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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. She started it with a partner, 50-50. They were close friends, lived down the road and members of our synagogue.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

7:15] How do you manage the fact that somebody is hiring you to do marketing, but you can’t really do marketing if you don’t get into every aspect of their business? [10:20] Clare Price (07:24): And that's why one of the things that I'm doing with is developing what I call a ecosystem of right partners.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

We then added and monetized Fantag Manager, which gave users a cloud platform for managing all their video, as well as more advanced features such as adding monetization options, creating additional highlights, and generating highlight reels. Fantag is based in Sacramento. What are the next steps for Fantag? Sleeping more!

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What Rejected Cities Can Learn From Amazon’s Feedback And 15 Tips For Attracting Business Investment To Your Community) 

YoungUpstarts

And, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, cities that didn’t make the short list — among them Detroit, Cincinnati, and Sacramento — are rushing to make changes based on Amazon’s feedback on where they fell short. Talk to people about “managing up” the community to everyone they meet.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity. I have a related dilemma.

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Champing At The Bit: Can You Pay Your Workers In Bitcoin?

YoungUpstarts

Meneghello is a partner with employment law firm Fisher Phillips in Portland, Ore. Bridgers offers management-side counsel and represents businesses faced with workplace-related challenges in the areas of privacy, labor relations, employment litigation, and wage and hour law. . Ebbink is Of Counsel in the firm’s Sacramento, Calif.