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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

Both Sides of the Table

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Compelling Event. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. Key Players.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

socalTECH

We naturally progressed into live events, their passionate fan base, and to the venues themselves, where we are helping fans to navigate game day or the event day experience. Most recently, we've been laser focused on college, the culmination of sports and events. You can navigate to your seat and find concessions.

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A Night Of #Hackfest With BetterWorks

Tech Zulu Event

Development languages varied from team to team. The event included eleven participating teams from around the area, all with various backgrounds. Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. Throughout the whole event the energy was so high and showed the excitement in the community for such an event.

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LeanLA Presents: Beware of False Prophets

Tech Zulu Event

After a few opening words from event co-organizers Pete Mauro and Patrick Vlaskovits , Binetti gave the 411 on following a lean approach to building a startup. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions. Lean Approach. If not validated, re-state assumptions.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

Tech Zulu Event

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. Till then — keep the ideas flowing, the customer development at full-speed and your lean cycle and iterations spinning as fast you can!

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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