Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. This is so critical if you plan to build a strategic partner platform. Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature?

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

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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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? [04:40] Do you collaborate with a team or partners? [06:14] How do you avoid this? [07:30]

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. Questions I ask Cameron Herold: [2:27] Are there some things in those early days of figuring operations out that really stuck with you? [3:38] Cameron Herold (02:35): Uh, something changed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. And especially if you are dealing with early stage firms where partners might have different areas of specialization but they might have a lot of connective tissue across things. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

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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 decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

approx 2004-09. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2009: Holding Steady but Changes in Seed and Startup Investments”. DeGennaro & Dwyer: “Expected Returns to Angel Investors” 603.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Instead there are a lot of private jet operators around who rent out their aircraft or have people buy shares in such companies in return for use of the jets. This already sets them apart from competition and will help them further build on the current 70,000 plus flights made transporting over 165,000 passengers since 2004.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. They are operators, through and through. Investing in Non-Investment: The “FULL SERVICE” VC.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

I came back to India , in 2004. It’s a dramatic shift from how things were in 2004. Most Indian entrepreneurs are extremely hardworking folks, who understand the domain they are operating in and a good number of them are also exposed to other markets – either by virtue of them working there for a while, or having an education abroad.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

If I think back over the sixteen years I’ve been investing in startups the market for private company investing was tough from 2000-2004, from 2008-2011 and is getting tough again now. At no point have we gone more than four or five years without hitting a tough point when investor sentiment goes south.

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Startup Metrics Valuation Operations 60

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. Reid Hoffman. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

The two businesses that operate within our corporation are Best in Class Education and Middle School Dances, a business I started with my son to provide social activities for the kids in our local area when we noticed a gap in the market. My business name is Kids Win, Inc. because I want to help kids win at life. Photo Credit: Andi Graham.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing.

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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.

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Small Business Customer Marketing New York 72

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

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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

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

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Jake Geleerd, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Tomo, LLC.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2018

For every 10 new members, we donate a toothbrush to a child in need in the USA through our partner, America’s ToothFairy. One of our CSR partners told us a heartbreaking story about kids who cheered for toothbrushes the way more privileged children would shout for candy. Thanks to Josh Rubin, Post Modern Marketing ! #7-

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Entrepreneur Community Leadership Canada 49

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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Nigeria Africa Reputation Email 148

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

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Finance Cofounder Early Stage Networking 78

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Peter Lehrman, CEO, AxialMarket Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID ( a Financial Times business) Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners. the 1990s.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Trading Partners : The SIP Proposal would need three major participants in the import deal. The importer should be a wholesaler or pharmacist licensed to operate in the United States. A Brief Summary of the Proposed Rules.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. When Salesforce went public in 2004 as a new kind of CRM provider, its S-1 indicated the CRM applications market was $7B. Not too shabby!

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Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 24, 2021

This notorious quote has been attributed to many individuals, but, originally it was used at a stand-up meeting in February of 2004 by David J. Agile is all about trust in team and business operations generally. That’s why companies that are using this approach are considered to be more trusted to partner up with other businesses.

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Agile SCRUM Technical Review Management 146

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. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP. There is a lot of long-term value in loyalty.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. The second is a lack of operational scalability. Blitzscaling requires building a substantial organization at an abnormally rapid pace.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. 20:05] Why wouldn’t you use a resource plan with your white label partners to some degree? [20:52] Yes or no? [17:51]

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Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 76

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. 23- Help businesses with compliance operations.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 131

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

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. The trick worked and the hyper-sophisticated AC system hummed into operation, but he was still challenged. Expo San Francisco 2010 ) and a whole lot of them are very well positioned.

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NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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