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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

What’s your differential business strategy? Your differential growth strategy? Your differential product? And show that you’re focused on the metrics that matter: revenue numbers, engagement traction, etc. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder. Identify the right metrics for success.

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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. First of all, it’s not fair to say that how much capital you’ve raised is a vanity metric, because it is real, right? And the technical term is, fool.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. Bob: I’ve come around to the opinion that the metric of how many people join X service is pretty worthless when it comes to monetization. Let me let Bob get in now.

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How Tech for Campaigns Has Helped 3,000+ Techies Make a Difference in Progressive Politics

Hunter Walker

I met Jessica Alter when was running FounderDating, which helped solo founders discover their perfect cofounders. Jessica, along with two cofounders, started Tech for Campaigns , which connects tech volunteers with the campaigns of progressive candidates for skill-based volunteering. We give them expert teams to implement.