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The Industry Analyst Evaluation Game

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All decisions and scoring were left to vendor claims (also known as “marketing”) while operational aspects of the customer, and how the various products addressed them, were ignored. I generally categorize this activity in the same bucket as PR, even though they are different functions and often driven by different leaders in the company.

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Books I Read On My Q214 Vacation

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Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising (APenguin Special from Portfolio) : I figured I’d read the cannon on Holiday so this was next. Dynamite book – I’m glad I put the time in. Holiday covers the topic well in a very accessible way.

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Why A New Startup Shouldn’t Have a Marketing Budget

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As my partners at Foundry Group know, every time I hear the word “marketing&# I throw up a little in my mouth. I hate traditional marketing and have always resisted it early in the life of a new company. Fred Wilson has a phenomenal blog post up this morning titled Marketing. were a key part of every startup plan.

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Implicit Gender Bias in Startup Funding

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Here are her direct definitions of pr omotion focus a nd prevention focus. While listening to Dana’s explanation and examples in the video, I had a deep insight – around how to ask questions of an entrepreneur – that hadn’t occurred to me before.

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Boulder Open Weekend for Mental Health

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You can RSVP here to attend, mentor as a behavioral health specialist or specialist in some other area like marketing, PR, or engineering, or just jump in to learn more. Saturday, May 19th is the alternative hackathon being held at Techstars. Sunday will wrap up the weekend with a social day of outdoor games, meditation, and more.

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Tech Reporter Contact List

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As a bonus, there’s also a good Beginners Guide To PR up on the same site. Top Tech Blog Reporters. Top 100 Newspapers. Reporters At Top 100 Newspapers. Popular Bloggers. Mobile Blogs.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

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Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.” I’d be happy to meet with you.

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