Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). When to start PR? It’s a continual process.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Early Stage.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2015

Raising venture capital at any stage of company growth requires tremendous effort from entrepreneurs. Admittedly, our industry tends to celebrate these financings a bit too much — it’s gasoline for the car and not the destination, after all — but it’s still a difficult, sometimes lengthy process for which founders deserve some recognition.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Ideally we are looking for team members (full-time and advisory) with DNA from: – tech (especially sales tech, marketing tech, expert networks, B2B2C consumer internet); – communications (especially sales, PR, speechwriting, playwrighting); – public policy, legislative analysis and drafting, and/or policy or legislative advocacy.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Ideally we are looking for team members (full-time and advisory) with DNA from: – tech (especially sales tech, marketing tech, expert networks, B2B2C consumer internet); – communications (especially sales, PR, speechwriting, playwrighting); – public policy, legislative analysis and drafting, and/or policy or legislative advocacy.

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America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Think Again. Translation? Think Again.

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