Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. On October 20th, we will be launching our fifth 8-week Code Immersion Program for adults here in the Atlanta area as well as a new Intro to Website Design & Creation Class. We already have!

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

Research and development, sample making, marketing the product and perhaps even handling some of the preliminary sales are some of the stages of expansion. My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liz Elting In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Elting, the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Liz Lathan. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Lathan. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Like this show?

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We have insight on the competencies of our companies’ personnel, and who is hiring or shrinking. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors. with the announcement of a funding round, new senior hires, etc. – OKRs for CEOs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Here, you’ll find products and technologies that are at the cutting edge of their industries before they hit the market. The Incite Summit covers everything from marketing to publishing and customer experience. Atlanta International Gift Show. Location : Atlanta, GA. Atlanta has buses and a rail system (MARTA).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Opportunity Hub (OHUB) | Inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship and investment for all Tech recruiter mentors HBCU@SXSW cohort on building soft skills during 2018 SXSW Opportunity Hub’s Growth and Mission Opportunity Hub was co-founded in 2013 in Atlanta, GA by Rodney Sampson. In 2016, OHUB pioneered HBCU@SXSW at SXSW.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

As we tell our customers, if you’re hiring us to transform your property, then you should trust us to take care of it forever.” For Jason Sheetz, owner of Atlanta-area restaurant group Succulent Hospitality , football has the biggest effect on business. That’s good cash flow in the winter when installations are slow,” Carson says. “As

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David Teten

JANUARY 2, 2013

You can’t hire in courtesy and managerial competence; it has to flow from company management outwards. I’m traveling to Atlanta and Boston this month, so starting to plan my logistics. Recently (Monday, October 22), I had a quick trip to Atlanta for a Social Fortress board meeting.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Johnson Cook , the dude that sits right behind me at Atlanta Tech Village , and who flew the pirate flag on top of the building last week cementing himself forever in my consciousness as a true bad@ass, wrote a post recently called, The Top 3 Jobs of a Startup CEO. The smaller the team, the more important every person on that team is.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Mailchimp looks like it’s going to be a huge exit down in Atlanta, but that might turn out to be a one-off. On the other had, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami winds up with a fantastic community feel and vibe but struggles to produce big companies. It’s not enough to come together just because you’re part of a particular demographic group.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2013

Missing your target market would destroy most businesses but having the resources to adapt is key to survival. As he told stories of partner animosity, bad sales hires, unsuccessful marketing efforts and product failures, it brought back many unpleasant memories. Entrepreneurs are risk takers.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2017

Even with modern technology that enables casting a wider net for your market reach, most professionals rely significantly on a local client base. If that local base doesn’t exist, they move to where one does, or they change their practice to mirror the local market.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In late 2012 when I was midway through my year with Leadership Atlanta. In late 2012 I took over the business development and marketing (i.e. At the time we had two sales people and I was told by the board that I needed to likely hire a few more. Tell me about the time you realized you had the power to do something meaningful.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

You don’t even have to hire a permanent specialist to monitor the network. As a business owner, you expect your business grow steadily as you gain more customers and improve your market dominance. One particular example is the Jim Ellis Automotive Group, based in Atlanta. Scalable Bandwidth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Atlanta, GA. Minneapolis, MN.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 27, 2018

The article, titled, Flying Into A Triple-Digit Growth Spurt, Mobile Agency Dragon Army Commits to Hiring Minority Scholarship Students , highlights both our fast growth along with our commitment to the community. If you read the article and think your company might follow suit on the same commitment that we did, please let me know!

