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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. He felt the CEO was willing to “sell his soul” for revenue and wanted things to be more pure.

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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results

Both Sides of the Table

It wins through better distribution, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, customer support, merchandising, cross-selling and ultimately on price & scale. It’s not just big in Dallas but in San Diego, Phoenix and Sacramento but also Boston, Chicago, Washington and of course San Francisco. And they have. Innovation.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

They focus on helping content creators and app developers create, identify, package and distribute those meaningful video highlights in ways that help them reach more customers and generate more revenue. Fantag is based in Sacramento. Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

7:15] How do you manage the fact that somebody is hiring you to do marketing, but you can’t really do marketing if you don’t get into every aspect of their business? [10:20] [3:43] How do you differentiate between a tactic and what you’re calling strategy? [4:41] And it was great until 2009 came along. (18:57):

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How to Get Out of Business Debt

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Your business revenue should not only help you get by but should also help you pay off your debt. There are several tips you can use to increase your revenues. A consolidated loan might also bring you to lower monthly payments, which will be easy to manage with your monthly expenses. Generate More Money.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

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What Rejected Cities Can Learn From Amazon’s Feedback And 15 Tips For Attracting Business Investment To Your Community) 

YoungUpstarts

And, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, cities that didn’t make the short list — among them Detroit, Cincinnati, and Sacramento — are rushing to make changes based on Amazon’s feedback on where they fell short. Talk to people about “managing up” the community to everyone they meet.

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