View from Seed

MAY 11, 2020

We worked with Mike and Justin in their prior company Paintzen, which was one of the only labor marketplaces of their era that thrived and had a successful (and capital efficient) exit to PPG.

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Vertical Programming Software Leadership 207

View from Seed

MAY 2, 2019

We’ve made several investments in this category, such as our investment in Paintzen (which was acquired by PPG), and admire the work of companies like Service Titan that have demonstrated how enormous this category is, even if most of the VC and entrepreneurial community is relatively blind to the opportunity.

B2B 120

B2B Portfolio Software Community 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Kim Staflund is founder and publisher of Polished Publishing Group (PPG) and the author of “ Successful Selling Tips for Introverted Authors “ She’s also the bestselling author of “ How to Publish a Bestselling Book… and Sell It Worldwide Based on Value, Not Price! Again, this is gold for the introvert.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Canada 100

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2013

From a 19 ppg, All-Star season with a finals appearance to this, this guy has reverted back to his Sacramento Kings days. Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony tops the list, as Forbes criticizes him for his inefficiency. The worst on the list for me is Hedo Turkoglu; he’s getting paid $11 million a year to get worse at basketball.

Offshore 74

Offshore Sacramento Bootstrapping New York 74

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

We were contacted by a c PPG company recently and using that kind of community funnel to the, like the sounding board is the moms of kids will be eating the products and getting the feedback back. So I'm open to hearing where the problem is. So it's really just putting structure to the marketing with the community first.

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Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 82