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2018

Moreover, you can think of changing your marketing strategy; maybe it works for you. Don’t hire people just because they are your friends. Hire them on the basis on their skills. You think that you will hire few competent individuals, tell them the business goal and they will achieve it for you. Relax, don’t give up.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

Not to mention that there are still numerous diversity problems, high salaries, and the lack of opportunities for early-stage businesses to hire experienced talent. Some other relevant startup centres are Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, and Austin. Canada also gives young companies more opportunities to hire top talent.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 1, 2014

The glorious green grass of the work-from-home employee is a goal for many successful people (and not-so-successful people) and a great way to hire the best talent without having to pay to relocate them. It can be as simple as a nice dinner and a sit-down – all the way to hiring office space for a day and having a full team work there.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. Have not met anyone I wanted to hire who was willing to work for equity. Cash is king and it's a developer's market out there right now. CRM Magazine: 2011 CRM Market Leaders.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The first was with Raymond King , CEO of Zoo Atlanta; the second was with Devon Wijesinghe , CEO of Insightpool; and the third with Mark Feinberg , CEO of Uruut. I’ve known Simms Jenkins (CEO of BrightWave Marketing ) for a long time and I’ve always been impressed with how he’s built his business.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. If they charge well above the market average then they are usually either greedy or motivated to do something on their own that you are basically funding. You are probably wondering how do I know if they are asking for more than the market rate or not?

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Last year, I co-founded a nonprofit in Atlanta with Adam Walker called 48in48. The mission: to empower communities to help 48 local nonprofits in 48 hours by assisting their marketing and technology efforts through hackathon-style events. We held our first event in Atlanta in October and it was amazing. Glad you asked :).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 27, 2016

The energy there is palpable already and I believe it’s going to be a great addition to the city of Atlanta. Those values helped guide his company from a one-man operation in his apartment in midtown Atlanta at the age of 36, to a company with thousands of employees and market cap of $3 billion.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here’s the deal guys, marketing and advertising agencies, by and large, in most cases, and with very few exceptions…suck. And “them” = the main client contacts, their bosses, their bosses bosses, their board of directors (everybody has an opinion on marketing and advertising), and ultimately and most importantly of course, their customers.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 6, 2011

Next it launched in cities including Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Phoenix and Seattle. It allows you to further refine your offering and cater, as appropriate, to new needs exhibited in the new markets. Likewise, it gives you time to hire and train the staff you'll need to satisfy your customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Take a look: This full-day Master Class focuses on how to build a startup from the ground up to focus on customers, markets, and speed of iteration. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. A few years later we had 80% market share and had revolutionized the space. What will be covered in the full-day program?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 29, 2011

After our first trade show I still did not have showrooms in the regional markets of the United States as I wanted to. My master plan was to have local showrooms in Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and New York. Internally, we were growing a strong team and were able to hire some key personnel who only made our company stronger.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Last night my good friend and marketing extraordinaire, Stephanie Critchfield , interviewed Danny Davis and I in a “fireside chat” on leadership at Digital Atlanta. If your company is broken, a new hire or a software fix isn’t going to help. (thanks for the great photo, Jay !).

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. I hire the best, so we’re all able to have it all.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

This can happen if people move cities (you might have an “Atlanta” Circle so you can talk about snow storms that never happened), if people move jobs or career tracks, if people get married…all depends on your Circles. Image from Duct Tape Marketing.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Because we African-Americans have our own urban communities, we are smart people and there is real demand for innovation, our people can quickly move forward with blockchain and go straight to market. Or a retail store can have an AI that hire human temp works from an AI human recruiter to perform instructed tasks during the holiday season.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Africa Cape Town, South Africa [link] Asia Tokyo, Japan [link] Europe Barcelona, Spain [link] Birmingham, UK [link] Bucharest, Romania [link] Budapest, Hungary [link] Cambridge, UK [link] Copenhagen, Denmark [link] Delft, Netherlands [link] Edinburgh, Scotland [link] Gothenburg, Sweden [link] London, UK [link] Madrid, Spain [link] Munich, Germany [link] (..)

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Hippoland

MARCH 2, 2018

B) We made no CAN investments! :( C) Though we did no investments in TO/Waterloo, Atlanta, Boston, and really anywhere in the midwest in 2017, we have done a TON of investments in these locations in the past and will likely look heavily there in 2018. In 27% of our investments, we still have not met the founding team in person.

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Hippoland

MARCH 2, 2018

B) We made no CAN investments! :( C) Though we did no investments in TO/Waterloo, Atlanta, Boston, and really anywhere in the midwest in 2017, we have done a TON of investments in these locations in the past and will likely look heavily there in 2018. In 27% of our investments, we still have not met the founding team in person.

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