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MARCH 9, 2007

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 13, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MARCH 1, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In 2008, Seth Godin published a list of things that “every good marketer knows” Among that list was: “Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.” The same report states that transactional emails also generate more revenue per email than promotional emails.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Of course, the right approach is to be proactive along all the following fronts: Reputation management. Keep up with the competition.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In 2008, the city of Chicago, belabored by annual pension funding shortfalls, over-unionization, decaying infrastructure, and governed by a small group of incestuous alderman, moved to privatize the entire city’s parking meter operations. Of course, there are also cautionary examples that did not work out as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Of course, the right approach is to be proactive along one or more of the following lines: Reputation management. Keep up with the competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. Reputation – Equally, the investor might not be worried about squeezing out your existing VC, per se, but doesn’t want to develop a reputation as a VC with an edge. Reputation. It is 2010.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Outspoken investor Paul Kedrosky characterizes Color’s reputation: “It’s become a punch line. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.)

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business. What if your website doesn’t convert traffic into leads, into customers? Then that SEO service is pointless.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

Moreover, VC funds on average earn approximately 2/3 of their revenue from fixed fees. The first is that the ThomsonOne database shows capital weighted average returns consistently beating simple average returns for vintage years 1980-2008, implying that larger funds do better than smaller funds. First, it isn’t very precise.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0 SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES. NEW EMERGING MARKETPLACES.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Status / reputation. Why You Should Write.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yes, if our early-stage startup that has zero revenues can convince one of the iconic CEOs of the entire industry to leave their job running a multi-billion dollar enterprise, we should do it. Based on David’s advice, we raised our Series D in September of 2008. But get real. REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF GREAT BOARD MEMBERS.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I outlined in a MicroConf talk a few years ago. I didn’t know of any reputable brokers. Things were good while I was growing HitTail.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I outlined in a MicroConf talk a few years ago. I didn’t know of any reputable brokers. Things were good while I was growing HitTail.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But suffice to say I spent almost every penny in my business account to buy a SaaS app that looked like this: And was able to turn it into this: And 10x the revenue in 15 months, via steps I went into detail at a MicroConf talk a few years ago. I didn’t know of any reputable brokers. I call it Stair Stepping.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. But I stopped myself, realizing that I didn’t want to bash this small business online and forever tarnish their reputation. A friend challenged me to expand my offerings.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2019

So you have millennials who saw many of their parents get laid off, or re-orged, or be very unhappy when the recession hit in 2008, and so they kind of stepped back and said, “What am I doing climbing this ladder that I don’t know if I want to be on?” And then again, all the way to boomers who are saying, “I love what I do.”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

And, this is especially true for smaller graphic design and marketing agencies that don’t have the rock-solid reputations of top firms to pave the way. In fact, this was the key reason we founded crowdpring in 2008 and the reason why our model lets clients pick from actual designs (or names), rather than bids and proposals.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

This gives you a chance to build your reputation and credibility as a quality provider. It is a clear picture of who you are, what your business is, how you will reach your target customers, and your plan for revenue and profits. Kabbage has provided $150 million+ in funding to small businesses since 2008.

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