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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. On the first day of class, Professor Greathouse told his students, “Take a look around the class, these are the people you will most likely start a company with,” and boy was he right. Share and Enjoy.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Because the fact is that you are about to enter into a new game where you are definitely not at the top of it, and probably don’t even really know the rules. What do you know about the reality of this world and the day-to-day of the lifestyle? Pinpoint, then Email. Just look on their company website. BOTTOM LINE: Ask!

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AUGUST 29, 2012

The following guest post is from Eric Gaydos, Buzz 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. Follow Eric on Twitter at [link]. Share and Enjoy.

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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. The company''s newsletter was initially created to share their entrepreneurial journey with their family and friends. an email) to about 35 people.

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APRIL 13, 2011

RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair?

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JUNE 25, 2012

Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Now that I think about it, I remember when we relaunched Myspace last year and the Pinterest team accused us of basically ripping off their layout. Of course, there has been no shortage of articles about Pinterest lately. While both of those things are relevant to my interests, this article is about neither. Share and Enjoy.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Mark framed his comments around the culture he built at Citrix, which has been augmented (and complicated) by the significant number of acquisitions the company executed during the past decade. A culture is about everyone belonging to something they believe in. It's about caring about someone else first. Culture Club.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As I thought about my past career missteps, I had to admit to myself that in each case there were clear warning signs that I chose to either discount or ignore entirely. I did this twice in my career and it allowed me to assess the people, culture and veracity of the company's value proposition before I joined full time.

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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. Want to know more about how to avoid a mobile snafu? Facebook is the new crack.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

The following guest post is from Laurie Barkman, Marketing Lead 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. In a small business, how much does pedigree matter?

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

. - Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. I applied to hundreds of jobs: low-level VC roles, startups jobs, even to big tech companies. knew he would bring immense value to me and the company. Kanye West.

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APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. We also talked about why Jon decided to leave Google to become an EIR at a VC firm (Polaris) – minute 33. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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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. What ideas did you contribute to your current role?

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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. We were talking about an upcoming conference when he declared, "I hate PowerPoint. I won't tweet you a PowerPoint deck that sucks or a photo of a killer burrito I am about to devour - just startup stuff. Share and Enjoy.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

As an early executive at MySQL, he helped build the company into the world's most used open source database. MatchON Sports it was one of the biggest dot com companies in Finland and it went straight ( into) the wall and went bankrupt. I never thought about becoming a distinguished businessman. I did it only for the excitement.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Solution – In most failed ventures, the only asset of value upon dissolution is the company's underlying intellectual property (IP), as further discussed in Worthlesss IP. However, as a company's growth accelerates, the core team members are often handicapped by disparate locales. Share and Enjoy.

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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. What’s the fun in a joke that only one person knows about?".

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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. Be prepared to take a fall. Share and Enjoy.

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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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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. I recall a lengthy Harvard case from my days at Wharton that explored a large company's convoluted decision process to move from wood to fiberglass skis.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Company. I promise I will never tweet you a crazy personal opinion or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Opportunity. paper cut vs. bleeding artery)? Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 30, 2012

Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference. For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. The good thing about that is that most of those people don't know me today.

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MARCH 4, 2013

I promise I will never tweet about lousy music or that killer burrito I just ate. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Share and Enjoy.

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JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. Foundry Group Goes Guerilla.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

A startup leader's primary responsibility is to maximize the return to its stakeholders, which include the company's global and local neighbors, employees, suppliers, customers and investors. Angry people are usually inspired to act against your company's interests. Be boring in public.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Some first-time entrepreneurs mistakenly believe that they are not entrepreneurs because they have never invented anything nor have they come up with a novel idea upon which a company could be built. I promise I will never Tweet about cars, caviar or that killer burrito I just ate. However, I am no less of an entrepreneur.

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JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. It’s simply about a team of dedicated individuals that failed. Make It Work was an amazing company. In doing so, I will assume all of the personally guaranteed loans and lines granted to the company. I was wrong.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

So it was about in the 2004 timeframe that I made my first trip to Santa Barbara. had a very different philosophy about affiliate marketing than Be Free. and tell them what he knew and what he thought his place should be in the company. Let's just say that Greg was no longer employed by us about six months later.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." In contrast, the operational experiences required to take a company from its founding through a successful exit are additive to early-stage startups. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Mark knows a bit about success and what it takes to reach the top of one's industry. During Mark's tenure, Citrix has grown from 50 employees and few million dollars of revenue to a company 7,000 employees strong, generating revenue in excess of $2.4 You have to be realistic about who you are. It's a strategy. Share and Enjoy.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

If you find one, you become a company. If you don’t find one, you become an ex-company.". After initially selling about 500 copies, a Boston DJ played Louie, Louie as the "Worst Record Of The Week." id’s next game, DOOM, was created by a slightly larger team of approximately a dozen engineers, at a cost of about $200,000.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. .&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. We all wanted intros.

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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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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 also found out they only cared about four applications.

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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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