Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

#7- Sharing my deepest passion with the world Photo Credit: Anna Stella The most rewarding thing about being a small business owner is the chance to share my deepest passion for marketing with many other talented small business owners and marketing experts. Entrepreneurship allows me to be part of something I deeply believe in.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Six months later I joined the CEO of a big airline to travel to Seattle and Washington to negotiate the terms of new aircraft lease agreements, and became specialist in aircraft financing – still travelling around the world; but this time no stand-by anymore – now with confirmed bookings in business class.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the pivot they are making as a result of the pandemic and here are the responses: #1- Social media marketing. When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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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.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 by 2000.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The FinTech industry is huge, and it continues to take the online market by storm. Forward Financing. Forward Financing is the way to go before you start a business. Suplari is based in Seattle, and it helps its users get on top of their finances. . Even traditional banks are hopping on that wagon.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Last Tuesday, while I was enjoying a week off the grid, AvidXchange announced they had raised a $225 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. This was an atypical investment for us as we participated in the financing through our Foundry Group Select fund. But then Mike called me about some more stuff a week later.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Statistics that show the market for it growing to $160 billion next year only tell half of the story. Just take any week of venture financings these last few years and you will find that almost all of the companies funded to be cloud-delivered software businesses. Fluent Mobile (Boston, MA), Developer of mobile marketing software - $5.5

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Human Computer Interaction.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

by Kristen Gramigna, Chief Marketing Officer for BluePay. Kristen Gramigna is Chief Marketing Officer for BluePay , helps new business find the right billing and invoice processing solution. Advice For The Young At Heart business financing financing Kristen Gramigna private equity'

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

6Qube, a leading provider of internet marketing software and services, today announced that it has secured $100,000 in growth funding from Lighter Capital in Seattle. 6Qube will use the funding to fuel its sales and marketing efforts, and make key upgrades to its suite of technology products. Digital 6cube Funding'

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Thus began my marketing campaign. Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. Having been at Battery Ventures for 5 years earlier in her career has given her the investor vantage point and years of seeing booming markets and contracting ones.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. VC Financings: 1. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2018

The list would include Howard Schultz, a marketer working for a Seattle coffee bean roaster when a trip to Milan convinced him to jump ship to create upscale espresso cafes that he found all over Italy; and maybe Steve Jobs, who started on the night shift at Atari. Comfortable interacting with people on business subjects.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

Today, Rover announced that Menlo Ventures has led a new $12m round of financing. But a lot of people were funding marketplaces and other online “things” in this arena – well over $500 million of VC capital went into the home improvement market alone. Complete lack of interest in marketing nonsense and overpromotion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. There are always flavors-of-the-month strategies or markets that are in favor in the tech startup world. We could all do better – I’m sure.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

And if the CEO says, “Salaries will be adjusted to market value soon,” that’s probably a best-case scenario. To begin answering this question, I started on a quest to understand startup financing. Kirk flew into San Francisco from Seattle on that Friday, so he could talk to the founders in person. So I knew a little bit.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. You need both. New Yorkers help each other out.

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Haystack

MAY 4, 2019

You will see the majority are in the Bay Area, and then New York City, and a bit more around LA and Seattle — and things get really scattered.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Size of Opportunity - market size, revenue or usage, exit outcome and their ability to get equity early are all important. Mark Udall We Must Reform the PATRIOT Act Bill Gates The Real Successes of Foreign Aid Todays Markets Loading. The people I spoke with were remarkably clear and consistent in their priorities.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 24, 2016

Toronto has become a hub for the blossoming machine intelligence market. billion in financing in 2015 (with 395 deals). You’ve got a great number of senior level talent in engineering, sales, marketing, etc. Times are changing, and these geographical barriers are beginning to break down. Waterloo has another unicorn with Kik.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2016

Like no other form of marketing, editorial media coverage gives companies an implied third party endorsement that can drive recognition and sales. Those should be strictly reserved for formal company announcements, such as financing. Your local market, on the other hand, provides a perfect opportunity for exposure.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Five years, several iterations and a stint at a Seattle business accelerator later, things are going smoothly and successfully. Statdragon is a Saas platform that allows businesses to access and analyze metrics about their existing videos and optimize their video marketing strategy. You can check out further details here. .

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  The VC community suffered a very similar scandal at Seattle-based Entellium last year, but few reporters seem to remember that one, perhaps because it wasn't located in the heart of Silicon Valley as Canopy was.   This shielding of communication must not be allowed, particularly in the finance function.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Today, he is Executive Director of Momentum Education, providing experiential learning and life coaching with a focus on leadership development for thousands of individual and organizational clients in multiple different US markets and internationally. What makes you unique? What is your unique selling proposition (USP)?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Today, he is Executive Director of Momentum Education, providing experiential learning and life coaching with a focus on leadership development for thousands of individual and organizational clients in multiple different US markets and internationally. What makes you unique? What is your unique selling proposition (USP)?

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. And his previous startup failures may have been the result of non-technical business issues like failure to find funding or missed market timing.) Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Yes, the concentration of entrepreneurial founding and management talent is here in the Bay Area, but so too is lots of private money, more and more large platforms which continue to grow in market share. Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. Our timing was brutal: the Box S-1 coincided with the start of a major market correction for SaaS stocks, and our newly revealed financials made us a natural poster company for that change in sentiment. Enter Box. They gave me a shot.

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clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Home About Contact Make It Happen: How to find a Programmer My weekly post on Seattle 2.0. Included in my pitch to him was what I bring to the table: five years of experience at Microsoft demonstrating skills in product management, customer service, sales, marketing, analysis and monetization.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2019

The Portland native is happiest when spending time with family, which includes her Seattle public school teacher husband, her adult son and their sweet cat Alice. A diverse workforce and an inclusive corporate culture are critical to attracting and retaining top talent, unlocking innovation and capturing market share.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2016

6 Ways to Revamp Your PR Budget written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In marketing-speak, PR stands for public relations , which is defined as “a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics” by the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America).

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