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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

He is focused on delivering real business value by educating clients about the latest proven technologies, strategies that deliver improved profits and operational efficiencies, and using technology to improve life. Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

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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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. Going forward we’ll continue to offer the class in two sections with the second class focused on science and technology. Ended in Week 10 as autonomous button mushroom harvesting. Team TakeCare.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

Crappy or outdated technology. Test functionality before you try to harvest fruits. Bill Leake: Optimizing for the “Considered Purchase”: What Changes if You’re B2B or Expensive / Long Sales Cycle B2C? When do you need a new website? You don’t have a website. Your site sucks donkey balls. Content or structure are a disaster.