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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

Both Sides of the Table

One of the questions I’m most often asked by CEOs is how to hire sales people. I’ve written a lot about recruiting and hiring at startups including my controversial post on whom not to hire and my rapid response to the flame war. Call high, and get passed down or; B. It’s too strategic.

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Why That $1 Million Doesn’t Always Mean Your Crowdfunding Campaign Was A Success

YoungUpstarts

Kickstarter companies alone have raised more than $786 million in funds ( Forbes ) and while many companies still use this method for raising money for production, others are recognizing the marketing value running a campaign can have. The first spend – website and campaign development. Know what you need in the end.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. I always push companies to hire “an operationally focused CFO” during this phase because in order to systematize you need somebody who brings economic rigor to decision making. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Are You Ready to Be a Fractional CMO?

Duct Tape Marketing

A world where traditional lead generation tactics like SEO and social media advertising are frankly becoming more challenging. They have hired people fractionally for a number of roles now, and so the concept of getting marketing leadership in a fractional way I think is very compelling. 05:44] One word: Branding!

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

million with a crowdfunding campaign. When the crowd-funding campaign ended two weeks later, nearly 19,000 Dutchmen and women had invested a minimum of $80 each. From then on, we had five months to build a platform and hire an editorial staff to keep our crowdfunding promise of launching in September 2013. Two of them?—?former

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Never say “no,” but rarely say “yes.”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Maybe that means a big new advertising campaign, or hiring another WordPress expert for our staff. So we’ve said “yes&# by quoting high enough that we know for certain we will make good money on the deal, so much so that it will partially fund something else we want to do.

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What Makes A Successful Franchisee?

YoungUpstarts

So before you embark on the hiring process, you need to ask yourself, would I want to work for me? Because these individuals are hired by the franchise to provide owners with clear guidelines and solutions, franchisees rarely deal with a problem alone. Proven Marketing and Advertising Strategies. Interpersonal Skills.