Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran. The sales professional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

That’s why investors acknowledge that two co-founders are often better than one -- with one focusing on the technical solution, and the other focusing on defining and building the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. These two jobs need to be done in parallel.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Advisory Board. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Carpe Diem. What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Equally important their VP of Marketing had brilliantly executed a stream of social media campaigns (Facebook likes and partnerships, email campaigns, etc.) Finally, since this is new territory for Tom and board, create an advisory board of other CEOs who’ve been through the “build” stage from a startup to growing company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Prior to co-founding Foundry, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and is also a co-founder of Techstars. He’s also an author of a number of books including — Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors. You're not building a team, that's a board. (09:21):

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

And if you actually want to respond to shifting customer behavior by running a new marketing campaign (ads, email, etc.,) Over time one of our hypothesis was that our product should be a great fit for companies who had lots of customers, tons of data on them and wanted to quickly come up with new marketing campaigns. Founder Too.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I discuss category creation with one of the co-authors of Play Bigger , Christopher Lochhead, in episode #232 of Legends and Losers if you would like to really delve into that (it is a very important topic). As the founder, that was more of my personality at that time, having grown up as a programmer. it isn’t easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

That’s why I recommend that two co-founders are often better than one -- with one expert on the technical solution, and the other with business model experience. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and the perfect customer segment. Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 28, 2019

We talked to the founders of Embargo a while ago and wanted to catch-up to see how the platform has developed. Collectively, the founders realised the ideal solution was to foster a better connectivity and relationship between venues and customers via an easy to use app and create a CRM platform for venues to drive business.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

To solve this problem, we are working on new email marketing campaigns, Facebook retargeting, paid ads and other methods. To offset this, we have focused on finding investing partners who believe in our vision for TravelSOUL and in us as co-founders to bring that vision to life. Thanks to Anne C.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How to recognize when it’s time to pull the plug on your startup idea, and why founders can’t operate afford to operate in a vacuum were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Dan Miller , co-founder of Level Therapy , provider of mobile therapy sessions. Dan Miller. Brian Zuercher.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

But I think the bigger point, like you said, is, you know, what's a full-time CMO gonna do at an, at an organization that, you know, because they're not writing ads, theoretically, they're not, you know, they're not designing campaigns or executing campaigns necessarily. You can find it @marketingassessment.co, not.com, dot co.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How to recognize when it’s time to pull the plug on your startup idea, and why founders can’t operate afford to operate in a vacuum were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Dan Miller , co-founder of Level Therapy , provider of mobile therapy sessions. Dan Miller. Brian Zuercher.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In the government, additional saboteurs can include Congressional staffers, Congressman and lobbyists, as these new entrants threaten campaign contributions and jobs in local districts.) Founders and Innovators should expect that existing organizations and companies will defend their turf – ferociously. Co-opt them.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Campaign Monitor. web analytics measure marketing campaigns. SEO and campaign management tool. Campaigner - email marketing suite.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Research, Web prototyping, Testing and Building Tools Lists of Tools from Others HBS Startup Tribe Tools List – from Tom Eisenmann at HBS PBworks startup tools List Startup Foundry tools list Small Business tools list Groups Lean Startup Circle – Google Group for startup advice Startup Weekend – Launch a Startup in 54 hours The Lean (..)

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