InfoChachkie

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.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. One in a list, one with a quiz, one with a cut-out tool – let’s see what takes off. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

IP Confusion – Questionable ownership of key intellectual property, including non-exclusive licenses, potential infringement of a third party’s technology and/or inappropriate use of open-source tools. However, as a company's growth accelerates, the core team members are often handicapped by disparate locales. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

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. Follow Laurie on Twitter at [link]. Share and Enjoy.

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Entrepreneur RSS Conference Training 191

Both Sides of the Table

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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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Lesson: Startups should liberally use humor as a self-deprecating tool to establish an authentic rapport with their customers. • Passion Pivot - Pink Floyd was redefining its musical direction at the time the band recorded DSOTM. I promise I will never tweet about lousy music or that killer burrito I just ate. Share and Enjoy.

Startup 269

Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

InfoChachkie

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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InfoChachkie

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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InfoChachkie

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.

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Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

Both Sides of the Table

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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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 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. Commitment . It’s the root of real achievement.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

Money is a tool - know how much is enough." – In conjunction with this advice, Brad and Amy encourage entrepreneurs to take 10% of a windfall (e.g., the sale of a company or other liquidity event) and spend it on something fun and frivolous. I promise I will never Tweet about religion, politics or that killer burrito I just ate.

Startup 248

Startup Writing Santa Barbara RSS 248

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. There are the new tools like Tumblr and Posterous. The disadvantage is that you can’t install a lot of additional tools that use Javascript. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

InfoChachkie

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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Networking Startup Santa Barbara RSS 214

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 They also come in many different types from syndication formats like RSS and Atom to custom API streams.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

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. If you’re a company and if hanging it off of your company website makes sense for the link traffic – go for it.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Best damn marketing tool by an order of magnitude. I keep my blogs separate from by company web site. That said, it's pretty easy to add a page like: Tony's Speaking and Workshop Services when there are some services that really relate more to your blogging than to your company. Use Feedburner or Feedblitz for Email.

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Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

Both Sides of the Table

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.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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