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Len Short (Red)ily Discusses Google, Bono & Steve Jobs

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Len Short is truly an online marketing pioneer, heading up marketing at Charles Schwab, AOL and then (PRODUCT)RED. Before his career moved online, Len worked on major marketing campaigns for credit card companies and rolled out MCI’s highly successful “Friends and Family” marketing campaign.

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Carey Ransom, OC4 On Startups, Investments, and What To Do Now

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Carey tells us a bit about what OC4 is doing, how it invests and works with companies, and also gives startups some advice about how to approach moving forward in light of the pandemic. That naturally puts those early companies at a high risk and disadvantage. I have really been through the life cycles of a company.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. My experience describing innovation.

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When You’re a Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail

Both Sides of the Table

Over the years I collected (or thought up) a series of short-hand phrases to remind me of life’s lessons that are applicable to business. To illustrate let me first start with a quick example that some of you may have previously seen. Tags: Startup Advice. I chuckled. How do I apply this in business?

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

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Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Big ups to the Twitch.TV