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Ardent War Story 5: The Best Marketers Are Engineers

Steve Blank

Some of these advisors from the academic community would work with our of VP of Engineering and help us solve specific technical problems. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. I do something I now call community hours. Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So Human Computer Interaction.

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Special Edition: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But we did it, it was a blast, and you can listen to it in my podcast ( iTunes , or enclosed in the usual RSS feed , or raw mp3 ). GroupCharger , the community organizer’s secret weapon, for renting out all of Cospace for the event. Why listen? Especially if you don’t usually listen to podcasts?

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Inside Mattermark’s Ubiquitous Newsletter: Principles and Process

View from Seed

Morrill likes to feature content from around the startup community that might not get significant traction otherwise, but not just any piece of content can make it into the newsletter. RSS feeds for VC blogs
, subscribed to via Feedly. RSS feeds for founder blogs, subscribed to via Feedly. Medium – Venture Capital
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How to Start a Small Web Design Firm

Up and Running

This is a good way of expanding your portfolio, practicing your skills, and helping out in your local community. Communities where other professionals in the industry hang out are great places to find support from people who are in a similar situation. Be part of your local community. Promote your services. Start networking.

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Thanksgiving Day

Steve Blank

We try our best to give back to our community and country and always wonder – is it enough? Families gather from across the country to spend time with each other and feast on a traditional turkey dinner. It’s harder to remember that we have no perpetual rights to them, they aren’t our due, but they’re gifts. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning.

Steve Blank

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. Since I wasn’t an engineer, my contribution was around the team-building and fund raising. I was an idiot. Now In Print!