Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Handling PR with VCs. He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. To update me on your PR? Don’t get me wrong, I’m very pro PR but please see it for what it is and don’t think that smart or experienced people are going to see it as any more than it is either.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Of course, Arizona Bay is a consulting company, not a venture capital firm, and doing the work of both simultaneously can be time consuming. Were not a venture capital firm.". Innovation | Fridays.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? Million in Venture Capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. 10 New Free Fonts | Front-end Magazine - [link]. 10 New Free Fonts | Front-end Magazine - [link]. Reducing noise … should be a signal to rest of market … YC W13 Will Be Smaller - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Want Venture Capital Funding? 15 Cool jQuery Modal Plugins | Tripwire Magazine – [link]. A Comprehensive Collection of Free UI Kits & Templates | Front-end Magazine – [link]. What’s the secret to a great team? Barking Up The Wrong Tree – [link]. Here’s How | Forbes – [link].

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For example, Morse notes that neither C corporations nor venture capital funds structured as partnerships can, by law, be S corporation shareholders. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Innovation | Fridays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Newsletters.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

People would go, “Oh, this one won the “best of MacUser Magazine benchmark&# award,&# and it would confirm that this was a safe purchasing choice. Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. So we started putting stickers on the packaging every time we’d win an award.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Some think that hiring a PR agency, starting the buzz and getting coverage in hot blogs or on the cover of magazines at launch are objectives. The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references. Freemium models have their own scorekeeping.)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

10 amazing web tools to spy on your competition | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/1q7MhFU. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1. 10 amazing web tools to spy on your competition | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/1q7MhFU. – crowdspring.co/Uo7qiz.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

missusP : Christine Perkett, CEO of PerkettPR shares her view as the head honcho of one of tech’s best PR companies. FrancisBoulle : CEO of FundMine Francis Boulle talks angel investment and venture capital on @FrancisBoulle. Marketing & PR.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link]. Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link]. Facing Another PR Disaster: Google Accused Of Fraudulently Undermining A Kenyan Startup – [link]. Ladies Home Journal to crowdsource content for its magazine – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. Five Reasons Not To Raise Venture Capital, by Rachel Chalmers | Model View Culture - crowdspring.co/1lIlpYH. Design Principles: Visual Perception And The Principles Of Gestalt | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1gKX6bY.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Judging by the ink we had gotten, we were the hottest company in the game business, with stories in Fortune, Forbes, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and the cover of Wired magazine. Yet we hadn’t shipped a single product. While it felt wonderful at the time, this was a very bad idea.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Understanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering | Smashing Magazine – [link]. 25 Great Decorative Brushes For Photoshop | Top Design Magazine – [link]. 10 Ways to Measure Your Competition – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Pay with a Tweet” and Other Growth Hacking Examples | Venture Capital Cafe – [link]. Telecommuting may be terrible for your work/life balance | Slate Magazine – [link]. Revenue Doesn’t Matter – [link].

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

What magazines did they read? Three publications: In our market there were a myriad of magazines to read. They said the product reviews in these publications were by far the biggest influence on which card to buy. (This made our PR problem manageable and focused. What reviews did they trust? Did they attend trade shows?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

28 New Great Magazine/Newspaper Style WordPress Themes – [link]. Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. Cuevas (Philippines) [interview with a crowdSPRING designer] – [link]. Extend the Firebug Console with these 15 Extensions – [link]. Here’s why – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Look, we’re on the cover of Wired magazine. Rocket Science was just another one of those companies (with better PR). Call a board meeting and say we may have a serious problem? I said, “That can’t be true! The press is saying we are the hottest super group around. They think we’re brilliant. Our VCs think we are visionary.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Too much PR, too early. Check out the Brain’s Guide to Angel Investin g and the Brain’s Guide to Venture Capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2012

Nice write-up on Google’s venture capital investment company – [link]. Magazine Cover Design Through The Decades – [link]. – [link]. crowdSPRING”s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Invitation Consultants – [link]. Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Employees – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Keith Rabois about Venture Capital and Business | by @trengriffin – buff.ly/1AxbgY1. ” Get to Know DJ Stout – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/19lCjLv. The Wisdom & Book Covers of Peter Mendelsund – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/19lAwWQ. “Solve the problem.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 9, 2015

Things I’ve Learned from Doug Leone About Startups & Venture Capital | by @trengriffin - buff.ly/1wo39Hu. 5 of the Best Book Covers of 2014 – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1AcHlnr. Retro Design, Retrovores + Throwback Packaging – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1AsHcfN. crowdspring.co/1rTfRl2. crowdspring.co/1rTfRl2.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Audrey Gelman was on the cover of Inc magazine, visibly pregnant. Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. I imagined a future Wing media arm with a TV channel, a venture capital fund… …and then it all came crashing down.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

Venture Capital Returns – [link]. 40 Typography Designs For Type Fanatics | Top Design Magazine – [link]. Play by your own rules – [link]. When culture turns into policy – [link]. An MBA is a complete waste of time and money for anyone who wants to create or join a startup – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

I run award-winning agency InsideOut PR (established 2005) and founded social influencer agency #AsSeenOn last year. Thanks to Nicole Reaney, InsideOut PR ! #10 I was already working at a startup, learning about marketing and PR. Thanks to Judy Sahay, Crowd Media ! #9 9 – Shift in Media Landscape.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I sold to you & PR function back in the day (SuperMac) and others to the many companies dating back, but finally E.piphany ~ MediaMap (now is Cision). Thanks for a Great Post. Reply Mary B. , on June 5, 2011 at 1:15 am said: Stumbled on your page by serendipity. Amazing list. The best part though is the tenacity link.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

How Bootstrapping Became a Lost Art and Venture Capital Became an Addiction – Capterra Blog crowdspring.co/1fwqKUb. Selling digital downloads & video streaming with Shopify • Inspired Magazine crowdspring.co/1DDkWnI. Announcing the 2015 NVAs: 15 Artists Under 30 – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1h1sE05.

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