InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

The following guest post comes from Sean Percival, CEO of Wittlebee , a kids clothing club that sends its customers a new customized box of clothes every month, based on their children's age, color preferences and geographic location. I am an investor in Wittlebee via Rincon Venture Partners. Hunter Walk. Chris Brogan.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This post originally ran on TechCrunch. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I’ll bet your customers, business partners or suppliers would love similar. Absofuckinglutely.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She focused on her customer. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Now she had an extra $50,000 to start building out her team.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Greenspan, Founder and CEO of MakeItWork, a consumer facing, in-home tech support service. However, Eric recently posted the following insights on his blog. Our customers benefitted from this and saved thousands over the years as a result. I was wrong. We missed payroll. It was over.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

The following guest post is from Molly Greathouse, a blogger for RingRevenue. Facebook has made a half-hearted attempt to monetize mobile by placing sponsored stories (posts and check-ins that businesses have paid to highlight in newsfeeds so that there is a better chance it will be seen) in mobile newsfeeds.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2012

The following guest post comes from the blog of GraphEffect. Your customers carry your message for free by sharing with their friends, friends of friends, etc. I an investor in GraphEffect via Rincon Venture Partners. So what does this mean? Why does social win the ROI battle?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2015

This week, our guest post is by David Steakley, a past President of the Houston Angel Network, and a reformed management consultant. Subscription businesses typically take longer to get to profitability, because costs of developing the product or service, and customer acquisition costs, are front-loaded, while revenue is back-loaded.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

Obsess On Your Customers'' Experiences, Not Your Colleagues'' Politics. “We We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It''s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” . You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? I realize WA''s corporate culture strives to provide an authentic travel experience to your customers, but how do you go beyond marketing jive and turn the platitudes into a truly unique product? Kutay: "An important question and one that I''ve focused on a lot.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. That’s blogging to the echo chamber unless they’re your target customers. So I wrote a post, now what? What should you blog about?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. You may choose some where your customers aggregate, others where you hope to find biz dev partners & still others where you want to meet investors. Feel good in knowing that while they’re at the latest conference, you can be back home stealing all their customers !

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Up to 400 guests will range from some of the web’s most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Discussions will focus around the then, the now, and the future of our Connected World.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The platform was create to help nightlife professionals and venues gain insights about their most loyal customers and VIP members. Businesses using the nightlife-focused SocialNightlife will now have the ability to digitally check-in guest-list and VIP customers and track activity by team member, venue, event and client.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Enjoyed this post? Putting customers first. Legendary customer support.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Guest post by Sara Mackey. Dave’s Note: This is the first time we’ve had a guest author on the BERKONOMICS site. So, you’ve been thinking about starting your own firm for the past ten years.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

The deal will see Yelp connect more restaurants and bars to customers through online bookings. According to Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp co-founder and chief executive officer,”I am excited to welcome SeatMe’s employees and customers to Yelp. The post Yelp Acquires SeatMe For About $12.7

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The 400 invited guests will range from some of the web most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014. Event Start and End Time: 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM.

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JUNE 14, 2016

In the corporate world, events are more than just an event�they are opportunity to connect with your customers and turn potential customers into buyers. Our software is used for attendee management and for inviting guests. With such big clients, how do you handle the inevitable requests for customization? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The 200-400 invited guests will range from some of the web most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Custom ad deals and partnerships. The post TZ & GR Present REACH | The Wearable Future appeared first on TechZulu.

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JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Snapable is a mobile app that makes it easy for your guests to take and share photos of every moment at your wedding. The post Falling Out of Love with Your Startup appeared first on TechZulu. Now listen to how this tech entrepreneur handled his loss of passion and how his two new startups, Scratchpad and Snapable, took off.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. I scheduled runs with teammates and even with customers.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Guest Post by William Fisher. Most of the time in meetings, potential customers come away with the impression that I really understand their requirements. Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, followers, and contacts, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers. Build a media kit, publicize endorsements from friends and beta customers, get dialogs going on Twitter, and optimize your website landing pages.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

Guest article by Richie Hecker, Founder of Bootstrapper Media. Sean Ellis, who coined the term, fully defines it in his post , but mentions, “Everything they do is scrutinized by its potential impact on scalable growth…” and “have a burning desire to connect your target market with your must have solution. He currently resides in NYC.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve had a post in my head for months – maybe longer – about the role of a CEO. It originally appeared on TechCrunch as a guest post but just in case you missed it there. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

We have special guest John K. Custom ad deals and partnerships. The post TechZulu, Grubwithus and Earbits Present: Hacktoons With Special Guest John K.! That’s Hacktoons. On January 12th, 2013 Hacktoons brings you all the cartoons, cereal, community, and coding you can take. We will be having a chat with John K.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, contacts, connections, and followers, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers. Build a media kit, publicize endorsements from friends and beta customers, get dialogs going on Twitter, and optimize your website landing pages.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking. As Fred points out in his post: “Angels love to share deals with each other. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures wrote a great post the other day that reminded me I’ve been meaning to write about this topic. I can’t watch them live because I have to skip through the guest interviews. go on, listen to it as you read the rest of this post]. I hear views like this all the time.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It drives revenue & engages guests." SocialStay gives guests more… more access, more freedom, more pleasure, more connection, more savings, more say…”. Without their buy in, we don’t get the opportunity to interact with end customers. sorry Larry) – Magic cuz of his post career work. The smile or the ugly dude?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Guest: interview with a special guest, ranging from world-reknowned business entrepreneurs to leaders in technology law and policy. Gagnier has customized Gagnier Margossian LLP’s technology practice to broadly serve the needs of “startups.” Christina blogs in the Technology section of The Huffington Post [ [link] ].

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

You don’t always know what customers are going to go crazy for until you show them something new and gauge their reaction. Share your answers on your website, packaging and marketing materials, such as your social media, interviews and guest posts. Post your answers in comments. You need to be a unicorn.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. I thought one more encounter and I’m definitely getting reported as the sketchy guest who snuck into the conference to distribute bootleg marketing materials.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

I became acquainted with Tige, when I was researching examples of exemplary online customer service. However, his comments resonated, because his unconventional philosophy has clearly not impacted his ability to deliver his customers a world-class adventure experience. Had guests who were scheduled on board.so that really last.

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