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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

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In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Without a product for your term, build a community. Getting there requires patience, internal buy-in, and supporting content. An eponymous book (e.g.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

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the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. When I released this information into the community my life became in danger.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. The founders have started companies before. According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale. Israel has been branded the “startup nation.”

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Behind Every Great Product

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However, the Mac community was also very vocal, with passionate fans of their platform, and is also important to note that this community had very little love for Microsoft. But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. NETFLIX – Kate Arnold.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

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I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. We’re recommending to our companies that they be distributed.&#. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? We don’t believe in it anymore.