A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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Rise and fall: Three Lessons for Entrepreneurs

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This post is by Scott Edward Walker , the firm's founder and CEO. My father was raised in Brownsville , a poor section of Brooklyn, New York. Gary Vaynerchuk (the founder of Wine Library TV and the so-called " Social Media Sommelier ") made a similar point in a speech at the Web 2.0 Setting the stage.

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Uncommon Interview: Finding Fulfillment with Good Company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

On the other side of this radio interview are Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams , both founders of their own startups, both coaches and mentors to dozens of other startups over the years, and who together created and still run the In Good Company co-working space for women entrepreneurs in New York City. Amy, what do you think?

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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Marketing, advertising, positioning — they’re all forms of persuasive writing, just like an op-ed in the New York Times. If you listen to a sampling of the 600 Mixergy interviews, you’ll find a common thread to how all those illustrious founders got their first few customers: There is no pattern.

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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Jason: It’s Adelaide and Amy, two women who have a co-working space in New York specifically for women entrepreneurs. What does it mean to have a co-founder or not? Jason: First of all, the happiest, most fulfilled founders I’ve ever met have life style businesses. Women In Good Company. Is that what you said?

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