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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

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The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Fall quarter of Sr. Along with taking Sr. Share and Enjoy.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. It was the best marketing campaign ever. Note: I am a micro-Angel investor in Eucalyptus. We spent 1.6M

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Startup CEOs Lessons From Ben Affleck

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Just like a high-tech startup CEO, Ben was tasked with: identifying a great idea, raising money, recruiting the team, building a commercial product, positioning marketing and distributing the product and eventually exiting the venture. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Share and Enjoy.

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Citrix’s CEO Mark Templeton: Personal And Professional Success Secrets

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Mark began his career at Citrix as a middle manager in its Marketing Department, eventually rising to the ranks of CEO. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Image Source: happydogsplay.com. Share and Enjoy.

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Kerri Pollard Discloses Commission Junction’s Secret Weapon: Humble Confidence And A Healthy Dose Of Passionate Conviction

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So it was about in the 2004 timeframe that I made my first trip to Santa Barbara. had a very different philosophy about affiliate marketing than Be Free. I was convinced that my passion was sports marketing. Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . Growing up.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. We weren''t marketing the newsletter, it was just out there, sort of growing organically.". From 35 To 500 Readers. Crowdsourced Advisors.