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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business.

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Insights and Opinions: The 3 Ways to Get Traffic to Your Website

socalTECH

I'm often asked about how to get website traffic, users, and customers on the web. The 3 methods are so dead simple and obvious that this blog post will likely come across as pointless to anyone in the internet space. Organic Search Âť learn how to show up in Google's free, organic search results.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. If you do all these things right as a search results advertiser, you will make money from selling your product. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).