Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. So if you are outside the U.S. we are not going to invest. It has worked out great.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Ask your customer why you lost. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

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China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Ask your customer why you lost. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

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China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. Gigs vary in categories like advertising, video and animation, graphics and design, programming and tech, music and audio, gifts, fun and bizarre, online marketing or writing and translation. Drivers are making up to $35/hour + choosing their own hours.

Securities and Exchange Commission 263

Securities and Exchange Commission San Francisco Miami United Kingdom 263

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

What You Need to Know About Google Local Services Ads written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Oh, in my truest Bob Dylan voice, the times they are a changing for local marketing and SEO. Seattle, WA. You’ll also see a drop-down menu of relevant services next to a zip code search box. San Diego, CA.

Los Angeles 43

Los Angeles San Jose San Diego Sacramento 43

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Bob Glazer. Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency.

Marketing 87

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

million live projects, arguably the world's most popular project management software. In addition to being a fantastic piece of software (more on that in a bit), it is also a prototype of where all of the smart money in technology investing is these days. How ubiquitous is cloud, or software-as-a-service (SaaS) computing?

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Cloud United Kingdom Los Angeles San Francisco 72

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs.

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Differentiation Virginia .Net B2C 54

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

I actually once had a very non-technical recruiter try to give me a technical interview (including coding) over the phone. Startups require resourcefulness and a rolodex of enterprise customers isnt enough. Marketing Stunts Startups need to be cash conscious. Thats a REALLY bad sign. Well, its not a joke.

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Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup 41

www.gv.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Are we going to have to code anything? They’ll tell you what they expect things to do (“I’d click here because I’d want to see a list of your customers…”), and when they get confused. Keynote versus code. Occasionally you’ll need to write some code for your prototype. Review with an outsider. What to do in day 4.

Design 45

Design Product Software Review Seattle 45

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Carmine Gallo. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carmine Gallo. Bezos reimagined the way leaders write, speak, and motivate teams and customers.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 60

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Evans. Take The Marketing Assessment: Take the Assessment. More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey.

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Founder Chicago Kansas Startup 79

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

Transcript of Honest Startup Advice From Somebody Who’s Been Through It written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. For this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I visit with Rand Fishkin. Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Duck Tape marketing podcast. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Silicon Valley SEO Startup Technical Review 32

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. When I moved back to Australia I identified a gap in the market as these clear aligner businesses were not mainstream here. Thanks to Alex Dask, Beam

Entrepreneur 146

Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 146

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 22, 2008

living in Seattle and your "offline" presence is 15,786 people in the company with power concentrated in New York and Atlanta. For most companies radio, tv, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, retail stores, call centers, etc still form a bulk of their business advertising and marketing expenditure. Give them due credit.

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Analytics Campaign Maldives Software Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. It was mostly timing.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Custom work doesnt scale. An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is thatyou know youre making something at least one customer wants.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have that contractor doing customer support. To get into the property market you have to get loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2015

The answer comes down to personalization: presenting information that applies directly to each customer in a one-on-one, emotionally charged, and above all customized manner. Talk of the “death of email marketing” has ceased. Despite the rise of all things social, marketers know that email isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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Sales Software Review Seattle Email 48

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is why perceived fairness is VERY important to us, and why the following statement can be regarded as necessary-but-not-sufficient for creating well-being: We believe markets lift people out of poverty – in fact, markets are by far the most effective way to lift vast numbers of people out of poverty, and always have been.

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ChatGPT Software Review Technical Review Developer 76

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Building for Yourself Instead of a Market “Scratching your own itch&# is how many great ideas begin, but it’s not a business strategy. Have an account?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Software Review Software St. Louis API 285