David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

pre-launch, BIG equity, big peeps involved–ANY TIPS?? We agree on an equity split, vesting, and initial compensation structure. And how do you split the equity? My role will depend on team composition, but most likely, your team has the great majority of equity and I’m a non-employee cofounder. . Sounds great!

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Ideally we are looking for team members (full-time and advisory) with DNA from: – tech (especially sales tech, marketing tech, expert networks, B2B2C consumer internet); – communications (especially sales, PR, speechwriting, playwrighting); – public policy, legislative analysis and drafting, and/or policy or legislative advocacy.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

missusP : Christine Perkett, CEO of PerkettPR shares her view as the head honcho of one of tech’s best PR companies. bonforte : CEO of Xobni Jeff Bonforte discusses how people can email and communicate smarter. jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

5 Reasons Startup CEOs Should Answer Support Emails - [link]. What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management - [link]. A simpler alternative to employee option/equity grants - [link]. 5 Client Emailing Tips Worth Forwarding – Webdesigntuts+ [link]. There’s Always a Plan B - [link]. 1 - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. Top 6 Crowdsourcing Websites | ichitect – [link].

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Positivity and added value can do more to close a sale than an entire week of telemarketing and email campaigns.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Karrie is Chief Marketing Officer at Typeform, leading brand strategy, advertising, PR, internal communications, and DEI efforts as well as overseeing the internal creative studio. John Jantsch (01:11): So that's a lot in the CMOs job, particularly diversity, equity, inclusion. Marketing Podcast with Karrie Sanderson. Like this show?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs on #mbamondays – [link]. 10 Design Lessons From HTML Email Templates That Actually Sell – [link]. 10 Design Lessons From HTML Email Templates That Actually Sell – [link]. . “ nobody wins if you go out of business&# On Pricing – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 18, 2016

If we’re being honest, there have been a slew of PR and marketing missteps made by Team Trump in the election cycle thus far, and none of them have had the impact one might expect. But there is one arena in which poor marketing strategy is have a deleterious effect on the campaign: email marketing. Approximately 4.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

I see it on email even more. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. Who cares what my equity is. And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. ” I see it on Twitter.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Unfortunately, using other people's channels and audience, which is essentially what PR is, won't be as effective--simply because no one can tell your story as well as you can. PR can magnify, distribute, etc., PR can magnify, distribute, etc., They also make you more easily followable.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I worked with Sam Angus at Fenwick & West.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. Get Constant Contact or Mail Chimp and create an email newsletter for interested folks, including the press. To that I say baloney. Start a blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. Dave is ex-Amazon and is a tireless advocate for the Seattle community. He’s why I came this week.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

Blowfly Beer, through emails and internet word of mouth, got 40,000 people to invest in their company. The investment pitch was pretty simple -- give us money and we'll give you equity and beer. That's because equity investments in the U.S. Rather than giving up equity , in this type of Crowdfunding, entrepreneurs give rewards.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. While I had previous experience with many various aspects of online marketing such as web design, email marketing, etc., I started my PR and marketing firm since I love startups and want to give them a chance to grow.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

We had an email conversation about the rationality, or lack of rationality, of professional investors. The firm hires a lot of PhDs to do research and come out with a wonder drug, and then markets it widely with tons of PR. Among the more thoughtful respondents was Terri Chernick , Chief Investment Officer, The Koffler Group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

Is Equity Crowdfunding A Threat To Venture Capitalists? How Opting People OUT Can Actually Improve Your Email Marketing | Hubspot – [link]. A scientific guide to saying “no”: How to avoid temptation and distraction | Buffer Blog – [link]. When Things Don’t Work Out | by Fred Wilson – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2014

Fund R&D: Bootstrapped raising funds is far ‘cheaper’ than debt or equity. Export your customer list from your crowdfunding platform and start building a proper email database on a platform such as MailChimp. Test Positioning: See what marketing messages resonate behind your product. Delivery Issues.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

4) Cash balance increase indicates a focus on M&A to drive further growth The past few months have also been marked by a few high profile equity and debt announcements - most notably SuccessFactors, Taleo and Saleforce.com. Subscribe via email. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 7:35 PM. Newer Post.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 23, 2013

Particularly if you make them feel like founders/initial investors (which you can easily do via email and on your website). PR Local media sources are enamored with Crowdfunding as it''s new and unique. So, with some legwork, raising Crowdfunding can get you lots of PR. Below are five keys. 5 Keys to Raising Crowdfunding 1.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

We use email; we use Word; we use task manager; we use a file sharing tool. Meetings are definitely one of those places, but email is another primary way that that comes in. So that’s a very simple way of saying it’s task management, but it’s getting rid of emails that of course no one wants emails.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. This is a good thing. (I We have a lot of introspection to do. This is a good thing. (I

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Like Apple, your strategy will require significant marketing investment in content, traditional media, and PR. Customers should feel special at every touch point; from interacting with them on social media, to personalizing emails and creating targeted ads. If not, brand equity is your strongest asset. Slow skimming.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. Do your own PR. Whether or not you’ve got the budget, doing your own PR to start with is a good idea. Experimenting with a combination of these methods is a good idea.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. We were familiar with internet startups and technology platforms, and we had experience using email, blogging, search and social techniques for internet marketing. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Ask your customers to link to you If you have any new customers, it’s worth mentioning in the confirmation email that you’d be grateful if they shared word of your new site, and would be especially thankful if they linked to you. Have you researched a PR / launch strategy? The result of that? Well, they may either: a.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. To keep the equity we out-sourced.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

But it knows how to reach its target audience and earn trust, recognition, and brand equity that fosters customer loyalty and powers growth. Nothing quite beats digital PR. While Mention had some brand equity behind them, you can replicate their success by galvanizing several influencer relationships as part of a single launch.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There are, however, proxy metrics you can use, most of them older school metrics like brand mentions, satisfaction scores, and some newer ones like social media mentions and followers, email subscriptions , referrals, and NPS. They subscribe to your email list. They follow you on social media. They refer their friends to you.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

If you assume a 20% cost of capital (typical for equity, debt is generally cheaper), then getting an upfront payment for one additional year on a $10k MRR contract saves you $24k. Subscribe via email. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Add RSS feed.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The beauty of working in PR is that you get to learn how other companies and industries operate. Before my business partner, Lina Khalil, and I started Fetch Public Relations, we noticed a disconnect in the expected result of PR and the actual deliverable. Thanks to Dez Stephens, Radiant Health Institute. #44 Image Credit: Erryn Cobb.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Too much money.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As we wrote in Brand Health, 6 Important Questions You Should Ask About Your Small Business Brand , Brand health can be measured in numerous ways, including brand reputation, brand awareness, brand equity, brand positioning, and brand delivery. Email and customer feedback forms. Email design. First impressions are important.

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