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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 1 « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

While the promotion needs to fit your company’s image and the demeanor of the attendees, I’ll tell you that I’d be giving away dating-service T-shirts at the bereaved widows’ convention. Have a loud product demo; give away pieces of candy; hire a masseuse and offer free back rubs. Plus tips on overall trade show strategy.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Creative Destruction Most established companies fall into the seductive trap of following short term profits all the way into the ground – leaving only their t-shirts and coffee cups. AKPC_IDS += "376,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged Amp, [.] on June 24, 2009 at 4:31 pm Said: [.]

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“Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch

Steve Blank

It was amazing to see the two founders, Fred Durham and Maheesh Jain, build a $100 million company from coffee cups and T-shirts. Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [.]

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I was beginning to think that my hiring managers were related to red-shirted guys on Star Trek.) Two Jobs at Once When I was hired at Zilog part of the deal was that I could consult for the first six months for my last employer, ESL. Just as I was getting settled into Zilog, the manager of the training department got fired. (I

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SuperMac War Story 2: Facts Exist Outside the Building, Opinions.

Steve Blank

And then to their surprise I offered them either a SuperMac coffee cup or T-shirt for their troubles. Then when I told them I was actually the VP of Marketing they were flabbergasted. They were happy to give me everything I asked for and more. Now I had happy and surprised customers walking around with paid advertising for my company.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

It also depends on your willingness to invest that money back into a volatile stock market and hopefully not lose your shirt doing it. Tags: startupcto. It’s a difficult question to answer, and depends on your short and long term goals. The bottom line is that you may not need to sell the company to meet your goals.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

venturehacks.com

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Later that evening you review the term sheet from Blue Shirt.