A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Oh how the media loves superlatives (but only because that’s what we click on and share). Or the hundreds of small companies who weren’t “killing it” as much as their hype and Twitter feeds suggested, but who now are on solid teams with nice stock options in successful tech companies?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I won a fake stock market competition in elementary school. I put all my money in a few penny stocks — where prices are less than a dollar, and because of their small denomination, their value (as a percentage) fluctuates wildly. Some days I had the worst portfolio, other days I had the best.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 21, 2009

More than that, knowing your "padding" as I used to call it is helpful in making decisions like "Can I afford to try this Risky Expensive Thing," such as making your first hire or trying a $20,000 media blitz. It could be a new partner willing to work for stock. It could be a part-time consultant. It could be an intern.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 28, 2010

So I suppose one route to "finding your voice" is to take stock of your total life experience together with your ten-year goals , then synthesize a compelling, internally-consistent philosophy, apply that to all your actions and communications, and summarize it in four punchy words on your home page. Do you disagree with the premise?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Which means they have to stock large amounts of gasoline. They attacked that problem, and today (Nov 2017) they’re well on their way, as recognized by the media at large. .” So you could have two cables running to every cabinet, from two identical power units. Again this is what advanced data centers do.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 7, 2016

Social Media makes group-games viral. Not for the stock options — you won’t be doling out 1% of the company to anyone by then. ” Something happened in the world that removed the last blocker. Smart phones (with internet and GPS and maps) at sufficient consumer penetration make Uber and Lyft possible.

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