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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

And there are a ton of dog sitters in Sacramento so I’m sure we’ll be able to help.” Their business model was to help young companies accelerate their launch by helping assemble a team, do initial marketing, provide seed capital and help them raise financing. The photo in this blog (like many of mine) came from 500px.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

And in fact, the part of the challenge is that if you Google the term marketing strategy, you will find a list of blog posts that basically 15 tactics will be listed. One of the challenges I find is that you can say the word strategy to people until you're blue in the face and they don't really know what it means.

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How Investors Make Better Decisions: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance. — As Selections Committee chair for our Sacramento Angels investor group, I review applications from dozens of startup entrepreneurs looking for investment. data that investors, accelerators and incubators can use to inform selection.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. So if you do want to read it on my blog, it’s called the “ Cofounder Mythology.”

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Protect Your Parents from Avis Budget: Direct Marketing Scumbags

Both Sides of the Table

I was home visiting my father in Sacramento. I have mostly taken over helping my dad with his finances. … should I avoid blog posts like this that might be outside my normal remit? Many of these complaints stem from the charges individuals found on their credit card statements.&# Background. What do you think?

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Transform Data's Impact: Pick The Right Success KPI!

Occam's Razor

Marketers, CMOs, Finance peeps should know the implications of picking an imprecise Success KPI, but the Analyst is the expert and, hence, I expect them to take the lead. In a future blog post, we can cover the process to put in place to ensure this happens at scale in your company/non-profit. The scoring is in the darker blue row.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

Hi Daniel, I recently ran across your blog. If you’re in Sacramento, go to the Sacramento Ruby Meetup and go to the San Francisco Ruby Meetup as well. If you can do it for $5000 to $15,000, you’re likely to be able to finance it with a deferred payment or a loan from friends and family. Blog at WordPress.com.