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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. All problems will go away.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So, like in most things, is who you know and networking and finding out the next person in line, the next person in line. I have degrees in computer science and networking but I haven’t kept up on the latest technologies. Gelie: Resorts here in Phoenix. Gelie: I need a sounding board, right? Gelie: Very good.

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Transcript of Building a Fanocracy Around Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Scott: They built a social network before Mark Zuckerberg was even born. He invited me within a couple of days to join to be the first member of the HubSpot advisory board, and I’ve been with them ever since. It’s been downloaded thousands of times, commented on hundreds of times. I’m a Harry Potter geek.