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How big is your ocean? A lesson in TAM, SAM & SOM

Berkonomics

The biggest mistake many corporate marketers, entrepreneurs and even investors make in the initial stages of planning – overstating the size of the (SOM) serviceable obtainable market. Be sure you can back up your claim with some form of research, then work to perfect the differentiation you offer against the competition.

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How Surfing Made Me A Better Investor

InfoChachkie

Biggest Sets – No matter how flat the water may currently be, there is always another wave brewing further off the coast. Self-aware investors relish their mistakes, knowing that each setback contributes to their ultimate success. Proprietary Surf – Surfing is intrinsically competitive, as surfers often outnumber the rideable waves.

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How Pinterest, Tumblr, HootSuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable Rapidly And Repeatedly Hire Great People

InfoChachkie

Rapidly and repeatedly hiring star employees is a competitive advantage. A hiring mistake early in a startup’s life can be expensive, especially when opportunity costs are considered. One of the biggest challenges of the hiring process is sorting through unqualified applicants. Right Candidates For The Right Jobs .

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” Seems to be the biggest competitor. Most importantly, it just doesn't feel right to us to hold positions in competitive companies. Share and Enjoy.

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ProfileTree | LinkedIn For Services, Advertisers & The Unemployed

Tech Zulu Event

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. For example on Facebook we have had 3,248 comments on the last 100 posts. What is ProfileTree?

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I see this mistake all the time, actually. I’m guessing this was also the case over the first few year’s of Zynga’s growth on Facebook. Once they knew how much money they could make with virtual goods / customer then they seemed to buy up much of the Facebook ad inventory. SEO is seldom “free.”. So if you convert 12.5%

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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. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!