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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. It’s about looking out for and catching the next major marketing wave before others have grokked it. We were here first.”

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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

Both Sides of the Table

If I’m totally honest it started as a marketing exercise. articles and leaves. The design, albeit not intuitive at first, was beautiful and in weird ways very graceful. And they are trying to bake in user adoption into the design of the product. This compares with an average user who comes for 2 minutes, reads 1.5

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Side Note : Upfront has hired Kerry Bennett as a member of our executive management team to run marketing – please follow her on Twitter here ].

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences. I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. Why you have to design products for how your customers are , and not how you want them to be.

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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business

Jason Nazar

File Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws with the Secretary of State’s Office. File the Articles of Organization and an Operating Agreement with the Secretary of State’s Office. Design a logo ( 99designs ). Marketing & PR. Plan your marketing strategy. Improve SEO. Creating a corporation?

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The eCommerce Game Goes to Austin

Tech Zulu Event

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. It’s as subtle, yet important, as the distinction between “social marketing” and “social media.”