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5 Sure-fire Ways to Bomb Your Investor Pitch

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This is where I could have taken a lesson from Gillette’s “Never let them see you sweat” ad campaign from the 80s. Present a “hockey-stick” financial growth model without sharing your numbers behind your numbers (a.k.a. Are you pitching “hockey-stick” financial growth? your financial assumptions).

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).

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How to Find Hundreds of Business Ideas

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That’s because they’re fitted with noise-cancelling technology. The higher your score, the bigger the discount you’ll receive on your insurance policy come the 3 month review period. When you play unicycle hockey, you typically use a unicycle, an ice-hockey stick and a tennis ball. Hello world, goodbye world.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

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As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Make sure you’ve done the due diligence on all of these areas of your business. Pretend that you are the investor. Are you doing advertising?

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Tough Titties: Living Life on Your Own Terms

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Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! The MarTech Podcast share stories from world-class marketers who use technology to generate growth and achieve business and career success. And you can listen to it all on your lunch break. 00:57): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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CXL Live 2019 Recap: Takeaways from Every Speaker

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Go beyond standard sources of voice of customer data ; better options are: Interview founders (the original “customers”); Thank-you page surveys; Usertesting.com; Mine sales calls; Mine support tickets; Mine Facebook comments ; Mine online reviews. Decision making: What is the technical complexity and debt you’re adding?