Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. When we build products, we use a methodology. For software, we have many - you can enjoy a nice long list on Wikipedia. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Instead of paying ridiculously high rent in San Francisco or London, startups and small businesses can spend on product development and marketing, thus tremendously increasing the chances of successful market entry and expansion. Work from home and remote work also significantly cut office costs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Startup Lessons Learned season two : Every post from the blogs second year in print form.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We’ve recently opened 2 new locations in San Francisco and New York so our # 1 goal in 2021 is to make similar partnerships in new services areas and assist the underserved families in these 2 new cities. Thanks to Arash Fayz, LA Tutors 123 ! My goal is to develop a name for myself and establish a personal brand in my industry.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 25, 2019

He has also taught marketing as an adjunct professor at The University of San Francisco. They have all the important tools you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and SEO. He has also taught marketing as an adjunct professor at The University of San Francisco. Marketing Podcast with Jim Kukral.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

In the meantime, I think we have a good explanation for what all those PR dollars are being spent trying to obscure. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Dont fall for it - its a trap. Labels: product development 2comments: Anonymoussaid. Great post! Id love for you to elaborate more on MTVs "create, share, validate" feedback loop.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR. I wanted to move to a city… San Diego was a little too boring for me. My grand plan was to go to San Francisco, but I applied for one job in NYC and got it!

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2- Thanks to Niesha Kennedy, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #12- Ad and PR budgets were often the first to get the cut when companies needed to tighten their purse strings. People absolutely mesmerize and inspire me and I wouldn’t trade what I do for anything in the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Way to go San Francisco! Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Community Building & NO!SPEC SPEC Campaign [link]. The 4G forgery – T-Mobile does not have a 4G network – [link]. Google’s “10 Things&# – [link]. No more toys in unhealthy meals – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Oh, and your salespeople have to make sure bookstores will stock it, and your marketing and PR people will have to make sure readers know it exists. From the time you decided to find out if anybody will buy it until the time you’re able to actually test the idea using this approach is approximately two and a half to three years.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Why Silicon Valley needs critics like Morozov | San Francisco Chronicle – [link]. The Meme Hustler | by Evgeny Morozov (long & critical of Tim O’Reilly; good history of open source software) – [link]. Study: Media Multitasking May Lead To Depression, Anxiety – [link]. Tribute to Ridiculous Voices!!

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 11, 2011

The image above is a portrait created by San Francisco based creative mosaic portrait artist, Jason Mercier. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

I might also mention that she is a budding stand-up comic working the mic at clubs in Chicago and San Francisco. Amanda Werner is a freaking Valedictorian of her college class and helps out around here with marketing and PR. in Cambodia, exploring temples, caves, and unusual foods that I can’t wait to hear about.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 19, 2019

HW: Do people pitch you company PR that’s dressed up as news? On one hand, there’s nothing like the education you get (often through osmosis) about startups and tech when you’re in San Francisco. Earlier this year, for example, we put together a collection of posts from furloughed workers during the government shutdown.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 11, 2014

To extend what we learned and help more people build and scale successful companies, we’re testing out two brand new events this spring: * Office Optional , a one-day conference on April 22 in San Francisco. Quick Consulting , an evening event on March 27 in San Francisco.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 27, 2012

I’m pleased to announce that I am once again hosting a Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco this fall. The eagle-eyed among you will note that for the past two years, the conference has been called SLLCONF, after Startup Lessons Learned. I think it's time to rename it since that's the phrase people actually use.)

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I flew across the country from San Francisco to Boston on Thursday and sat hunched over my computer the entire flight. My friend Warren Katz finished his first marathon (at age 47) and his wife Ilana cranked out a PR for a half in 2:00. As a bonus, Ryan’s wife Katherine ran the San Francisco Nike Women’s Marathon.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

StartMate's first graduating class includes: Chorus : a service that lets you prioritize your response to customer service emails based on level of anger and PR fallout. The five companies are now in the Silicon Valley, and they will be participating in a panel on Monday, March 28 at Pier 38 in San Francisco.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Go west, young MBA: Important rules for building wealth in San Francisco – [link]. The ABCs of MVPs: How to Get the RIGHT Product out Faster – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. And companies crave positive PR and control over their message – all for rational reasons. The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. It sells newspapers and magazines.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Bring your questions. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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The Next Web

JULY 7, 2012

Thus exists the entire PR industry, bless it… And thus exists the entire PR industry, damn it. As I mentioned, the people who pump the PR bellows are constantly trying to generate media interest in the companies that they represent. I honestly expected PR folk to reject it outright. The Future.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

By being in a facility like this you have a ready made peer group to ask about things like recruiting, technology, PR, venture capitalists or banks. Dogpatch has offices in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco where it houses more than 35 companies (about 50 people per location if I remember correctly).

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Bryce Dot VC

MAY 31, 2013

Renee and her partner in crime, Nick Pinkston , are putting together a Hardware Summer Camp at OATV HQ in San Francisco on June 15th and 16th. If you’re currently building or considering launching a business with a hardware element, this weekend and this crowd will prove to be invaluable.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want. San Francisco, CA. Contact TechCrunch. Thanks for the tip! Were following it up now.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Being a San Francisco-Menlo Park commuter, I spend an average of 90mn per day on the road. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, December 28, 2006. ► 10/04 - 10/11. (2).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Have you heard about these Uber awkward PR blunders? These PR blunders are good reminders of the mistakes you want to avoid making as a business, regardless of your size. They’re only working out of San Francisco at the moment but who knows how long it is before the expand. I couldn’t resist the pun.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

I’d spent about 10 years working in PR and a short time after starting a new job with another agency it just wasn’t working out. I was getting ready to look for another job when I got some offers from brands to work directly as their PR rep. Our largest client was a world-famous ad agency based in San Francisco.

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Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 17, 2012

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. PR firms are also on the lookout for their clients and troll the Internet. A few weeks later, Dell’s PR firm contacted me about meeting them in their San Francisco office.

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Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 17, 2012

The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. PR firms are also on the lookout for their clients and troll the Internet. A few weeks later, Dell’s PR firm contacted me about meeting them in their San Francisco office.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Everyone in San Francisco? Founders ask me all the time whether they should hire a PR agency. information chain”), but once you’ve done a first pass of the audience > message > media > messenger, a competent PR firm can add tremendous value. Select the messenger you want to carry your message.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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