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MARCH 17, 2019

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In reality, the opportunities are greater for starting with a micro-business , ideally from your special expertise or passion, with fewer than five employees, and just enough sales to comfortably support you and your team. Skip the complex contracts by lawyers, but at least use an email to confirm terms and conditions to all parties.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. That’s how we do business at Make It Work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

An approach I suggest these days is for freelancers to contract for the actual role, probably part-time, of startup CFO, VP of Sales, or President. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2012

An approach I suggest these days is for freelancers to contract for the actual role, probably part-time, of startup CFO, VP of Sales, or President. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system. That makes it the first in console sales. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content goes to Zack Schuler of Cal Net Technology Group, Founder & CEO. And that’s just a few of the scenarios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2011

An approach I suggest these days is for freelancers to contract for the actual role, probably part-time, of startup CFO, VP of Sales, or President. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

I’ve spent most of my career in sales (or some sales like function), and here are my thoughts on how to be better with your BD. Get Warm Introductions – Typically 1 out of 10 people will email or call you back from a cold outreach. The Sale Begins After the Deal is Done – You closed the deal, so what!

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

An approach I suggest these days is for freelancers to contract for the actual role, probably part-time, of startup CFO, VP of Sales, or President. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales. And of course we had, TheMan. Now begins the 6-month journey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). With SEM, the goal is for the search user to not only see your ad, but to click on it to get to your website (click-through), and buy your widget (conversion to sale).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. They respond to email. I wanted to just write. I like writing. We could all do better – I’m sure. Conviction. I hate editing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

We then walked through our sales pipeline and discussed major campaigns. and then write down what they said on a white board (so they feel listened to) but then go around the room and call on everybody and ask, “so what do you think?&#. We started with our financial statements. We then talked about our product roadmap.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ultimately, what that means is customers want to enter their data once, and have that carry through clearing, to back office settlement, to system reporting, to confirmation delivery, to trading partners you are involved with, and all of that. The traditional way to handle that is to write code.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Many retailers report $100,000 is the minimum price of entry. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets. RetailNext data shows that sales over the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend were down by 4.7 RetailNext data shows that sales over the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend were down by 4.7

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This article will cover two things; First, the top mistakes small business owners make that end with inquiries leading you to the exit door before making a sale. The word “convince” shouldn’t exist in sales. On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! Reports are too slow!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

After their recent PR they reported back to my that candidate inflow has gone up dramatically. Enterprise Sales – The very first thing a potential customer does when you email or call to set up a meeting is Google you. but didn’t convert to sales. People give them attaboys. Press matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. Have calls or emails with other board members before the board meeting Equally I spend a lot of time talking with other non-management board member prior to the board meeting. The thing is?—?no I believe the same is true about boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - Many other great companies are not. -

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Still, my wife had seen a report that almost all sun blocks for kids had a chemical known to be dangerous to kids. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see? We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. While I sit here and rule.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. Juno provided a free email service. Communicating with the developers who write code. Working at Juno.

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