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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). 94% of all online adults use email. I’ll wait.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). and Microsoft had become.

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Santa Barbara Investor Puts $4M Into Mindflash

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Mindflash, which is based in Palo Alto, offers a site which helps companies create online training courses. The firm said that the Investment Group of Santa Barbara also led its prior $5M funding, which closed in December 2009. The firm is led by Donna Wells, the former CMO of Mint.com.

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Do Less. More.

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There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue?

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

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Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. ” It helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. Of course back then it literally was sold in a package and stored on a shelf! If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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And of course on Twitter I’ve seen the Tweets, ReTweets and superlatives on what a great post it is. It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue.

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