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PR for Startups: Avoiding crickets after the Ta-Da!

This is going to be BIG.

PR isn''t a one shot deal--it''s about constructing a story that will evolve over time. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists. You launch to the public, announce a funding, and then what? Venture Capital & Technology'

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The Problem with Startup Advice

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Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Why ever read another tech blog?

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Seven Years in this League

This is going to be BIG.

Seven years ago (yesterday, it seems… I had the date wrong in my calendar), I started this blog. The consistency of it provides constructive pressure to continuously find inputs and inspiration. I think that’s where people fall off the wagon when it comes to blogging. Blogging is taking batting practice.

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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Business Advice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. And a special thank you to Heather Brunner, our CEO for the past four and a half years. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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The Power of Getting the Band Back Together

Both Sides of the Table

Who was willing to jump on a plan on a Sunday morning with a hang-over to make sure they were there the night before an important biz dev pitch on a Monday morning. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog. Who came in the office at 2am when the servers crashed – even on the night of the big company party.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction.