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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. . Are we right in all of our assumptions and diligence? “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. Marketing Muscle.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

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No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. I never built Google.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. I suppose I should have imagined that this line would get more press than all other comments combined. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. I believe that.

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How the Hell do I Prioritize Work, Blog & Find Balance?

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BTW – if anybody at Twitter reads this you need to fix your “embed Tweet” code because as you’ll see from above it doesn’t properly embed when you have a quoted Tweet. **. I just write. I told her I need “20 minutes” to write a blog post. Keep on writing. HSzvQK63th. Ezra asked.

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How to Talk to a Journalist When You Only Have 30 Seconds

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In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. It was a surprise knowing these start ups have spent $1000s for the chance to be noticed by the right influencer, whether it be a venture capitalist, early adopter or the press.

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How to Prepare for a Board Meeting to Make Sure you Crush It

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Photo by Hope House Press - Leather Diary Studio on Unsplash It’s also true that there will be tough moments in your company’s journey where you will want to be able to carry people behind the tough decisions you want. You can write this as a narrative in 3–5 key bullet points. But what are the KEY ISSUES management is grappling with.

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