Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides? I quickly leafed through them and replied, “Sure they’re our original slides.

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 253

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Visit [link] / for more information.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

LLC 75

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

LLC 75

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Mark Suster (GRP Partners VC) nails it in this (audio, summary blog post) clip I borrowed from a recent ThisWeekInVentureCapital (#twivc) episode. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. But don't take my word for it.

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Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Don’t use company property or Internet, ever - Another clause in most employment agreements is that anything you do physically at work, or on software and equipment owned by the company (e.g. As for the employer, I would say don't compete with your employer and don't come close to using any IP of theirs.

Software Review 41

Software Review Startup Technical Review Mobile 41

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. Software as a Service (Saas) benchmarks. I joked the other day that some of the best fairytales are written in Excel.

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B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It needs perfect alignment from sales, marketing, and executive leaders across the organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 I learned how to establish sales targets and how to manage a sales pipeline. I never built Google.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. The article and HN are concerned with software.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, introduced the concept of Contact Marketing and was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It could be, it could be a partner that you have. And my new partner in this is the NASDAQ entrepreneurial center.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. It also meant that there was great pressure to get the release out so they could start to gain the efficiencies of a single code base. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John , so well, myself and my business partner Andrea. I was in sales and marketing, and Andrea was in operations and dementia care. And the length of the sales cycle, especially with the assisted living, has increased their sales cycle by about 36%.

Differentiation 71

Differentiation Sales Cycle Audio Networking 71

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Not only because it’s a product that Bplans and Palo Alto software makes, but because before I joined the company, I used LivePlan to pitch and raise my investment capital. That’s really the purpose of the pitch.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password).

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Still, this trend’s days may be numbered, if only due to overuse and association-bordering-on-marriage with the Apple/iPhone brand. Especially apps such as Seesmic , a powerful web app dashboard for power users and the enterprise, and GitHub , an industry standard for source code hosting. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Still, this trend’s days may be numbered, if only due to overuse and association-bordering-on-marriage with the Apple/iPhone brand. Especially apps such as Seesmic , a powerful web app dashboard for power users and the enterprise, and GitHub , an industry standard for source code hosting. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative. I did study computer science, and I love software, especially open source software, but I just like the challenge of hardware. It really reminded me of the early days of software and hardware and this hacker culture. Robert Rhinehart : Hi.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Key Takeaway: Many businesses and marketers create an ideal consumer profile – aiming all their sales and marketing efforts towards this single type of person. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! As a result, they end up missing out on endless opportunities to sell their services or products. Like this show?

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Customer .Net Arizona Networking 100

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, introduced the concept of Contact Marketing and was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! But an an advantage could be a, a location, it could be, it could be a partner that you have. 06:31): It's like my day job.

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Channel Sales Naming California 68

Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Hosting Salary 52

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2017

But when you are thinking about writing a book, you’re thinking about what ideas you want to get out, what IP you have, what methodologies you have and you want to get out there because you know it’s good information. But mid way through it, in fact about 45 days from the manuscript due date for the entire book I had this ah ha!

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Audience Video Sales Campaign 31

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Huge upfront software licensing fees. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. Recruit college kids.

Founder 51

Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Analytic: A measure software can track. Inject code to create popup offers. Insert line of code. Long copy” doesn’t mean “long form sales page”. There’s a time and place for long form sales pages. Review – Trust Your Users (Any marginal change you make, you don’t know if it’s good or bad.).

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San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! IP Location Tools. Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. Xtranormal.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Note to NSA reviewer of this blog post: I'm a harmless digital marketer, totally not worth your attention.]. For each category, you need to partner with your creative teams on ad content, with your marketing team for ad targeting. For Getty, this should lead to a big review of the current marketing strategy.

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Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. peer review is NOT working. Read your forums, many "trolls" that were "fired" remain due to the friendships they bonded with people, not because they want to cause you hell personally.

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