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Interview With Startup Boost, Matt Stodder and Blake Caldwell

socalTECH

They really have to have an understanding of why their product exists, why their project exists, who the market is for their product. They fail to understand what the market is, what their differentiation is to their customers. To excel, you have to know what those differentiators are to reach that market.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. We wanted to let people connect with even minor league teams, small market pro teams, college, everybody. Depending on who you are, and where you are, we can deliver different advertising.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

I’ll publish the final post in this series this week and then move on to my next series – sales & marketing. When you’re researching a market you can spend a year putting your hypotheses on paper but you somehow never really have a handle on the minute details of the industry until you’ve lived in it.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Putting customers first. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Enjoyed this post? The Application.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO.

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