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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Questions from Hunter #MondayMailbag

This is going to be BIG.

He found me through my blog and I didn''t think he was real. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it? I wasn''t sure whether his answers would wind up here or vice versa, but when I thought about it, it turned out I was pretty adamant that my blog is for my voice. I''ve known Hunter Walk for almost a decade.

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Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

On my blog I’ve been hesitant to take the topic head on. But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? In it she observes that only 3% of the comments on this blog are from women.

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I hate MVPs. So do your customers. Make it SLC instead.

A Smart Bear

This is decidedly different from the classic MVP, which by definition isn’t complete (and in fact is embarrassing). “Minimum” and “viable” are definitely not two of those ways. Docs was simple, but also complete. Simple” is good, “incomplete” is not. Not because it’s version 0.1 of something simple. .

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward.

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Digital Advertising: Definition, Types, & Examples

Feedough

It comprises images, text, and animation, and shows up as banners on websites and blogs. Sponsored listings within or after blog posts form an example of native ads. video ads are also used on websites and blogs as out-stream ads to gain website users’ attention. Display Ads. Native Ads. Source: LinkedIn. Mobile Ads.

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The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market

This is going to be BIG.

I think it''s likely that it will unfocus the company and what it definitely does is eliminate the possibility of exiting for anything less than two and a half billion dollars. Which is why I''m sure the dude who picked apart the physics of the latest round of UBeam will undoubtedly get eviscerated in the tweet and blog world. ".Here’s