David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I also knew that people would be sad about us no longer running accelerators in certain markets. I was personally absolutely super sad about closing the original Techstars accelerator location in Boulder after this next class, as well as Seattle (another of the original locations.) We’re sorry for that.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2015

PSL, based in Seattle, is a not a VC firm, accelerator, or incubator, but instead is a startup studio, which is a company that creates companies. PSL was announced today and GeekWire’s conference and there’s an extremely comprehensive post explaining how it works at Top Seattle investors raise $12.5M

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 7, 2020

Booster Fuels expanded its app-enabled, on-demand fueling services to fleets in Seattle , its first market in the Northwest. Guesser launched multi-outcome markets! Gencove met its new low-pass sequencing imputation and analysis SaaS which is now enterprise-ready. You can read all about it here.

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Haystack

AUGUST 7, 2018

Earlier this summer, my friend Michael told me about a small investment his team made up in Seattle in the Amazon ecosystem. Today, Downstream officially launched, though it is already in the market and helping Fortune 1000 companies get smarter about their spend on Amazon.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Seattle, WA. Seattle is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, and other well-known companies, but it has recently grown into a welcoming place for startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, too. Those pioneers are attracted to the eclectic, entrepreneurial spirit that the city breathes.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. Maria Colacurcio giving her winning pitch for Syndio in Seattle last fall. We also aim to educate the market that these are two different problems. The equitably compensated Syndio team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Friday, September 16 - Seattle On Friday, I fly to Seattle, where I'll be for two days. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at Town Hall Seattle (co-sponsored with Lean Startup Seattle). Startup Weekend and Seattle 2.0 Employees only. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Lots of ICOs and capital poured into the frenzy of this market in 2017. While we have expanded our partnership to two GP and have a bigger fund, our fundamentals stay the same: we invest at seed / pre-seed, in companies that leverage network effects, and across North America (hubs are SF, Toronto/KW, NYC, Seattle).

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2014

We remain geographically agnostic: a 50-50 split between Canada and the US with the highest concentration in Toronto (6), SF/Bay Area (5) and Seattle (4). These new investments bring the total number of Version One companies to 22. Collectively, the amount raised by all our companies this year was $160M.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Many startups like to enter markets already dominated by some of the world’s largest brands. Why We Are In Love With Startups? Conclusion.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

By Bill Glenn, Vice President of Marketing at Rightside. New opportunities for website marketing campaigns and strategies become possible. What is the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) value of new domains? New domain extensions are steadily growing, and brands, marketers, individuals, etc. One of the newest domains is.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Over 400 Seattle-area would-be entrepreneurs were in attendance today at StartupDay 2010. Attendees also had an opportunity to sign up for advising sessions from the speakers, as well as lawyers, investors, marketers and other entrepreneurs. This is the second year for StartupDay, an event organized by Seattle 2.0.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Seattle is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, and other well-known companies, but it has recently grown into a welcoming place for startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, too. Those pioneers are attracted to the eclectic, entrepreneurial spirit that the city breathes. That culture helped garner upwards of $1.7

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

Not just in Silicon Valley but in LA, NY, Seattle and other major tech markets. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). The future certainly looks brighter to me. “ And my fear? The only thing that slows us down?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). Ask SuperCell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Without users, business owners aren’t going to waste time promoting and marketing their content to your users.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Startups Can’t Compete With Big Brands Many startups like to enter markets already dominated by some of the world’s largest brands.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

#7- Sharing my deepest passion with the world Photo Credit: Anna Stella The most rewarding thing about being a small business owner is the chance to share my deepest passion for marketing with many other talented small business owners and marketing experts. Entrepreneurship allows me to be part of something I deeply believe in.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2017

by Andrew Tillery, Marketing Director for MAP Communications. However, you probably still haven’t made this the core focus for your marketing strategy. Staying focused on a marketing strategy built around customer service is a long-game move that can be easy to get distracted from when you are pressured to make more sales now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Bob Glazer. Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 2, 2019

written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. That’s why you’ll turn up in a search for “home painters near Atlanta,” but not “party planner in Seattle.” What’s Included in a Perfectly Optimized Homepage? ” Only some website content is easily crawlable, though.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

GoPro has tapped into what has turned out to be a very successful marketing niche with its line of wearable cameras. Google (GOOGLE, Tech30)’s Android is expected to eventually surpass Apple in revenue sales with 18 percent revenue growth in the smartphone and tablet market. GoPro’s High Tech Wearable Cameras.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Why It’s Time to Embrace a Real CRM Tool for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The tool is designed to make it easier for both your sales and marketing teams to work effectively and drive even more conversions. Customer segmentation is what gives your marketing efforts that personalized touch.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Six months later I joined the CEO of a big airline to travel to Seattle and Washington to negotiate the terms of new aircraft lease agreements, and became specialist in aircraft financing – still travelling around the world; but this time no stand-by anymore – now with confirmed bookings in business class.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the pivot they are making as a result of the pandemic and here are the responses: #1- Social media marketing. When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. growing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Founded by Riley Goodman and Jake Director in 2009 when they were both high school seniors in a Seattle school, Strideline makes a range of crew socks that come with a design of city skylines. The original design featuring the Seattle city skyline sold out in three weeks when it was first launched.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We’ll discuss the critical questions a CEO needs to answer to effectively capitalize on the remote labor market while avoiding the pitfalls most commonly encountered when people attempt to hire developers that are far from their company’s headquarters. In this post, I want to start getting specific.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Location: Seattle. Featured Jobs.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market. The first is TAM, and the second is Uber’s market share within that market. Total Available Market Analysis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Seattle is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, and other well-known companies, but it has recently grown into a welcoming place for startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, too. Those pioneers are attracted to the eclectic, entrepreneurial spirit that the city breathes. That culture helped garner upwards of $1.7

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In the Puget Sound, where I live in Seattle, there was an unfortunate net break and more than 100,000 Atlantic salmon, which are not native to the Puget Sound area, escaped into the sound. First of all, in terms of market, it’s the second most consumed type of fish in the United States. Another problem, other than the food, is space.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

This should include what you will sell, who your customers will be, how much you will charge, how you’ll market your business, what determines success, and how objections will be managed. Hustling (aka marketing) or the art and science of promoting oneself is also covered. 3 One-page business plan. Develop a one-page business plan.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Or executives fail to take advantage of a great marketing opportunity with a December 31 deadline because they do not have budget. . … “ Group Health Cooperative , a nonprofit health care system in Seattle with 10,000 employees, has also thrown out its budgeting process.

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