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Bruce Cleveland: Part 1- Traversing the Traction Gap

deal architect

Bruce Cleveland, who many readers may remember from his Siebel days is now an investor and has a new book out, Traversing the Traction Gap. I had a long ranging conversation with him about the book and also about trends.

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Bruce Cleveland - Part 2 - thoughts on current enterprise market

deal architect

In Part 1, Bruce Cleveland talked about the framework in his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap. Here we talk about partnering and white spaces in the market. Most enterprise vendors now offer their own platforms. Could they use your.

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Bruce Cleveland - Part 2 - thoughts on current enterprise market

deal architect

In Part 1 yesterday, Bruce Cleveland talked about the framework in his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap. Here we talk about partnering and white spaces in the market. Most enterprise vendors now offer their own platforms. Could they use.

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Bruce Cleveland - Part 2 - thoughts on current enterprise market

deal architect

In Part 1 yesterday, Bruce Cleveland talked about the framework in his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap. Here we talk about partnering and white spaces in the market. Most enterprise vendors now offer their own platforms. Could they use.

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How To Build A Startup That Doesn’t Flop

YoungUpstarts

If followed, we believe it can help startup teams navigate the critical early stages of development – and avoid joining a majority of early stage companies that end up on the entrepreneurial scrap heap. Read on to discover why successfully traversing the Traction Gap is critical to early stage companies.

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3rd Annual Women in Tech Summit Examines Strength, Fundraising & Diversity

Austin Startup

Hold everyone accountable (including yourself) Stacey Cleveland , Equity Strategist for Employee Engagement at Google, left us with some wise words: “We don’t have all the answers, we may ask you to google it.” Prepare interviews to make it an easier experience for the interviewee) 2. Collect Data 3. Evaluate subtle messages 4.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

Before moving to Bend last year, my career took me from engineering development roles at defense contractors in the 80’s to product management and executive marketing roles in companies like Qualcomm in the 90’s, to the world of venture capital at several firms including Bay Partners, Formative Ventures and Vulcan Ventures.