socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. A customer development person is a cross between a sales person and a product marketer.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

billion to Yahoo! Plus, a TweetUp already means a meet up in a city organized through Twitter. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. On the first point – think of Steven Blank’s customer development but for physical products.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. – the biggest Internet portals of the day. billion – not a bad result, hey?

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350