Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

If done as pure education this can be a very powerful way to add value to your current client relationships and demonstrate the way you operate to these hot prospects. You invite other hot prospects to participate and then simply host and moderate the discussion among peers. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2013

They form the backbone of the economy as they contribute significantly to productivity, export and revenues,” says Vincent Wong, Director of Small, Medium Business & Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore. “SMEs make up over 99% of organizations and employ seven out of every 10 workers in Singapore.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 17, 2016

In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. While I’d been a partner in Mobius from the beginning, I hadn’t really been engaged in managing the overall firm. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. In March 2003 I fully engaged in Mobius. Here’s an example.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. In my entrepreneurship journey, I’ve made incredible retail partners from many countries, and eventually landed my own show on HSN for 19 years. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. No hassles.

Entrepreneur 135

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Cyndi understands what this special group of business leaders needs when it comes to marketing their business, managing their operations and accomplishing their goals. Cyndi understands what this special group of business leaders needs when it comes to marketing their business, managing their operations and accomplishing their goals.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe. → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The response from customers and technology partners validates we are onto something big. Beatty, as Vice President of Manufacturing, brings 18 years manufacturing and business operations experience to Calxeda. This is within our reach with technologies we are developing at Calxeda.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

As is our style, we participated, but we’re excited to have a new partner to join us, Madrona, and Petco in this fast growing adventure. By 2003 nearly all of their competitors had failed, the companies that went public pre-bubble were trading sub-$1 / share, but ServiceMagic was growing like crazy and was very profitable.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 4, 2020

THBD partners with Temple Independent School District (TISD) to encourage future generations of students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. The operational activities of the District are led by an Executive Director who is appointed by the board. To learn more, visit: TempleBioScience.org.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Since both Raj and I had started it, and we had the great fortune to add another amazing partner early on, Danny , we essentially had three founders that could all do the job. It was decided that I would step into that role while Raj focused on operations and creative and Danny focused on development.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2015

Breaking up with a business partner, firing that nasty client, or standing up and charging your worth, these are high stake actions. Step #1: Ask your conversation partner: “Where are you at right now?” Then listen carefully and find out where you conversation partner is right now. Give emotions their proper place.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

Moody established Stella & Chewy’s in 2003 in a tiny New York City apartment, but the impetus for the business came years earlier when Chewy, who had been rescued from an animal shelter, developed severe health problems. On a veterinarian’s recommendation, Marie put Chewy on a raw meat/vegetable diet. How do you help clients?

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. For innovation to succeed inside of a large company, you need a parallel set of processes, not to replace the existing ones, but to operate on a fast track. Building an entrepreneurship ecosystem. They invent things.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Among other corporate positions in my career, I have been a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Research Engineer for small private companies, and also some Fortune 500 and even Fortune 10 companies. This bill will NOT affect our company. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9,

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. In its 12 years of operation, the company has worked for some of the biggest companies online, including Google, Disney, Slack, Medium, and more.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution. To my surprise, VC? Reilly Tech Ventures, was so concerned about the network that he deleted his AngelList account.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2012

Cohen made note of this phenomenon, but neither they nor other researchers understand exactly why or how it even operates. A 2003 study by Charalampos Toumasis and team drew some evidence — though admittedly not conclusive — regarding the efficacy of group dynamics in learning and keeping math skills. Bailey and Susan G.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2011

Design and Operate a Referral System – part 2 Posted by : John Jantsch on Jun 13, 2011 | 5:54 am Categories : AMEX OpenForum , Marketing Strategy Tags : AMEX OPEN , New York Times Popular Posts Adding the Facebook Like. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

Small Business 72

Small Business Customer Marketing New York 72

dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. By way of context: It took me 28 years (from summer fo 1975 til December of 2003) and at least four close encounters to see what seems to me so obvious after the fact. irregulator. |

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NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Sheila Johnson at Prendismo Collection , Dec.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

Starting with the ‘1984’ advertisement , Apple has changed the way we should be thinking, controlling our lives, and operating as individuals. Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Technical Review Non-Compete Software Review 124

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In June of last year it raised $35 million from Millicom International Cellular , following Serie A funding of $26 million earlier that year from Summit Partners. “We According to Future Africa’s Ledgard, in 2002 the wildest expectations of emerging African mobile phone operator Safaricom were 400,000 users in the next ten years.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

If a potential buyer can see how they too could operate your marketing system, even after you the owner is long gone, you’ll build value. Less dependent on you Done right, marketing builds the kind of repeatable momentum that can be documented and taught like a system. Buying a strong brand creates an entirely different set of math.

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Marketing Valuation Differentiation Lead Generation 65

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Three years after that, I was fortunate enough to find a firm, Land Carroll & Blair, with a same client-oriented mentality and partnered with them. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. Thanks to Nancy D. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! Image Credit: Erica Bryers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 26, 2011

In addition, you may find these tools helpful when sizing up the online presence of a prospect, vendor or potential strategic partner. link] Google Search Shortcuts – Google has a list of operators that you can use to do customer searches that will turn up lots of information on sites you are analyzing.

SEO 69

SEO Small Business Marketing Search 69

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others). VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, Abe Othman, Partner at Indicator Fund and Head of Data Science at AngelList, observes, “Those companies don’t have a “margin of safety” though, in the traditional Seth Klarman sense of the word. In 2000, LPs invested $104b into 638 funds, but by 2003, LPs’ commitment rate had dropped to just $11b into 161 funds.

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Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Founded in 2003, ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with the must have platform for intelligent marketing automation. If there was a moment where I thought I had it all figured out, if there's a moment where there's not something new to try to solve for, then it's kind a boring operating model in my mind.

Chicago 49

Chicago Campaign Software Review Software Engineering 49

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. That VC who saw me stick through hard times at my first company and get an exit at both companies is the firm where I’m now a partner. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0 Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Moderator: Joseph W.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Two of the three have gross margins <50% (AMZN is 40%, AAPL 38%, MSFT 67%) and one has operating profit margins <5% (AMZN 4%, AAPL 22%, MSFT 34%).

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

As a venture funded startup, you’re supposed to operate a certain way. So last year Eileen Lee, did this amazing study where she dug into data going back to 2003. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson.

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