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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). It’s clear that the exuberance has returned to hiring, paying large compensation, poaching staff with big payouts and large fund raising events at lofty prices.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? What about strategy? What you lose: 4.

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Interview with Adam Wicks Walker, Hydra

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Everything from a lead generated for life insurance, to a new member for dating site True.com, or having a person buying coffee through the mail from Kraft--which is a long term advertiser which has been successful with Hydra--or applying for credit, or signing up for a magazine. It's all over the map.

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Interview with Adam Wicks Walter, Hydra

socalTECH

Everything from a lead generated for life insurance, to a new member for dating site True.com, or having a person buying coffee through the mail from Kraft--which is a long term advertiser which has been successful with Hydra--or applying for credit, or signing up for a magazine. It's all over the map.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Tech Zulu Event

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. Over 50,000 journalists use HARO to find experts to interview for TV, newspapers, books, magazines and blogs.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Although a new company, it is already gaining momentum—being featured in European CEO, Playboy, and Da Man Magazine. Symphony works with both established brands and startup companies who prefer to outsource their entire marketing and public relations departments to senior–level strategists who can also “do the work.”.