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“Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups « Steve.

Steve Blank

I love the way you differentiate. Reply Broadening my Reading: 10 Sources I’ve Come to Love « Man in the net :: Ontology :: Semantic :: Knowledge , on December 30, 2009 at 1:13 am Said: [.] Would you be interested in guest posting? Sometimes, it’s the failures or mistakes that lead to the successess.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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So why would raising venture capital be any different. Well if the “why buy anything” is testing whether you’re even compatible with a VC, the “why buy me” has got to be extreme differentiation. I call it “ marketing heroes” and I wrote about it here. why buy me? why buy now?

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. But, Quigo succeeded in licensing AdSonar to Overture.

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