Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.”
Steve Blank
APRIL 9, 2009
We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. The Potrero benchmark strategy was one component of this creating end user demand through PR.)
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2010
And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. Avoid the latest fads, trends or PR announcements. Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.
Steve Blank
MARCH 19, 2009
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. Yet our customers said they got their company and product information from only three publications: MacWorld, MacUser and MacWeek.
The Next Web
JANUARY 27, 2013
It’s been slightly over two years since I attended Startup Weekend in September 2010, which literally changed my world for the better. Now, two years later, it is a good time to share some important lessons that I learned after taking the Red Pill that day in September 2010. Of course, not all my fears from 2010 have disappeared.
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." January 6, 2010 12:49 AM Anonymoussaid. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. When we build products, we use a methodology.
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