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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. He told them it was now or never.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): Hey, did you know that HubSpot's annual inbound conference is coming up? Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. And again, if they've got questions, just email me back. That's right.

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When choosing Austin’s next City Manager, find a tech-forward candidate

Austin Startup

The City of Austin operates as a council-manager form of government, where City Council sets the policy and budget and the City Manager implements both. The Board hires the CEO — or City Manager, in this case — who’s in charge of carrying out the day-to-day administrative operations for the entire organization.

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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

I sent her an email saying, “When you’re gone everything you learned goes with you. But they weren’t really in Silicon Valley at the time—they were in Boston, Minneapolis, New York. We brought in all operating guys—all had done startups, all had technical backgrounds. She still demurred so I gave it one last shot.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Among other corporate positions in my career, I have been a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Research Engineer for small private companies, and also some Fortune 500 and even Fortune 10 companies. This bill will NOT affect our company. Moving a manufacturing facility is hard.