Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

I cover the last two approaches that are particularly unique but have extremely potent potential: creating your own expert networking club and building a referral mastermind system. Topics I cover: [1:38] The sixth approach is creating your own expert networking club. [2:59] You can find the links to all 5 of the episodes below.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 14, 2017

As we — myself and my cofounder, Victor Etongwe — drive through Dandridge, TN, still 6 hours and 38 minutes from our headquarters in Washington, DC I am reflecting on our very first appearance at #SXSW which has grown to be much more than just a music festival. Many of these opportunities can even net you a free badge. Reciprocate.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Essential Tech Tools for Enhanced Productivity One cannot underestimate the importance of network monitoring devices and software in today’s business landscape. Implementing robust network monitoring tools ensures that your business operations run smoothly, without the hindrance of unexpected downtime or performance bottlenecks.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2014

Is Networking a Waste of Time? Networking is actually one of the most powerful strategic activities you can engage in if you do it right. In fact, when people ask me what they should do to market their business when they are just getting started I tell them to start networking. Marketing podcast with Derek Coburn.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. With this you have a new rate range for a Washington, DC based programmer of web applications: $42.15-$67.15 client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. That being said, I do see problems with the conventional wisdom especially in the valley with your technical vision, which then creates economic problems. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We According to Finney, black women need to be given the same resources and networks their white male counterparts enjoy. How do those numbers get changed?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

For eBay, this is caused by the incredible network effects of their business (so-called demand-side increasing returns and supply-side increasing returns). This has led to exponential growth. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Customers found it confusing and it turned out to be at odds with our fundamental value proposition (which really requires an independant IM network). Unfortunately, positioning our product as an "IM add-on" was a complete mistake. So we had to completely throw that code away, including all of its beatiful tests and specs. Talk about waste.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Shortly after launching my consulting practice, I took on a leadership position with several professional women’s organizations, Women’s Global Network and Ladies Who Launch, San Diego. The company now has additional communities Phoenix, AZ, Washington, DC, and Sweden, with several other cities in the works. What is Hera Hub?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Philly welcomes startups with a growing network of coworking facilities, incubators, and accelerators. Washington, DC is 150 miles away. Image by David Mark from Pixabay.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

From my side, i network with many startups all the time, and i am constantly trying to persuade them to adopt the new age mindset, but its often no easy task. Im also in this for the long term and realise they may need to fail a few times before the message really hits home. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I went to excellent public schools (so-called science magnets) that had computer classes, which meant they had networked computers that I could use. If we network them together, theyll answer each others questions and collaborate on projects we can hardly imagine. But I was also very lucky. Theyll take it from there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

When we became a standalone network, it didnt matter how easy it was to add new networks, since we never did. Worse of all, the plaintext codes we were used to sending were considered non-authoritative, since they could be pulled off a third-party network. It had a pretty good technical design.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement. They dont invest a lot of money; just enough to keep them going through the summer. They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. Some of the mentors are based in Boulder, but many are not.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

As an entrepreneur you have the opportunity to network and build connections with a wide range of people. As an entrepreneur the D.C. This creates an environment that is constantly evolving and supports creativity and innovation.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Personal Network: Ask your friends and colleagues for suggestions. Send them a note about what you are looking for and ask them to pass it around to their network. This extends to your online social networks too – don’t be afraid to Tweet out what you are looking for. Networking : Get out there and meet people.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. We also don’t know of any other location where anyone can just walk up and talk to real soldiers from the Army, Air Force, and DOD.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2022

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by business made simple hosted by Donald Miller and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network business made simple, takes the mystery out of growing your business. He lives in DC with his family.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Im going to be speaking on June 3rd at an event sponsored by the Technology Entrepreneurs Exchange (TeXchange), "the premier networking organization in Texas for business executives and entrepreneurs to meet, exchange ideas and share experiences." Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Hope your presentation here in Washington, DC reaches a few new minds today. There are and we do.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, I’ve talked often about our belief that an instant messaging add-on product would allow IMVU to take advantage of a network effects strategy. When we became a standalone network, it didn't matter how easy it was to add new networks, since we never did. This happened quite often in the early days of IMVU.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

He is also a co-founder of XediaLabs , a DC-based incubator that provides training and technical consulting to local startups. Howard University’s approach to entrepreneurship education for students in this historically black college has them plugging into the DC-area startup ecosystem. ” Grant : Correct.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 2, 2016

Relationship Building : How to Expand Business Network written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. When it is time to expand a business network, it takes a bit of planning and design to affect seamless relationship building activities. Networking is defined by a host of inclusives. Business Network Expansion Ideas.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2014

Want to be where the action is, networking, creating awareness of your organisation, or learning about others? One of the world’s leading events for members of the further education profession takes place in Washington, DC, from 15 th to 18 th February.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The emerging “industrial Internet” revolution, enabled by the convergence of networking and information technology with engineered physical systems and associated services, is enabling a new generation of “smart systems” and an innovation-based growth engine for the U.S. design, build, operate/use, maintain, and service).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. He’s a Redskins fan (he grew up in DC) so you have to kind of feel sorry for the guy. And he followed through. He also formed strong working relationships with my partners at Upfront over the years.

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David Cohen

JUNE 19, 2012

In the coming months, TechStars will work to create new opportunities for a larger audience of entrepreneurs by building relationships with selected applicants and our alumni network. If your company is founded by veterans, apply to the Patriot Boot Camp in DC now! The deadline to apply is now less than a week away!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

September 23-26 - TBA I'll be in New York and then Washington DC for media on these days, but don't have anything public on the schedule to announce. book signing/networking reception? Register here. Tuesday, September 27 - San Francisco Home, home again. Location: SF Club Office Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program , 7:30 p.m.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2018

The labels I dealt with early in my professional career (the 1980s) included micro computers, mini-computers, artificial intelligence, expert systems, neural networks, middleware, super computers, parallel computing, and killer app. And music by Boston, Journey, Rush, Pink Floyd, and AC/DC. Oh – and groovy.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2011

Aside from startups, virtual office solutions are often the choice for businesses looking to reduce costs and align their workplace with business needs, the mobile worker, and the home-based workforce of businesses in need of leveraging their professional image and network. “Co-working

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I requested data from the leaders of 46 angel groups in 26 states (plus DC) and 2 provinces. DC Dinner Clubs. DC/Virginia. Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Basically we set out quarterly goals for when we're going to open offices, and we said, okay, Q one, San Francisco, Q two Atlanta, Q three, Washington, DC Q four Chicago. There are so many amazing networking groups outside where women are supporting women and some wonderful men are supporting women too. We didn't give ourselves an out.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’m hoping to speak later this year in Philly, for example, where I’ll likely be in November and/or December (also in Annapolis so maybe Washington DC and/or Baltimore?). I don’t really proactively ask often to speak at events but I’m always open to it provided it’s somewhere that I already need / want to be.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Washington DC. At AAPT we converge all of our resources to maintain one simple philosophy – to be the easiest to deal with network provider in Australia. Mexico City. Rio de Janeiro. Sydney Spring 2012. Applications: Aug 14, 12. Sessions: Aug 20, 12 - Dec 04, 12. Join the Program.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Processes that, in the Industrial Age, were tightly scripted, with predictable outcomes, must in the Networked World, become adaptable, contextual, and focus on getting measurable (often surprising!) results rather than specific scripted outcomes. Thanks for the post, Eric. Very well-thought-through.

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