Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

At the beginning, it’s important to do things that don’t scale, especially when it comes to customer acquisition. A perfect example is when businesses are suddenly flooded with cash, they opt to buy the biggest trade show booth rather than thinking of creative ways to gain attention via smart guerilla marketing around the expo center.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

At the beginning, it’s important to do things that don’t scale, especially when it comes to customer acquisition. A perfect example is when businesses are suddenly flooded with cash, they opt to buy the biggest trade show booth rather than thinking of creative ways to gain attention via smart guerilla marketing around the expo center.

Guerilla 91

Guerilla Seed Money Vertical Early Stage 91

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Cray called two years ago and bought it back for parts for an unnamed customer still running one. A entrepreneur’s idea of closure. Longtime tech entrepreneur Steve Blank says he’s always been a guy who “liked to fail fast, move on, and not look back.&# I had the only farm capable of nuclear weapons design.

Silicon Valley 191

Silicon Valley San Diego RSS California 191