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JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. Facebook is a big, smart company. The following guest post is from Molly Greathouse, a blogger for RingRevenue.

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JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver.

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JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Foundry Group Goes Guerilla.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Their deep understanding of their customers, an uncompromising drive to create a quality product and the courage to ignore the music industry's formulaic approach to producing hits resulted in the creation one of the top selling non-compilation albums of all time. This audience feedback allowed the band to iteratively modify their creation.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Dynamic, growing startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, including: entering into potential partnerships, developing new products and accessing emerging markets. Risk of Defocus – To what extent is the idea aligned with the venture’s overall vision. Share and Enjoy.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Company. What does your pain reliever look like, how is it implemented by the customer and what future products do you expect to roll out? What does your pain reliever look like, how is it implemented by the customer and what future products do you expect to roll out? paper cut vs. bleeding artery)? Distribution and Sales.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". Despite these abundant resources, the team's ineffectiveness was reflected by the company's dismal 11% market share. I used the same product to. Good News Bad News.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Philo Farnsworth created a technology which underlies one of the 20 th Century’s most ubiquitous products, yet he died a man of modest means and is relatively unknown today. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

That’s also the case on Pinterest where he pins bits of awesome and products he loves. He’s also collecting inspiration for the office space at Circa (his latest company). • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Sales Guy who can package and promote the opportunity, but who has minimal product development capabilities. Corporate Refugee without entrepreneurial experience, but has proven his leadership capabilities at a big company. Entrepreneurs must be self aware in order to properly manage this pattern-matching phenomenon. Share and Enjoy.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Go With Your Gut.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit. Slides Are Not Art - Compelling images are important, but ensure that your message is not overcome by design and production elements. What's Your Story? Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Share and Enjoy.

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APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? spread over three different companies (and) we brought it all together. Marten continues his story by describing the company's first major challenge. You must never let a big, fat American company do this to you.'

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

The song is akin to a lean startup's minimally viable product (MVP). If you find one, you become a company. If you don’t find one, you become an ex-company.". In a similar manner, lean startups must rapidly and cheaply develop minimally viable products and quickly assess the merit of their underlying value propositions.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

People are much more likely to buy into you as a person and us as a firm when they’ve been involved in a discussion with you about their problems, your solutions, who else has been using your product, etc. They might even like to challenge some of your assumptions. This happens often and I bet most presenters never realize it.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Follow Courtney on Twitter at [link].

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MAY 6, 2013

Jim Andelman, my Partner at Rincon Venture Partners , aptly describes the genesis of the Series A crunch, stating that: "Over the next 12-to-18 months, a lot of good companies that have been Seed financed are going to have a tough time raising a Series . A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. A from a new outside lead.

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APRIL 29, 2013

How can you protect your company''s reputation when a rouge customer unjustly flames your startup? The respondent to the customer complaint was Tige Young, CEO and Owner of the Tui Tai Expeditions , cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth.". This pattern holds true for Tui Tai Expeditions.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments.

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MAY 14, 2012

Along with GoToMyPC, companies like Netflix, Classmates and ZoneLabs were learning from each other. This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 2, 2012

In the following 3-minute video I discuss the four categories that emerge when employees’ productivity and their required degree of managerial oversight are considered. Give them conscribed assignments which compliment their talents, but minimize the degree to which they interact with the rest of the company. Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 30, 2012

Rather than hire the clichéd booth babes (which I have always found to be more than a bit sleazy), the company secured the services of a cigar-smoking, bearded angel with an exaggerated New York accent. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop. Be Funny, Not Offensive – Humor done well is engaging and memorable.

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JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness. 4 analysts, 6 potential partners and 9 institutional investors reached out to the company.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Although this is a core competency that must be honed over time, there is a cadre of SaaS hiring tools that the world’s leading tech companies deploy to their advantage. The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. Job Syndication And Customized Job Boards.

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MAY 27, 2013

Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0

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AUGUST 17, 2009

. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. It’s hard enough to build a successful company.

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MARCH 25, 2013

However, the Beatles' early career was a series of failures, culminating in their unsuccessful audition with the leading record company of their era, Decca Records. Wrong Product - The material for the audition was selected by the group's manager, Brian Epstein. The words "failure" and "the Beatles" seldom appear in the same sentence.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Impact - In this context, value-added is defined as worthwhile actions performed by an Angel on behalf of your venture, such as: introductions, executive recruiting, product feedback and strategic advice. The Elusive Engaged, High-Profile Investor. Share and Enjoy.

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MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. So you developed a product for the mommy community?

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JULY 9, 2013

Unlike seeking a position with a big company, you cannot simply scan Craigslist, shotgun your LinkedIn profile and do the interview dance. At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee.

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MAY 29, 2012

Industry veterans know each other and freely share information about up-and-coming products, companies and people. Be sure your company does not become the entrepreneurial equivalent of a great band that few people have heard. Small World – Every industry is small. Incremental success is the norm. Share and Enjoy.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users? .&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0

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AUGUST 6, 2012

As Co-Founder and CEO of Commission Junction, Lex grew the company from two employees to become the de facto leader in the world of affiliate marketing, beating Google in the process. The author identifies four primary forces which are present within all healthy organizations: Production, Stabilization, Innovation and Unification.

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APRIL 21, 2013

It was that love of serving people that led me on my long journey of starting a company.". My mother and father started a little hardware company in Price, Utah and they turned it into a very, very successful construction company. I took that lesson of integrity and brought it with me when I started my company.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. In the analog world, record companies controlled content distribution and thus played a significant role in a diva’s success.

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MAY 22, 2012

However, the greater degree you can sequentially follow these steps and maintain your discussions with each venture capitalist (VC) at relatively the same stage, the sooner you can spend less time in the company of investors and get back to running your business. Prep Steps. Yes, I am advising you to sandbag your prospective investors.

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