Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Guerrilla marketing is a generic term for the use of unconventional marketing strategies, and because online marketing channels are so narrowly structured, offline is the best arena to flex your small business’s guerrilla marketing muscle. So, starting now, ignore what you know about marketing channels, and let your inner child out to play.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The Seattle team would work with me to build the spec and the mockups. We decided to move out of social networking. This process of evolution involves both official and unofficial channels of collaboration. Official channels are scheduled group meetings, presentations and brainstorming sessions.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

As a side note, if you’re interested in applying to TechStars Seattle for this fall, the application page just went live a few days ago and can be found here: [link] It was by far the best decision we’ve made, and I’d highly recommend this route for any early-stage entrepreneurs. an iPad 2 Killer?

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And if you look elsewhere at places like Seattle you see the same pattern; Microsoft may have been built in Redmond, but Amazon and many of the more recent startups like Zillow, Redfin, Zulily, etc are all in Seattle’s downtown core. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

So I tell people to pick a marketing channel that they personally like. If you have a great answer to that question and the first one, the third thing is you need to pick channels where your audience actually pays attention. If you hate SEO, you hate content marketing, fine. Go for ads or PR or something else.

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