Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. Come join us.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

They don’t yet realize the low-cost potential for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, direct marketing and e-commerce. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Social media is a huge resource for entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You came up with what you think is a brilliant business idea, you moved to Silicon Valley , and you’re working on connecting with venture capitalists to get your first round of funding in motion. Anand Srinivasan is the founder of LeadJoint.com , an online lead generation tool for digital marketing agencies.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. are all expensive and potentially fatal distractions if done before you have found product/market fit and a repeatable sales model.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

Then Taariq Lewis from San Francisco, California, presented Stanzr, a lightweight online events platform specifically focused on moving qualified leads generated through webinars towards a close. The next two customer acquisition strategies we will be expanding on are more aggressive guerrilla p.r.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…).

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Well, at the very heart of the marketing and selling problem is the concept of lead generation. As the Internet became mainstream, this was largely replaced (at least in the universe we live in) by email marketing campaigns, so the key information was the email address of a lead. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 28, 2011

Much like the Human Genome Project's attempts to crack the human genetic code, the Startup Genome Project hoped to be able to uncover the "innovation code" that drives the success of Silicon Valley technology startups. The Integrator (Type 2).

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation. Build Your Own Silicon Valley? The Proof Is In The Revenue. Hiring The Right Candidate. The conversation shouldn't end after conversion.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. 13 SaaS Marketing Pros Reveal Their Lead Generation Strategies. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. A SaaS Marketing Plan for High Growth Companies.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

So, I thought it might make sense to take a step back and talk about all the stages of early stage fundraising here in the Silicon Valley. In early stage investing, at least in Silicon Valley, there are basically 4 stages: pre-seed, seed, post-seed (or pre-A), and series A. And/or getting your first set of customers.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

For that reason, every previous attempt at web sites to intermediate this relationship has been unsuccessful, typically turning into a lead-generation site for people looking to sell things to entrepreneurs (the only ones engaged with the platform.).

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Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

So, I thought it might make sense to take a step back and talk about all the stages of early stage fundraising here in the Silicon Valley. In early stage investing, at least in Silicon Valley, there are basically 4 stages: pre-seed, seed, post-seed (or pre-A), and series A. And/or getting your first set of customers.

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