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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. How do people drive SEO growth? Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now?

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Market Structure.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. Ideally, such ads should clearly articulate the value proposition including the price.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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We discussed in the video why they don’t price this money but give it as convertible debt) they don’t make announcements to the market. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. Short answer: no. They also avoid Reg D.