Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. when is the right time to go big with PR? 11:00 Mark on over-hyping PR. And there are very few people who so consistently exceed my expectations when I hear them speak.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2021

You could work to get more PR exposure. PR and reputation management can be huge in getting your brand established. . In the early stages of your business’s development, you’re going to notice dead weight. But what if you want to grow more or grow faster? You could invest in marketing and advertising. Dead Weight.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

How to Use PR to Build Credibility for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Diplomat, and founder of Gloria Chou PR. Her approach to PR is unconventional and unlike anything you’ve seen, because she created them out of necessity. Questions I ask Gloria Chou: In this day and age what is PR?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

As a very early-stage startup person you’re used to rigorous prioritization on almost all other parts of your business because you likely work closely with product where these choice are natural. PR – Some companies are excellent at PR and others don’t put much effort into it at all.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! Dedicated to early-stage companies, there were over 15 categories to choose from in the 2018 edition, including, inter alia: B2B Business of the Year, Crowdfunded Business of the Year and Export Business of the Year.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

As a very early-stage startup person you’re used to rigorous prioritization. PR – Some companies are excellent at PR and others don’t put much effort into it at all. I think PR is an incredibly important activity for technology companies and most companies aren’t very good at it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. But I still believe Sean Ellis was right.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies. You hire people too fast, you over build your products, you try to force market adoption and you do PR blitzes before your product is really ready for prime time. That’s falling prey to the “ mythical man month &# line of thinking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. msuster looking for an inspired post on when an exclusivity deal (w/ major industry player) works (cons as well) for an early stage tech co. — PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. ” Here’s what I mean.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Just because you start a company doesn’t necessarily mean you’re automatically a good manager, a good recruiter, or good at PR. You’re an early stage founder with lots of potential and you’ll become a great executive one day if you’re willing to learn. Trust me, you’re not that good at faking it.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. More general resources are: Tracy Williams at Olmstead Williams for PR. Maybe ten years. Foreign Service.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Thanks to Danielle Sabrina, Society22 PR ! #3- And that can make or break your customer retention, especially in the early stages. Often underestimated, intuition serves as a vital resource for an effective CEO, allowing them to navigate situations characterized by limited data yet full of potentially lucrative opportunities.

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eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 129

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding. Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Early Stage. Having too many co-founders will only lead to your eventual dilution.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. If you think about it, these things are all of the goals of another function on the list--PR.

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. The irony hurts. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. Pitch late.

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Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

I get on a whole host of these tech blogger lists where PR firms just spam a whole bunch of folks trying to get people to write about their book/startup/event. It just creates a To Do in my inbox. It's kind of annoying because I write a personal blog. I'm not, however, the appropriate person to send a "blogger pitch" to.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. This post previously appeared in EIX. Think of profound beliefs as “strong opinions loosely held.” You can’t be an effective founder or in the C-suite of a startup if you don’t hold any.

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Business Model Product Development Early Stage Customer Development 305

View from Seed

JULY 22, 2020

Early stage companies often debate what they ought to be prioritizing in the early days. Early stage investors ask themselves a similar question. PR or partnership opportunities that may not have been available at one stage can become much more accessible once you are bigger and better known.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They want to lock in future clients at an early stage. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work. Our lives are intertwined.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

NVV: Lots of marketers are under pressure to come in and generate demand right away, whether because sales is asking for leads or founders are demanding PR or user growth. I know this answer is about lead-gen and sales-based conversions, but I think this applies to branding and PR and other types of broad marketing too.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

“As an early stage investor I focus on whether the founders can build something that delights 100s of millions of people” @bijan #BostonB2C — Andy Cook (@AndyGCook) July 21, 2015. More functionally, Boston needs to improve its design, branding, and PR skills. ” — @Bijan at #bostonb2c.

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

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.” They mix it up with advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

Nor do they exist in the investors of early-stage companies. It’s the easiest way to justify losing deals, put pressure on your to build the features they want and they always believe a competitors PR more than the reality they see inside your business. My first startup was no different. Talk personally to customers.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The media world is notoriously difficult to navigate from the outside, and working with PR agencies can be even more of a black box. Prior to NextView , I worked as a journalist at Quartz , where I regularly covered early-stage founders and companies with a focus on the intersections of gender, race, culture, and technology.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

But whether you are trying to build daily, habitual products for business users like Slack or InVision or trying to reach truly mass market consumers like Wayfair, Jet, or Chewy, there is someone in the Guild who has faced this challenge at the early stages of a business and at scale.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. In practice, this leads many U.S.

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

Early Stage Startups: The Biggest Killers | Forbes – crowdspring.co/1mtenKl. Foreign Startup Founders Face Unique Struggles To Break Funding Barrier | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1mJ9Pjd. How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups | PandoDaily – crowdspring.co/REKKZX.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of the large parts of the burn was PR, Marketing and attending conferences. When the CEO of an early-stage startup tells me that they plan to hire a COO I’m usually not interested in the next meeting. As I said, there are VCs who are fooled by all this but it doesn’t equal success.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. .

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. .

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. . Accompany focuses on this use case.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

The simplest and most important dashboard for early stage startups - crowdspring.co/1gMgfqV. Startup and Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips - crowdspring.co/1dn9KvH. Don’t fear competition. Many of the best companies embrace it - crowdspring.co/1kgAen9. Employee Retention - crowdspring.co/1f2fAz5.

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

Cracking the Code

JUNE 5, 2019

At VivaTech this year, we were fortunate to be joined in conversation by former Cisco CEO and Executive Chairman John Chambers, who now invests in early-stage tech start-ups around the world. John: A PR crisis is something you can and should prepare for. Sooner or later all companies face a crisis.

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Acquisition Management Merger Social Media 48

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

The Price Is Right: For Early-Stage SaaS Companies, It Needs To Be | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1j0ToYh. The hard thing about inspiring more women entrepreneurs | Fortune – crowdspring.co/Sl1hSW. 29 Tips for Entrepreneurs & Women in Tech | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1oj9QIU.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93