Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Every year I teach classrooms full of students who leave class understanding the basics of how to search for product/market fit—and thinking their next goal is to “get funded.”. You (think) you have product-market fit with real customers and real revenue and need money to grow and expand. That’s a mistake.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

Founders laud their own “end-to-end” thinking. Engineers and even marketers proudly claim to be “full stack.” I recently caught up with Savoia, who shared how this process works and how seed-stage startups might adopt it to find product-market fit more quickly and more cheaply.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2023

We all understand the risk of competitors quickly closing in, and market factors changing before we can roll out our solution. In fact, these suggestions have tremendous value, even if you are dedicated and committed full-time to your new startup: Find a cofounder who can keep you balanced.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. Construction is a trillion-dollar market, but planning remains complicated and inaccurate.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

The articles I cited there around finding co-founders suggests that Ben is on the money. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. No small task Ben.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s taken the Toronto executive from the world of Big 3 Accounting (as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers in his early career) to Investment Banking(National Bank Financial) and capital markets (co-founding Eight Capital after leading the management buyout of Dundee Capital Markets). How do you see that opportunity developing?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2020

We all understand the risk of competitors quickly closing in, and market factors changing before we can roll out our solution. In fact, these suggestions have tremendous value, even if you are dedicated and committed full-time to your new startup: Find a co-founder who can keep you balanced.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. AskAnything.VC

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

It not easy for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketing strategists to keep their marketing campaigns relevant and competitive. Influencer marketing, if done right, can help your startup or small business grow your audience, improve sales, and expand brand awareness through social media. Why use influencer marketing?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life And Career written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Novak. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Novak. 11:20] Why did you land on joy as the key metric? [12:20] Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Some items from the pod cast: 100,000 - babies born as a result of relationships started on eHarmony 15M registered 1% of marriages in US this year resulting from eHarmony I dont know if these are true, but still, the impact of the vision of the original founders Neil Clark Warren and Greg Forgatch is amazing.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Transcript of How National Companies Can Infiltrate Local Markets written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: For national companies trying to infiltrate the local market the community organizations may be the best and last frontier. She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences. I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Metrics on keywords, follower profiles and competitors all help define your target listener. 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. Startup Example: Zappos. Strategy Adopted: Leveraging Social Media Analytics.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. So when you’re thinking about marketing positioning to me, that side of it is the interesting side of it. Edwin: May I.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

It not easy for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketing strategists to keep their marketing campaigns relevant and competitive. Influencer marketing, if done right, can help your startup or small business grow your audience, improve sales, and expand brand awareness through social media. Why use influencer marketing?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

by Andrea Martins, co-founder of GreenSocks. He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me. Lecture 3: Before The Startup.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Anand Sanwal , co-founder and CEO of CB Insights ; and Chris Shipley , executive producer of MIT’s Solve initiative, joined me in the studio to discuss the day-to-day chaos of building a company. As the executive producer of the DEMO conference from 1996 to 2009, she helped more than 1,500 companies make their market debut.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What a CFO Can Do For Your Agency written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jason Blumer. Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Cameron Herold. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Cameron Herold. Take The Marketing Assessment: www.marketingassessment.co. The Second in Command Podcast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality.

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