Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. In this episode, I talk with the Founder and Chairman of Acceleration Partners, Bob Glazer, about why diversifying your marketing strategy with other channels — like partnerships — is the way of the future.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

While we have expanded our partnership to two GP and have a bigger fund, our fundamentals stay the same: we invest at seed / pre-seed, in companies that leverage network effects, and across North America (hubs are SF, Toronto/KW, NYC, Seattle). and love marketplaces , social platforms , and Smart SaaS.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

According to Toni Schneider, a Partner at True Ventures, and a Team-Lead at Automattic, boundaryless teams confer a real advantage; “You can hire great people wherever you find them: Once your company is untethered from one physical location, your pool of available job applicants becomes the entire world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to strengthen their position. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking. Take your time.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe. HTC One Review. Upcoming Events.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. Location: Seattle. Location: Seattle.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. On top of that, the HackerOne network of over 300,000 hackers (adding 600 more each day) has resolved over 100K confirmed vulnerabilities which resulted in over $46 million in awards to these individuals.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

He created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle garage to one of the world’s largest employers. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Content Is Profit hosted by Louis and Fonzi Kame, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. It was just an idea. powered by.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

I had them at my partners’ meeting the next Monday. Somehow she was always on a flight up to Seattle or San Francisco. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. As are her partners. It’s not much different than having Dave Morin, Dick Costolo or Sheryl Sandberg sitting next to you at lunch.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

While our highest concentration of companies is now in the SF/Bay Area (7), we remain geographically agnostic and are excited about the growing ecosystems outside the Valley, particularly Toronto/KW (6), Seattle (5), and NYC (2). We’ve learned that we love all things with strong network effects. eSports, and virtual reality. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

-->. About | Mentors | Companies | Curriculum | FAQ | Partners | Apply Now. At AAPT we converge all of our resources to maintain one simple philosophy – to be the easiest to deal with network provider in Australia. Applications to the Seattle Founder Institute are also due this Sunday, February 26th: click here to apply.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

External Facing Technologist –We see this model often in companies where technology is used to provideproducts and services to customers and partners; the CTO is the intermediarybetween clients and internal development and the main influencer in thedevelopment of the product portfolio.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2012

A networking session at the end of the day also allows you to interact with the presenters. Financial and banking technology conference Finovate comes to Asia for the first time with Finovate Asia 2012. The event is expected to attract financial institution executives, venture capitalists, members of the press and entrepreneurs in the space.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2017

We led the financing, and I joined the board to work more closely with Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert to build a long-lasting and enduring startup studio in Seattle. Julie previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and is deeply involved in the Seattle startup community.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A friend of mine in Seattle just asked me the same question recently. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type. This is tough, and something I hear a lot. In addition, I would seek out angel investors and VCs in Philly.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

When I used to travel to Los Angeles and Seattle on business I would use a rental car. Increasing returns are particularly powerful when a network effect is present. According to Wikipedia , a network effect is present when “… the value of a product or service is dependent on the number of others using it.” Today I only Uber.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

Then there's Seattle, of course. The proximity to other tech hubs like Seattle and Silicon Valley may make it easy to overlook Vancouver. When you talk about vibrant West Coast startup scenes, obviously Silicon Valley dominates the conversation. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

SAP Global Trade Services, SAP R/3, Other Technologies / ITO Agreements / IT Intel ABC has created a custom application server using Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle WebLogic Server called ABC Unified Strategic Information Optimization Network, or FUSION. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9,

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2019

Today, Techstars announced a new initiative called Techstars Studio which will allow Techstars to source new company concepts from Techstars alumni founders, community leaders, venture capitalists, mentors, and corporate partners. We are investors in PSL (in Seattle) and High Alpha (in Indianapolis).

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. We invest in companies and platforms that leverage network effects. With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to strengthen their position. The question is how to find that elusive perfect-fit partner. First, I will admit there is no magic formula here, just like in real life when trying to find a relationship partner. Start the search with business networking. Take your time.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our program goes back to basics in the most important, effective, and meaningful ways : weekly one-on-one time with partners, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, small and selective cohort sizes, and zero demo days or distracting demo day prep involved. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts .

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It’s essential that our firm, our investors, our portfolio companies and our greater network are all aligned. 2) Network effects lay the groundwork for lasting innovation. From the start, we have said that we invest in network effects at the seed level. 6) An investor should be your biggest cheerleader and most trusted partner.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. Who You Are.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 15, 2019

funding round alongside Unlock Venture Partners and Maveron. . Plus, we are always happy to add to our portfolio in Seattle where we are starting to spend more time again ! We are excited to announce our investment in Dolly , where we participated in a $7.5M

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. In the case of J.J's business, the customer is the Network.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

In it, he talked about his own experience expanding his investment horizons beyond the bay area, but also mentioned some other folks, including us and USV, where he did a quick analysis of the location of our partner funds. Hopefully, we will continue to help develop and expand existing and new startup communities.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. My boss, Jen Grant , was an incredible manager, and Aaron Levie, the co-founder and CEO, was a fantastic partner on all things communications. What convinced you — and your other partners — that this was the next phase of your career?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Five years, several iterations and a stint at a Seattle business accelerator later, things are going smoothly and successfully. Don’t be scared to turn down “dumb money” Network like crazy. Partner well.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A little company in Seattle called Microsoft. communication networks, then identify how China might exploit these weaknesses differently during the political coercion of Taiwan in the near-term vs open conflict in the long-term. How might China exploit weaknesses in the C4ISR networks fielded by Taiwan or the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. During this time, I have learned a lot, while also making a ton of mistakes, but I am incredibly proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and the team of people I get to partner with. That is a great question.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

Shortly after that conversation (either the same day or the following day) my partners at Foundry Group (Seth, Jason, and Ryan) all committed to invest in the fund. We had programs in Boulder, Seattle, Boston, and New York. Mark: “We don’t really have enough money in the VC fund for us to be partners it in.”. million lined up.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 17, 2020

and Seattle. a REACH® partner?—?is Real Tech X Texas REALTORS® creates an opportunity for startups and tech businesses around the world to network with graduates of the accelerator program, to better understand the REACH process, and determine whether REACH® can launch their vision into prop-tech reality. “As trillion, or 17.4

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