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APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. Don’t worry about the fact that these are the references that the candidate has hand-picked – that’s part of the process. Ask for at least 5 references.

Startup 302

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

I learned many of my negotiation techniques through experience. And negotiation technique is one of the few areas on my MBA that was truly new information to me by the time I had attended. We like to short-hand it, as in, “What’s our BATNA?” We all think we’re good at them. In many cases it’s not.

Pricing 305

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JANUARY 11, 2014

He believes that the term “growth hacking” is misleading and potentially dangerous and in stead endorses good old fashioned online marketing techniques. His quip to suggest this is all a slight-of-hand, trickery dreamed up by marketing b *s is quite clever if misguided. I believe growth hacking is about all of this.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. What is Postie? What is a print cloud?

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. (aka: but: Something is Still Missing. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

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AUGUST 25, 2009

I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams. This is part of my blog series “ Pitching a VC.&#. This happens often and I bet most presenters never realize it. Far better that you noodle with them.

Venture Capital 275

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2011

Many local entrepreneurs might know Todd Jerry , formerly a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners. First, explain what your company is all about? Todd Jerry: Marmol Radziner is a leading architecture and construction company. It's been around for about 20 years. We were established in 1989.

Santa Monica 190

Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190