and many other influential works) in their book. He teamed up with his wife, Amy Batchelor , to write about about the impact that entrepreneurship has on relationships and what to do about it.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2020

The closest one that people seem to reference is the 1918 Spanish Flu. I was decimated in the collapse of the Internet bubble and had an extremely rough business experience from 2001 – 2006 (which I lovingly refer to as “The Grind”). Yeah – that’s a lot. That was 102 years ago.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Billion by Sandisk in 2006, etc. In the pipeline, there’s no shortage of future unicorns, fondly referred to as ‘charging ponies’ by our friend Yaron Samid at TechAviv. There were many Israeli startup transactions north of $1 billion in the early 2000s. Lucent acquired Chromatis for $4.8b So far, crisis was averted.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

An MVP, an acronym from a Minimal Viable Product refers to a simplified version of the product. The tool technically became public in 2006 but got successful after the Southwest interactive conference a year after. What is an MVP? Its functionality and interface are enough to fulfill the main need and capture audience interests.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Only 7% of the search queries are performed by users referred by search engines, meaning Kayak’s brand is very strong and they continue to build it ($39M spent in 2010 on brand advertising, nearly $92M in total marketing spend). extension round closed April 2006. round closed May 2006. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2013

A study conducted by Carleton University (Canada) in 2006 gave the infamous statistic that Web designers have 500 milliseconds (i.e. A study by the University of Basel, Switzerland in 2012 looked more deeply into the results of the 2006 Canadian study and proved what all tech users know to be commonly true. 500 milliseconds.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The term “startup” often refers to companies in high-tech industries such as information technology, biotech, social media, robotics, hardware manufacturing, etc. Still, it can also refer to enterprises that produce goods or provide services typical of more established firms (e.g., supermarkets).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The text below refers to the slides. New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. Lecture 1: This post describes our lecture slides below. If you can’t see the slides click here. The Big Picture. Context is important.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It was late 2006 and I was serving old media as a national editor at an entertainment industry trade publication, plus freelancing for an alt-weekly and writing a book. I could do what I was doing online with my own publication, so I started Greer’s OC in July 2006. Our tag line is why age gracefully when you can age youthfully?

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Life Beyond Code

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

You’ve accepted their pricing frame of reference. When people see an opportunity too good to be true, they misapply their frame of reference. But now, you have a benchmark—it’s not one you invented. It’s a contextual decision based on information provided to you by the marketers. They want to believe.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Borrowing references from pop culture can make your brand appear more human and relevant. Since its 2006 foundation, YETI has built over 90K LinkedIn followers and 125.7K Beverage cooler brand BruMate deviated from its typical Instagram content to post a meme using an image from the wildly popular Netflix series “Squid Game.”

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 11, 2021

First and foremost, my brother had cerebral palsy and died in 2006 while I, on the other hand, have good health and a fully functioning body so I have no reason to complain and more than enough motivation to pursue my passion. To keep ahead of the game I refer to motivational podcasts, educational and inspirational material, or e-books.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2019

When we started Techstars in 2006 we had one core goal in mind – helping entrepreneurs succeed. It’s a recipe that you’ll be able to refer back to throughout the life of your company and is the only sales book I’ve encountered for startups that address the “how-to of selling” from an operational perspective.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

This, by the way, isn’t very different from how the term social commerce became muddled after Bazaarvoice first started promoting it in 2006 to describe what we do?—?unfortunately, For some of the other ingredients we look for when startups pitch, refer to The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #3. I’ve also heard BDAs called SaaS 3.0

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2018

Nassim Taleb’s book, The Black Swan had just come out and we decided to read the book and discuss its implications for the venture firm we were about to start in late 2006. I think we intuitively understood this back in 2006 and the cruz of our debate centered around just how diversified should a portfolio like ours be.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 16, 2016

WARNING: this episode contains references to spiritual and biblical beliefs… and if that scares you off it’s unfortunate. In 2006 she was honored by the International New Thought Alliance with the Torchbearer for New Thought Award. WARNING: this episode contains references to spiritual and biblical beliefs.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The valuation method described herein was also detailed in my book, the Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels (2006, available on Gust). Others have referred to this and similar methods as the Benchmark Method.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

How Do You Reference Check a VC? Immigrants founded 7000 tech co’s from 1995-2006 – [link]. Five Collaboration Mistakes Leaders Should Avoid – [link]. Ask Eric Clapton - [link]. Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 2) - [link]. Getting Funded: An Interview with Graphic.ly

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

With over two decades in the digital marketing industry, he established his award-winning Melbourne-based digital agency WebSavvy back in 2006, to help small businesses grow. They are a Google Premier Partner and one of only a handful of Australian agencies to be part of Google’s International Growth Program.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2015

Verify everything the candidate claims and cross-reference it to double check. Non-token reference checks. Calling a reference and meekly accepting canned answers about how the candidate is a “go-getter” will not get the job done. Extensive background search. Every person will play up their successes. Were they real or not?

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

Everyone in the Graphics Lab, including the professors (Ren worked with Pat Hanrahan , Mark Horowitz and Marc Levoy for his research), always referred to it as “Ren’s Camera.” ” Ren and I started brainstorming about the potential for commercializing his technology in 2005.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The text below refers to the slides. New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. Lecture 1: This post describes our lecture slides below. If you can’t see the slides click here. The Big Picture. Context is important.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

BRB is representative of exactly what Paul Graham refers to in the quote above: an idea for the sake of. SolarCity - founded in 2006, SolarCity aims to power homes through clean, solar energy. LivePlan - And…could it ever hurt to refer to our own product, LivePlan? BRB isn’t actually the focus of the show either.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2018

These companies don’t always call their plans “business plans” but instead often refer to things like strategic plans, growth plans, and operational plans. References: 1 Brinckmann, J., In fact, 71 percent of fast-growing companies have plans. They create budgets, set sales goals, and document their marketing and sales strategies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Claims, in this case, refer to when customers’ payments are not sent to the provider of travel services, or some similar legal violation of the terms of a contract. Eric Halsey is a historian by training and disposition who’s been interested in US small businesses since working at the House Committee on Small Business in 2006.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 22, 2014

Maybe because my startup’s name is Entirely; most designers—literally more than half—seemed to be inspired by the previously tolerated Microsoft Internet Explorer logo, circa 2006. Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to remove an erroneous reference to a 99designs-run community contest to design a new Gap logo.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 20, 2021

In 2006, I joined Yelp as employee #20 when the company had $1M in annual revenue. When contacting references, ask for five minutes later that day vs. scheduling the call for days out. When asked when something was needed, Somervell’s go-to response was “the day before yesterday”. Startups must build speed into their culture.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

The original interview from 2006 re-appeared online in 2013 and caused outrage among the public and celebrities alike. The CEO referred to the BP oil spill as “relatively tiny” compared with the “very big ocean,” a statement which was met by disapproval from environmentalists everywhere.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

Pizzas, People and Progress » May 22, 2006.   Did you get references from people he's done deals with?    From references that you got from the references he introduced you to?  Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Pick Your Investor With Care : Comments. " But.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 1, 2022

I’ll caveat everything I say here by expressing that when I’m talking about women, I’m referring to broader women/womxn/non-binary/those who identify as female. When I entered college in the fall of 2006, I worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, at a time when it wasn’t exactly so popular to do so.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2011

The idea behind this graphic I call the Marketing Hourglass is that marketing is no longer a hunt and close business, it’s a be found, build trust, nurture, wow and refer business. Now, what tools and tactics you bring to this game will certainly differ, but the end game is still the same.

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