Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

Q&A with Joe Maruschak, co-founder of Fertilab Thinkubator . He co-founded and is on the board of Fertilab Thinkubator, an incubator with a biotech focus. See Also How to Do Your Own Pr If You Can’t Afford an Agency. See Also What My Startup Accelerator Taught Me About Pitching. Business is not a safe thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. The industry veteran. The sales professional.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. If you’re following Tesla, you might be interested to know that Sloan wasn’t the founder of GM.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

The MAD 2024 landscape A final example, is this list of the 50 most popular consumer AI web products , recently published by A16Z. By the way, this not just about marketing or PR. While investments to generative AI startups are red hot, founders have to battle quite a few investor biases. How many of them do you know?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. The industry veteran. The sales professional.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. IPOs dried up.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. I want to reflect on my experience as a non-technical founder and reassess my original decision – almost two years ago – to stick to what I’m good at, and not waste time learning to code. guest author.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

by Hannah Sieber, co-founder and COO of EcoFlow Tech. Crowdfunding has become common place for new products and new brands. With that number in mind, think strategically about the costs for website and campaign development, PR, digital marketing and all aspects of product costs, even the “hidden” ones.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. Half our portfolio is consumer.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

We had a wide-ranging discussion which included discussions of Eric’s early career (including his failures), how he came to focus on the Lean Startup movement (at the encouragement of Steve Blank who was an investor in the company he co-founded) and what he wants to do next. when is the right time to go big with PR? Check it out.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo. One of the biggest problems facing any entrepreneur is how to convince people that your idea, product or service is as great as you personally believe it to be. Every founder has a good story to tell! Stats are important, but should be woven into an intriguing narrative.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2019

A number of blog posts recently have mentioned this, but we seem to be experiencing a rise in repeat founders starting new businesses and raising seed capital. We’re also seeing a wave of folks who were not founders, but were star players among the first 25 folks at a unicorn company also starting new companies.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

by Andrea Martins, co-founder of GreenSocks. He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me. Lecture 3: Before The Startup.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He’s also the co-author of a new book launching in June 2022 — Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business. Marketing Podcast with Paul Roetzer. So Paul, welcome back.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 25, 2019

As for the top startups that are located in Central Texas, many of these will be honored at the annual Austin A-List Awards , which are co-presented by the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce and by SXSW. Click here to enter your startup for this competition.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. The product lens - [link]. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Have we even noticed?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Deciding if a product feature is worth the effort – [link]. Stop looking for cofounders and help them find you instead | The Startup Toolkit Blog - [link]. You can do it alone (why it’s not critical to haver a co-founder) – [link]. A co-founder’s guide to Biz Dev | Soundboy – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ. 12 Qualities To Look For In A Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1m97mzy. What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

You can always tell during this discussion whether the entrepreneur has logged into their products, talked to their customers, read all the news stories and gotten all of the back channel info on the competition. Let’s talk about your product or let’s look at your financial projections. Who does finance report to?

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2011

The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones. Get your PR pitches out. Run an internal hackathon.

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. The Product Hunt Manual by Kiki Schirr. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. As someone who’s still early on in their Product Hunt obsession, I haven’t really looked at PH much from the business side. It’s a short (and free!)

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

Joe Flanagan, Founder, 90s Fashion World No, Too Many Lenders While the idea of sourcing capital from multiple smaller sources is an enticing one, the reality is far less pleasant. A campaign should only be used if your product has a “viral” quality to it. The crowdfunding act itself becomes a marketing strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Did you pivot your product at all throughout the development of Lockboxer? One day I might wear hats for PR director, project manager, customer service representative, and sales director. Any words of advice for aspiring founders who are looking for a technical partner? There really isn’t a standard day.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In those instances, you might want expert advice to help steer you in the most productive and profitable directions. Has worked in certain aspects you seek guidance with (PR, marketing, social media). include Anil Dash, who blogs at Dashes.com, and co-founded ThinkUp and Activate, as well as Nick Taranto from Plated.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. They need to challenge your way of thinking, your way of doing business, and your way of building products. 60-70% for founders. As a founder you need to develop this skill very quickly.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2- Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. We believe in the emotional connection between the consumer and our products. They make our high standard of living possible with their products and services. Thanks to Niesha Kennedy, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #12-

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Shira Sue Carmi, the founder of Launch Collective, reminds us that the business of launching a clothing brand is as important as the artistry: Fashion is amazing in the way it balances art and commerce, but it’s a business. There’s a terrific book about this from the founder of Nike, Phil Knight – Shoe Dog.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Anand Sanwal , co-founder and CEO of CB Insights ; and Chris Shipley , executive producer of MIT’s Solve initiative, joined me in the studio to discuss the day-to-day chaos of building a company. We were the only folks with a product on the credit card space. Chris : It’s exactly like that. Eye on the Prize.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. Eric has talked often about recognizing a startup as an organization designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Will you be able to think up alternative products? in ten years?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Andy Cunningham , founder and CEO of Cunningham Collective. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Andy Cunningham. They don’t know what you do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

10 Ways to Make Your Relationship With Your Co-Founder A Success – crowdspring.co/1sSi21Y. Minimum Viable Product: Build a slice across, instead of one layer at a time. Tony Robbins… The CEO Whisperer – crowdspring.co/1sSkuW5. A Counterintuitive System for Startup Compensation – crowdspring.co/1zRImmt.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2014

Jackson Bond is the co-founder of Relayr , the team behind the WunderBar - a set of wireless detachable sensors and smart modules, all of which can be monitored and controlled from your phone and web apps. After deciding to launch a crowdfunding campaign for our product, we landed on the date of December 16th, 2013.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. Eric, love the blog.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

data.world is the sixth startup that I’ve co-founded and led. I’ve given advice in this area to many entrepreneurs, and I pose this lesson to you as food for thought (the right answer very much depends on the unique nature of the startup and its co-founders). SXSW is the place of startup launches?—?Twitter when we had strength.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” The first one is define.

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