Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. First mover advantages are only sustainable by large companies, or founders with deep pockets. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift. Declare that you will offer the product or service free.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Tom Bedecarré , the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice. He runs H4X Labs.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Rick Boerebach is a co-founder of ZEEF.com , a curated link directory built by passionate experts. If your startup’s goal is to sell a product or service but you’re having a hard time with your revenue model, affiliate marketing might be the perfect match to give you that much-needed boost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Founders stock, and stock options, will be worth nothing for the first several years, if not forever. Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. Seth is one of those truly descent human beings that you meet occasionally in this industry whose earnestness on camera is matched by his behavior off camera. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. Not a chance.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

All companies that This Week in Startups’ audience of entrepreneurs, company founders, and marketers would be interested in. This will help sponsors quickly identify if your audience matches their target market. However, matching demographics alone doesn’t guarantee ROI. Start with demographic data. Best, Chris.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. Choose at least a network or two that match your business’ current scale in addition to starting aspirational presences on obvious services like Facebook and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. First mover advantages are only sustainable by large companies, or founders with deep pockets. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift. Declare that you will offer the product or service free.

Intellectual Property 301

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 301

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

As an advertising executive, I had to come up with the names of a number of companies. My business name is too obvious as it matches our services. Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. ParamountQuote.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. lead gen) and advertising revenue from both of these companies. Expedia accounted for 24.5%

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The founders wanted to remind people that there’s more to the holiday season than commercialization and buying gifts. The original two founders were soon joined by Cisco, Mashable, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Sony, Aldo, Groupon, UNICEF, Google, Skype, Microsoft and Unilever, which became additional founding members.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Entrepreneur PSA – Advertising Businesses are Hard | Seth’s Blog - crowdspring.co/1aHHgHS. 1aBcbJi.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2021

Social advertising on platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter offer precise targeting options. I believe that content, not advertising, is the future of marketing,” said Ashford. Consider leveraging the founder and team’s expertise and sharing information that can make the reader’s life easier or better in some way.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Tom Bedecarré the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice. He runs H4X Labs. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2024

They might be a founder owner for a small business as it grows, you're probably a VP department level, pretty senior person who's busy and doesn't have a lot of time to go write this whole story around the agency they worked with and what they worked with them on. We want to be P-P-C-S-E-O, digital marketing advertising.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We arranged vetted and curated groups for roundtable discussions , and matched everyone with other like-minded people. Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Advertising can be seen as an insurance. But we put an even bigger focus on the value that smaller groups and relationship-building have.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So Write it down on a napkin. Feed a need. If feedback, online

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

As part of a series of interviews with Seedcamp winners for VC Cafe , Startup Intelligence caught up with co-founder, Gil Rosenberg (CEO), to find out more. Gil describes Ineze as an ‘easy, friendly and quick user experience’ that allows users to conduct a feature-by-feature search, matching their preferences (i.e.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 20, 2020

You could have incredible content and a passionate founder, but if your visuals fall flat or aren’t memorable, the potential customers who stumble on your brand for the first time will not remember your business. Are they scrolling Facebook where they might click on your visually-interesting advertisement?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2012

by Mark Weinstein, CEO and founder of Sgrouples.com. Facebook is tracking all your likes and hobbies, even the words you write, and then uses that data to target advertising to match those interests. The Internet is an amazing, fantastic, vibrant place. It’s no coincidence.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. In my interview with Brain Berger , Founder and CEO of Mack Weldon, he told me how to approach this multichannel strategy: It’s about being really strategic around how you position your brand to your customer and what channels in which you do that. Do you want us to offer delivery?’ We did them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

They want to monetize the Twitter stream via contextual search matching. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. Enter TweetUp.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

JD Weinstein , head of Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem in Austin; Karen Kilroy, entrepreneur and CEO of Kilroy Blockchain; Sabrina Wojtewicz, co-founder of Bunker Labs; and Sara Chapman, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy & Partnerships at Dell will discuss how both startups and corporations can work together and find the right fit.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

by Tony Schubert, founder and CEO of Nerdigital Marketing. However, companies need to pay for this advertising space and many times a company may purchase some ad space which may not yield much. The information then gets sent to the publisher ad server to determine if there is an ad campaign that can match the website profile.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2020

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Nathan Hirsch, co-founder of OutscourceSchool. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by WordStream, online advertising made easy. It is so easy to waste time and money on online advertising. Marketing Podcast with Nathan Hirsch.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Simply fill out a profile about yourself and your goals, and then search the mentor profiles that match your needs. More than 1,000 matches have been made to date. I've also recently created a private email discussion list for technology company founders at FounderList.com to network, share, and learn from each other.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

Personal branding helps founders and executives establish credibility, which is crucial for launching successful businesses, especially if they start multiple companies. To adapt and add new technologies that match the current market. Company branding builds trust and an emotional connection between businesses and potential customers.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. He’s now the CEO/founder of the AI-focussed defense contractor Anduril Industries. Tom Bedecarré was the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency. Presentation Format. Jeff served in the U.S.

Oakland 278

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 278

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He's the founder of GrubHub and he founded in his spare bedroom and grew it to a multi billion dollar online food delivery. But the restaurants liked it at first cause it tracked how effective their advertising was.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

At this level, as a founder you feel SO CLOSE to profitability that many say, “I’m going to keep my costs really low this year to try and hit profitability. Income statements are designed according to accounting standards that are designed to “match revenues & costs in the period for which they should be attributed.”

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Try to be intellectually honest about what the true addressable market is, vs. using something broad and meaningless like “The total online advertising market” or “The total ecommerce market”. Secondarily, how do your business tactics (especially your go to market) match some of the unique elements of the market today?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Here’s are some things I think every startup founder needs to keep in mind: You still need to deal with marketing. Be sure to include credible target market focus, matching and synchronized product-market focus. And time and money to match. . There are exceptions of course. Knowing tools isn’t enough.

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Social Media Media Curation Angel Investor 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. First mover advantages are only sustainable by large companies, or founders with deep pockets. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift. Declare that you will offer the product or service free.

Intellectual Property 276

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Investor Matching 276

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 18, 2013

“In an increasingly competitive retail landscape coupled with rising costs, Elephanti is a free app for both merchants and shoppers to engage on a social platform that will benefit both parties,” says Lalin Michael Jinasena, founder and CEO of Elephanti.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Also, ensure you know why the founder is planning to sell the business. Choose the one that matches your skills and experience. They may be openly advertised, or only discoverable through networking or relationships. Many successful businesses for sale are often not advertised. Choose the Type of Business to Invest In.

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