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Thinking Beyond the Everyday Ad

Tech Zulu Event

Consumers and businesses, in an ever-competitive marketplace that has been energized by the internet, no longer wants ads that just tell them something. Sales and negotiation training have become common place in corporate training regimens to help marketers and strategists understand how to engage customers and make them come back.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Destroy Your Startup

InfoChachkie

In 2010, as part of its “Forever” series, the USPS issued a stamp of the statue of liberty. Government prospects abundantly waste both, by negatively impacting a startup’s cash flows while causing it to spend unnecessary time participating in laborious approval processes and elongated sales cycles. Hey, everyone makes a mistake.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside.

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Interview with Jason Howe, CEO of Awarepoint

socalTECH

We were over 2x up on this round, and we also had a bunch of individual investors who wanted to put in--people who had invested in our competition a few years ago. I think that there might be cash toward the end of 2010 or 2011, where IPOs might be reasonable. We were oversubscribed, and had a stack of term sheets.

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REACH NeXT Alumni Gets Into 500 Startups! | Batch 15 Announced

Tech Zulu Event

Fun Fact: The idea behind DataCulture started in 2010 when Gurudatt and Karthik connected on Twitter and spent a few hours talking about how data could change the world. He was fortunate enough to attend three competitions: Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. Toys, treats, and training guides customized for your puppy. LawTrades.

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