A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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Smart Bear Live 5: Dan from SyncBloc.com with Mark Suster

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

It’s quite simple, which is when you had systems where you had limitations on distribution or transportation of products, it enabled you to operate with a certain cost structure. of companies should never raise venture capital. Venture capital, it’s a very particular industry. Let me say this to you.

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How to simplify complex decisions by cleaving the facts

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The “perfect candidate” is mythical — a person who is world-class at vision, strategy, operations, people, org-structure, communication within the company, communication outside the company, gets things done quickly, mentorship, etc. Suppose we’re hiring a high-level, experienced position, like a VP of Marketing.