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

socalTECH

The platform approach we took allows teams and companies and venues to access the best functionality, at a subcription price, rather than a custom development price. We have what is called a mult-dimensional, segmentation engine, that helps them understand their fans on the platform, and provide advertisers with specifics.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales. Here’s why.

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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. I’ll be covering my PUCCKA sales methodology. Traffic.com sold 10-second in-content advertising spots to local TV broadcasters. So the whole customer development cycle is very streamlined.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer.

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The Customer May Not Always Be Right, But You Had Better Listen Just The Same

Tech Zulu Event

Both companies were spending big bucks to advertise yet the offer left me cold and I must not be alone in this as both companies have slumping sales. These two ads showed how disconnected from their customers these once industry leaders have become. IMVU wasted time and money building stuff that did not drive sales.