Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 29, 2024

Paul is also a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the MIT Sloan School of Management and the co-founder of Oceanworks. The same thing could be true with the marketing team and the sales team. That's marketing and sales. This is John Jantsh. My guest today is Paul Cheek. 16:54): Why?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Massachusetts needs money. But Massachusetts looked at its burgeoning technology sector and thought that it could squeeze at least $160 million a year out the Commonwealth’s startups and established technology firms for funding of a transportation bill. So, the Massachusetts “Tech Tax” was born.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. That extra two months spent traveling to fundraise is two months falling behind.

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Transformify

JUNE 9, 2023

Massachusetts, home to more than 110 universities and colleges including Harvard and MIT, has the highest average salary at $72,940 (£58,320). Getting a job is relatively easy for seasoned professionals having expertise in financial services, banking, fintech and technology.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. The first is HSearch, a NoSQL technology based search engine for big data that aims to break the barrier of scale of growing information and accessing it across information silos. Toward that end, they have created two products. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

 —  @MissElisaS Cultural Syncism & Intersecting Technology with Humanities According to Hector Ruiz , Managing Director and Founder at ANSI Capital LLC, there is a lack of “Cultural Syncism” in the world today. As we head to 2020, Latinx will be the MAJORITY in the US.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Yogesh already has 45 employers onboard, but while discussing his customer acquisition strategy it became clear that he needs to figure out some way to close sales by phone or online without personally traveling to close every sale. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. Other common previous roles were executives in Sales, Marketing, and Product Management, all suggesting that VCs back experience. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race. Marty Zwilling.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Campus sales reps is a good strategy that Chris is experimenting with, as well as marketing to camp directors. Being a domain expert in the biomedical field, and not having much experience in marketing and sales, Satish is hitting the wall on business development. This pretty much rules out SEO, PPC, affiliate marketing, etc.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. For Vimagino, therefore, an OEM strategy is a far better starting point.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The entire discussion was streaming automatically into Twitter and gave us great visibility. Taariq, please note!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. Other common previous roles were executives in Sales, Marketing, and Product Management, all suggesting that VCs back experience. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race. Marty Zwilling.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Kristen is doing about $70,000 year-to-date, and expects to hit $200,000 for the 2010 fiscal year based on her holiday sales projections. Shirish had a pricing model question, as well as a set of go-to-market and sales strategy questions. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Petersburg, Florida, presented Happy Grasshopper , an online service helping sales people keep in touch with their prospects via email. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Happy Grasshopper.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Game Hunters.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. Other common previous roles were executives in Sales, Marketing, and Product Management, all suggesting that VCs back experience. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

But he may also be able to attract the Valley VCs, except, they would require the Biz Dev and Sales HQ for the company be moved to the Valley. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. There is no question that it would be easier for Suresh to attract the Indian VCs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Angel investors are people too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. Other common previous roles were executives in Sales, Marketing, and Product Management, all suggesting that VCs back experience. No surprises here. Whites and Asians lead the race. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Angel investors are people too.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware program is high-quality information from a renown and trusted institution. India’s National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, or NPTEL, is a remarkable resource, especially if you are in India or need information related to marketing in India. The Basics.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Businesses For Sale |. Vending Machines. - For Sale. Massachusetts. Businesses For Sale |. Massachusetts. Businesses For Sale |. more in Small Business. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch. SOPA author to chair House Science, Space, and, Technology Committee. Among other things, the committee is responsible for “the application of new technologies to expand our economy and create jobs for American workers.”

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ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2016

and even Messenger is being used by companies to interact with consumers (both pre- and post-sale). You can run Twitter-only sales, host flash sales, product releases, etc. According to Shopify, the average order value of sales from Pinterest is $50, which is higher than any other social media site. Image Source.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Becoming an entrepreneur requires learning on so many levels from strategy, sales, marketing, and service. I love the fact that I have complete control over my business, my sales and my delivery. Thanks to Scott Marquart, Stringjoy Guitar Strings ! #2- 2- Endlessly interesting. Photo Credit: Linda Ugelow. 4- Having complete control.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

acronyms e.g. MIT for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Another worthwhile exercise is sitting down with the marketing team or sales team to discuss the descriptive language used to attract & close customers. Close variations include: singular or plural forms e.g. shoe or shoes. stemmings e.g. hiking from hike.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

For enterprises and small businesses, managing a systematic sales cycle is crucial, and before having telemarketing reps call prospects, a few rounds of Stanzr events may be an efficient way to move them down the sales funnel. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Photo by svilen001. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

I agree with his observation, and advised him to go sell his solution to the VP of Sales, and help him identify how the sales force is using various unique and exciting CRM and sales force automation tools. I asked Noam to go test this on 50 VPs of Sales, and then come back and discuss the feedback with me. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, don't invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Very little by way of technology has been applied to the problem thus far. Note: There are technology limitations, which were discussed to some extent at today's roundtable, and quite possibly, the solution is a somewhat manual one. There are many ad networks that offer very low monetization rates and take a large sales commission.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses. Mava Consulting.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Manoj is experiencing a long sales cycle of close to 12 months, but he has already created a sustainable company that has revenues and profits. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

That means, for every new entrepreneur you refer to the 1M/1M program, we'll share with you $100, if the sale occurs at any time within 12 months. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quipu Applications. Money photo by epSos. Discuss.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2015

In addition to getting paid $10 / hour (which quickly taught me that if I worked more hours, I got paid more money) I received a 5% royalty on gross sales of the two products I wrote (PC Log and PC Economics). In 1983 the oil business was booming and Petcom was growing quickly. via chartsbin.com. The graph gives away the punch line.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

For a more elaborate explanation of the deal, please read my blog post 1M/1M: Alternative Financing For Startups Using A Sales Channel Partner. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This would do two things: contain the complexity of the systems Taariq has to work with right out of the gate, and help him go to market through the sales and marketing team of the analytics software vendors providing the core engine. Discuss.

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