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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Many startups today don’t do these kinds of sessions.

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How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings

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Most early stage startups having monthly board meetings. It makes no sense to meet in August or December due to travel schedules of most investors. For the record, this is not a secret, coded messages to companies for which I am on the board! I ran board meetings as a startup CEO for more than 8 years.

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Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way

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After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. He was recounting one of his higher profile startups to me. When Marc Benioff declared “the end of software” industry insiders scoffed.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

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This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons. We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. We were unprepared.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Read on for my startup tips.

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We’re Hiring a Platform and Operations Associate at NextView

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You have an authentic passion for technology, startups, and a deep respect for entrepreneurship. Supporting other external PR and media relations for the firm. We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B software, while most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston. You act as an “ invited guest.”.