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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech

TechCrunch LA

The nation said that it would have sufficient water reserves to ensure manufacturing of semiconductors by companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing wouldn’t stop. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. Some companies are doing just that. ”

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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. It’s actually quite hard to lay out an annual company strategy that is articulate and underpinned by facts.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

. ” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. Growth hacking is a mentality that a company needs to be committed to.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC.

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Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding

Tech Zulu Event

The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. Ellis points out a case study where they discovered viewers of a particular movie poster were the common thread among purchases of a particular turntable.

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3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform

Both Sides of the Table

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Many, many tech companies I meet start with a set of “awesome features” and present them to me (and I suspect also to customers). I know I didn’t. Why Buy Now?

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

Tech Zulu Event

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. Garth will speak about successes in partner development, using case studies from his experience at Klout. Check them out below: Tony Adam, Founder/CEO, Eventify and Visiable Factors.

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