Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Marty Zwilling.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. Erica Swallow is a technology and lifestyle writer. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. .” TIP: As a startup – use PR for link building. Check out these PR Tips!

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Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2023

Public relations (PR) is an essential component for any business as it plays a crucial role in shaping and maintaining its reputation. Effective PR allows businesses to build strong relationships with their target audience, stakeholders, and the general public. Thanks to Alex McIntosh, Thrive Natural Care ! #3- Sales skyrocketed.

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PR Public Relations Entrepreneur Reputation 109

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2018

There are numerous young people who have invented unique technology or successful app before even reaching their twenties. Being technologically savvy, but realistic at the same time, iGen demonstrates increased interest in entrepreneurship than previous generations. 6. Advertising and PR. Websites and web design.

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Cost Technical Review Social Media PR 185

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 24, 2021

Here is how to properly use PR and SEO to amplify marketing results. With the advent of technology, firms are increasingly becoming competitive to match the supply of goods and services from competitors. PR and SEO handle the same segment , but their approach is different. The impact of SEO amplifies the PR of the brand.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. About 18 months later, we pivoted our messaging to evolve beyond digital PR. The goal was simple: validate demand or move on. Image source ).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Create awareness for fundraising (VC, angels, corporate partners). For example, to outflank a competitor who had faster products, Intel moved the conversation about microprocessors away from speed and technology to create a valued brand. Founders ask me all the time whether they should hire a PR agency. The question is when ?”

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Leverage Performance PR to build trust with cold traffic. Performance PR taps into an undisputed fact of SEO content marketing: backlinks are best. In this example, Promotion PR overlaps with influencer marketing. Promotion PR is built on relationships. The other option is to partner with a PR agency.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

Not just the $20 million round at Invoca, the $70 million I helped us raise at Maker Studios , but I was intimately involved with the earliest funding round at DataSift and every subsequent round which has recently announced $42 million led by Insight Venture Partners and $70 million in total.

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Rembrandt Communications

JUNE 1, 2022

Maybe these benefits relate to your years of extensive experience and education, your technology, your extreme customer service, your charity work, your team members…? Plus, this news attracts top talent, investors, partners, influencers, and more who want to work with a business like yours! Think about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Marty Zwilling.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Startup 144

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

I’ve started a recent series on PR at startups since I get asked for advice on this topic so often. Here’s how you should think about your PR plan. And while obvious this misses a critical point - PR is not only about your users. I will put the full list of posts here. It’s the same thing for me as a writer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit. We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. Knowing the style and reputation of the firm and of the partner may guide you towards the right number.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? IPOs dried up.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. If we don’t enjoy working with someone - an employee, a partner, whomever - we’re just not going to do it.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

They''re building up their PR plans to make the financing announcements part of a larger story arc. Announcing your funding without a larger PR plan is the equivilant to George Costanza saying "I love you" to his date and not getting it returned--"that''s a pretty big matzo ball" to leave hanging out there. Are you looking to hire?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

Pieri now speaks and writes frequently about consumer trends and technologies, design, and entrepreneurship. They have all the important tools you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and SEO. Check it out at SEMrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing. Check it out at SEMrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing.

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Product SEO New York Technical Review 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Startup 245

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Often they are “soft landings” for PR purposes. So, too, does PR. If you want to know more about Rincon Ventures you can see my two separate interviews with their main partners: Jim Andelman & John Greathouse. The median VC exit price for deals is $70 million (FLAG Capital via Bryce.VC).

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Technology PR Startup IPO 323

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Although we have companies that are leveraging all of these technologies, we’ve realized that the best companies tend not to be easily categorized and don’t necessarily fit the standard playbooks. Pierre was also named to MIT Technology Review ‘s Innovators Under 35 list. We are not an AR/VR, blockchain, AI, or ecommerce fund.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Social CRM is a philosophy and a business strategy that uses technology, work flow, business rules, and social information to talk with (not at) the customer in a transparent way, to make value for both parties. 5) Embracing social advertising and retail , as well as the exciting opportunities offered by mobile and geo-location technologies.

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Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

As a young entrepreneur, you may be fairly new to the intricacies of the business arena as compared to your older and more experienced counterparts, but what you do have is the advantage of being more socially aware and more technologically literate than them. In the business arena, you can use this to your advantage.

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Internet PPC Social Media SEO 113

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

artpapas : CEO and founder of Bullhorn, @artpapas is an authority on recruiting technology. missusP : Christine Perkett, CEO of PerkettPR shares her view as the head honcho of one of tech’s best PR companies. sethpriebatsch : “Chief Ninja” of SCVNGR Seth Priebatsch discusses SCVNGR developments, technology, and more.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

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Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. If you think about it, these things are all of the goals of another function on the list--PR.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

Thanks to Kevin Burke, Extension PR ! #7- B2B enterprises would have to use various digital technologies like workflow management software to attain these goals. 20- Technology will reduce employment. One business prediction I have is that technology will close the employment gap. 23- Rise in AR and VR Technology.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

Technical Cofounder 120

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Stock Options 120

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. The speed of innovation in technology is going to continue to increase. Thanks to Christine Perkett, Mindfull Marketing + PR ! #13- Photo Credit: Amber Christian. 2- Bright and Digital!

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 144

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. .

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. .

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2020

Thanks to Patricia Jones, Paws PR ! #5- Technology has a lot of noise / Hype in it, reality of the potential of technology needs a consistently grounded view of the world in which potential clients exist in and whether technology complicates or simplifies the client’s business. 5- Participating in networking groups.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

My professional experience is in the area of delivering technology solutions for major movie studios. It was at this point that I decided to start Success Partners Australia, a sales training and consulting company. Thanks Ben Lai, Success Partners ! #5 Thanks to Nicole Reaney, InsideOut PR ! #10

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Story and technology enthusiasts will now be able to choose How, When & What they experience starting January 2021. 19- Update business technology. To stay competitive, businesses need to keep up with the latest technology trends and adopt and incorporate new online technologies into their everyday business operations.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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