Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s a hard topic to write about because it’s almost an accepted norm that total transparency is good. You took the risk to start your company. But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. CEO transparency. Of course not.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. Search Meets Social = Commerce. In contrast, social networking sites drove a record number of clicks, up 20% over the prior year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He created GoTo.com (later renamed Overture) out of a frustration with search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Who do you view as your biggest competition?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. So what are the key strategies that can improve the success odds for your online startup? Search engines like Google are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet. Paid search” will mitigate this to some extent, but is not a sustainable strategy.

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