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The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs

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The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?

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How to Get Sponsorship for Your Business, Book or Podcast

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This might include things like: Website Social media banners and content Newsletters Digital and traditional media advertising Naming rights of a building Event sponsorship Speaking opportunities Exhibitor opportunities Access to influencers. Lean on your professional networks too. But it pays to think beyond that.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . ” We certainly did. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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What do investors REALLY want?

Up and Running

Simply leave a comment below or get in touch on any of our social media accounts – Twitter , Google+ and Facebook. If you have good experience then the VC will be leaning forward for the rest of the presentation.”. QUESTION: Should I send out market research surveys prior to approaching an investor? We have market share.

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Maximizing Your Marketing Impact With Fractional CMOs

Duct Tape Marketing

More About JP Maroney: Follow JP on social media: @jpmaroney JP’s website. John Jantsch (01:33): So I've been talking about this topic of a Fractional CMO frankly, for 10 years, but I've really leaned into it the last couple years because I think the market's caught up. Check out JP’s Youtube Channel.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. The existing winter quarter of the class remains the same as we taught for the last 10 years – taking all students’ projects – e-commerce, social media, web, and mobile apps.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

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We think social first and we are defining and inventing what social commerce can be. Getting social right is hard. Your customer is growing up on social media. Use them as a sounding board for corporate development issues. Advisory boards never amount to much. You will get it wrong a lot.