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JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. Stay Tuned.

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MARCH 3, 2011

What product, market testing have you done so far, if any? Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. What do you see as you next big milestone? What do you need to achieve to get there? When do you need to have it done by? What do you expect to get out of it? Are there specs? Have you raised capital?

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MARCH 3, 2011

What product, market testing have you done so far, if any? Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. What do you see as you next big milestone? What do you need to achieve to get there? When do you need to have it done by? What do you expect to get out of it? Are there specs? Have you raised capital?

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MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to we’re taking GumGum and their very cool advertising opportunities to market. Vince: Digiday Mobile and Digiday Social Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

One of the things that Greg Forgatch (the original CEO) should be credited with was testing many different marketing approaches until he found the ones that worked. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. You know what I mean.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 9, 2007

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 20, 2007

Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences. I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers.

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MARCH 1, 2007

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MARCH 12, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you. " Ummm. "Good luck with that." " What can I say.

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MARCH 5, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you. " Ummm. "Good luck with that." " What can I say.

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MARCH 22, 2007

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool. We were in the finals at TechCrunch50 this year and are waking up the neighborhood with our mobile application.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. In this talk, we spent most of our time on Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One and how they should be helping you: Specify the right things to be built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

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JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. Yes, even bootstrappers. liquidation preference. This pitcher has retired 5 of the last 7 batters."

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Build your own Startup Death Clock - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , November 1, 2010 A few months ago I created a fun device at WPEngine to focus everyone's attention the most important thing. " 34; To which I say "we don't think we can time markets." Steve Blank , November 1, 2010 At $5.2-billion

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MARCH 16, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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