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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . Torment your customers,” Stephen Brown advocates , tongue only partially in cheek. Experiment 2. That was all most people knew. Misused, they are P.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . Torment your customers,” Stephen Brown advocates , tongue only partially in cheek. Experiment 2. That was all most people knew. Misused, they are P.

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Can Document Management Restore Consumers’ Trust In Enterprises?

YoungUpstarts

Couple this with the fact that 90% of the world’s data was created within the last 2 years , and the result is unchecked chaos, making information and process transparency a pipe dream without the right technology in place. Wells Fargo. Also consider the recent ignominy of Wells Fargo. Think again. Think again.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). This question runs from about minute 2 – minute 8. I talked also about 409a valuations and why common stock purchases cost less than preferred stock purchases. I eventually needed more money. Do it early.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. I thought, what would I do if I was trying to sell to a customer. Folksonomy.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. customers who paid for services often get burned. I believe that. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs.

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The Best Free Email Marketing Tool for Startups and Small Businesses

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Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. See Also: How and Why to Collect Customer Email Addresses. MailChimp is ideal for the startup and small business customer that needs to grow an email list with industry-leading tools and best practices. There are metrics to review.

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