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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates. they released a new 2.0 Tech support is sales. they have purchasing intent ).*. It’s also the wrong answer.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

socalTECH

What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. We currently have data on 3900 counties, 1900 cities, including emails, web forms, web sites, telephones, faxes, you name it. Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

And despite an occasional debate about whether one should take “super angel” or VC money for an early stage deal (usually said both in jest and in intentional competitive positioning) – I would gladly have Chris involved in anything I’m working on. I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult. Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers with a lot of experience, but also lot of competition, which makes it the most expensive place to hire engineers and loyalty can be a challenge. My solution: cast a wider net.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. Well, my philosophy is that if you keep it from your competition, youre also keeping it from potential users or customers. Yes, I did say competition.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

because they are so focused on being better than their competition. For me, this test also serves as a strategic guideline for almost everything I do: - business plans - investor pitches - sales pitches - marketing messaging - product management - press/media calls - etc. Most companies can answer #2 (Why do I need yours?)

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