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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

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Often these were things that would make Salesforce more competitive vis-a-vis Oracle and Microsoft. Tags: Social Media Tech Market Analysis. Salesforce was very good at managing the 1-year roadmap so at any point in time we had a pretty good idea about what we would be developing and what we wouldn’t.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. I attended events.

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6 Keys To Thriving In This New Era Of Remote Services

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Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. Just like consumers give top priority to peer feedback and experiences on social media or Yelp, you need to incent your clients to tell others about you and become your advocate.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. I attended events.

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Quick Pitch Friday: Taher Scherzay, Thaeres

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Scherzay was previously the CTO at CrowdGather, and also had founded social media software firm FavRav. We are looking at a market which is primarily mid-level, where they are too big for using Quickbooks as their solution, but they''re not big enough to use an Oracle or SAP. What is Thaeres about?

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Social Media: Snapchat. Representing Southern California industries ranging from movies, TV, web, music, social media, video games, and more, Digital LA’s reach includes more than 40,000 people.

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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

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If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you have a big challenge that you can’t afford to meet. You always need a budget for marketing, but don’t spread it evenly or randomly across digital media, social media, direct, and traditional channels.