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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. Curation There are really multiple forms of “curation” that I think can build sustainable differentiation in products vs. the retailer that is selling them. I don’t use the word ‘spectacular’ lightly.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” Top founders want to live in a place where employees are serious about working hard. Startup founders always need help.

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114 Entrepreneurs On 1 Train For 8 Hours Pitching Ideas

ReadWriteStart

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers. to Vancouver, where passengers "rethink business" among like-minded entrepreneurs and investors.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

I can’t say that Covid-19 has made me rethink the personal utility of the really big conferences (I don’t attend many), but it does make me miss the curation of smaller groups. Working with founders. It’s just too mutually efficient to make a first pitch into a call or video, especially if the founders prefer it.

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114 Entrepreneurs On 1 Train For 8 Hours Pitching Ideas

ReadWriteStart

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers. to Vancouver, where passengers will "rethink business" among like-minded entrepreneurs and investors.

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114 Entrepreneurs On 1 Train For 8 Hours Pitching Ideas

ReadWriteStart

That’s exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

They’re pulling in the list of human curated list of successful local businesses and showing those right in the knowledge panel. John: On this front, but hopefully — I was just — you’re in Portland right? Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. David thanks for joining me.

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