Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. Bigger jets, bigger engines, bigger ships, as opposed to the small changes that can make an enormous difference. How might China exploit weaknesses in the C4ISR networks fielded by Taiwan or the U.S.

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Technical Review Taiwan Technology Design 354

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Filebase launched the Filebase Content Delivery Network , a CDN specifically optimized for IPFS content delivery. Gencove has partnered with Ferris Genomics to offer end-to-end genomics sequencing services. with participation from Figma Ventures and founders of leading engineering-driven companies. The program starts April 8.

Portfolio 81

Portfolio Software Review San Francisco API 81

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

One of most critical things you should consider before jumping into a co-foundership is partnering with someone who can make up for the qualities you lack. For example, Artem is an expert in software engineering, product development and all things tech. Meanwhile, my talents lie within business management and networking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 22, 2021

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I’m doing a solo show covering some ideas that are from my upcoming book, The Ultimate Marketing Engine. 12:59] Where to find the free companion course that goes along with The Ultimate Marketing Engine. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here.

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Customer Software Review Curation Matching 92

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Network Effect B2B. But network effects can be an integral component of business-focused services as well.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering. Not just that, but working for a startup grows your personal and professional network. You could also find people with complementary skills you might lack.

Entrepreneur 132

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With a concentration on providing a more diverse workforce, Capital Factory and Opportunity Hub are partnering in 2019 to converge on the Austin tech scene this spring at SXSW. 8:00 PM The Center for Social Innovation, 1023 Springdale Rd Access: HBCU@SXSW Cohort + Guest Engineers Friday, March 8?—?OHUB

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Agile Startup Social Network Software Developers 253

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Why Link Building is the New Networking written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. It is the new networking, and no matter what Google does to try to devalue backlinks, they remain an important factor in terms of your site showing up when people search for the things that you want them to find you for online.

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Networking SEO Technical Review Search 62

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Intermediation and re-intermediation of tourism channel partners such as Airbnb can happen too. For example, in hospitality and digital marketing; hospitality and entrepreneurship; hospitality and IT, hospitality and engineering, just to name a few. What are some success stories you can share (of any recent graduates)?

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Technical Review Singapore Artificial Inteligence Myanmar 165

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

Although there are many different actions you can take to gain search engine recognition, content creation is the one with the most staying power. Using the most-trafficked social networks, you can place snippets of your content on Facebook, tags on Instagram or even turn an article into a video for YouTube.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2017

Create a Referral Engine That Works Every Day written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Everyone needs content, so if you can be the partner that brings content to the relationship building table, you win! Invited content – Reach out to potential strategic partners and offer them exposure on your blog.

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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] 2:59] Where strategic partners can fit into this idea. [3:25]

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SMS Networking B2B Engineer 72

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

You can do this by searching the web or asking your friends and business partners for companies which can provide you with services that cater to this specific need. This makes it relatively cheaper than PPC, although it may take some time for your website to attain the top ranking status on the search engine results page.

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Internet PPC Social Media SEO 113

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

In all times, we are high-conviction, hands-on investors and make fewer investments on a per-partner basis than pretty much every seed fund in the country. . Pre-seeds will be tougher as investors gravitate more towards proven founders or folks within their existing networks. We look forward to partnering together to make that happen.

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Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2017

Software engineer, entrepreneur and investor Mark Andreessen has a varied technical background that involved developing the world’s first ever web browser, Mosaic, and founding a number of software companies which he later sold for a large profit. His large network of industry experts can also benefit the companies he advises.

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Angel Investor Entrepreneur Software Engineering Operations 208

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2018

Moreover, IoT does not stand on its own: connected applications need data, analysis, networks and the people who are specialized in one of these areas. However, to really stand out and build your career in this fast-growing Internet of Things world, there are some skills which are less mentioned but at least as important.

Internet 150

Internet Demand Software Engineering Agile 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. And our course advisor, Tom Byers , Professor of Engineering and Faculty Director, STVP.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Agile Startup Lean Social Network 163

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? ” YouTube takes 45%.

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Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Conduct regular online searches for your company to see how you appear in search engine results and be sure to read and engage with user comments. As a general guideline, avoid posting on social media when you’re upset, and regardless of your privacy settings, avoid criticizing coworkers, business partners, or clients.

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Reputation Management Small Business Software Review 130

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

On the infrastructure side, Epic owns ‘Unreal Engine’ the second most popular 3D graphic engine, and creator of MetaHumans, a digital twin rendering software that can be used to create hyper realistic characters to ‘populate’ the Metaverse. The largest and most popular 3D engine has big plans for the Metaverse.

IP 206

IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This was the status quo for many years, and spawned the well-established $6B market for network security devices. This new solution requires a team with extensive expertise in building world-class, enterprise-grade networking, security, and Big Data solutions. With Netskope, employees get their favorite apps and CIOs get peace of mind.

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Cloud Security Analytics Mobile 162

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Keep an eye on your reputation Conduct regular online searches for your company to see how you appear in search engine results and be sure to read and engage with user comments. You can leverage LinkedIn and other social networking platforms to create a professional online network, attend courses and seminars, etc.

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Reputation Management Small Business Software Review 115

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different. “At some point, an entrepreneur begins to exhaust her network, and her network’s network, and the incremental hours devoted to fundraising will begin to yield less capital raised than the previous.”

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." We are looking for a seasoned engineer with management experience to take ownership of our engineering team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

It’s fine for one to be the visible head of the company, but if you look at recent great successes of recent times, almost always there is a partner behind the scenes who was key to making the right things happen. Inventors and engineers need business people, and creative types need a logical perspective to balance their dreams.

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Partner Cofounder Entrepreneur Matching 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The networks and algorithms that power AI are quite good at drawing correlations across enormous datasets that would not be obvious to humans. At its core, GPT-3 is a text prediction engine. GTP-3 is a statistical engine, without the reasoning ability of humans or the yet-to-be-created “strong AI.”

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Technical Review Connecticut Algorithm Warrant 246

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2020

This helpful content is an ideal way to focus on keywords for your website and strengthen your position in search engines. The main focus is on improving your network and brand awareness. To get you moving in the right direction, why not think about partnering with an eCommerce & Amazon Marketing Agency.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 29, 2024

After working with thousands of business owners, I’ve discovered the 7 most powerful keys to bridging that gap and turning your company into a referral engine. It positions you as a peer and partner while tapping into a huge new referral base. It’s time to get serious about developing your dream partner team.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. So we think about scaling a lot.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already starting to have a significant impact on search engine optimization (SEO) for agencies. Every year, social media coverage expands. Thanks to Aktug Dogun, Refer Mate ! #21-

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 124