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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s the host of the Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief podcast, where he interviews COOs and other seconds to share their insights with his listeners. One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. Duct Tape Transcript.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. So the natural comparison, we thought, would be to other 3D avatar based products, like The Sims and World of Warcraft. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004. Have AdWords rates increased too much for most common phrases like this to have the numbers work? May 8, 2009 2:27 PM Eric said. The absolute essential key is to bid only on low-volume low-value keywords. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. This made it easier for ISPs to offer PHP hosting on shared servers, too. Which makes them exactly the kind of programmers companies should want to hire. As always, Paul is right.

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