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CXL Live 2022 Recap: Main Takeaways From 6 World-Class Marketers

ConversionXL

This event focused on relationship building and a lot of work was put into building curated groups to have fruitful round table discussions. More networking and curated roundtables, less gurus and swag. The most important factor for differentiation in CXL Live is its unique format. Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. AI to make IRL matches – What if you could chat with a bot that learns about you on a deeper level and uses this information to make a curated set of matches?

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

Both Sides of the Table

The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. In the simplest form curation is the selection of similar products in terms of function, quality, design aesthetic and perhaps brand.

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Every Founder that Hates "Personal Branding" Should Write a Book

This is going to be BIG.

“Personal Branding” The term is fingernails on a chalkboard-level cringe for many of the best founders—mostly because it feels most of the people who spend time building their personal brand don’t actually have much there there behind it. Unfortunately, this has real consequences for founders. So how can founders differentiate?

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

This year I signed up to a number of email newsletters which provided a haven of curation in my areas of interest. Now the only differentiator is size preference and UX. . It seems the real money in technology stocks is made when the founders exit, not when investors buy it. Phablet anyone?

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Why You Should Embrace Opposing Views at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I was at a dinner about a year ago with a few VCs and startup founders. What a great way for a guy like me stuck in the 90′s on music to get curated music while I do other stuff. I talked to one company who had build really differentiated IP and had great customer traction. The topic of FourSquare came up.

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May Your Help Be Wanted

Austin Startup

Having recently addressed founders in my chapter “Be Coachable,” allow me please in this essay to address this matter to you providers of help. As you probably know, I prefer advising founders in long, immersive engagements. If you want to share your wisdom to founders, you have many avenues that do not require prior Freudian training.