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What’s the problem with too much funding?

Version One Ventures

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. Pitfall #3: Tackling too many things at the same time. Pitfall #4: Culture of “we’ve done it”.

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The Innovation State of the Union

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Some five years into an early stage technology company, I found myself, an experienced technology manager, as a CEO in search of competent manufacturing. It wasn’t like we were packaging software we were producing the highest performing vertical axis wind turbine. Thanks Pamela. Where is the innovation workforce? – Dr. Pamela A.

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What’s the problem with too much funding?

Version One Ventures

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. Pitfall #3: Tackling too many things at the same time. Pitfall #4: Culture of “we’ve done it”.

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Closure

Steve Blank

As one could imagine this was the last thing the supercomputer center management wanted to hear. Any guerilla sales tactics somebody may know for situation like this? All their peers were buying Cray’s, and they wanted one as well. You just can’t change this mainstream customer with a direct approach.