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

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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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Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App

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I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. Ferris has built an elegant way to pull to solve this problem and has a roadmap that will bring even more magic. That’s where Shaheen did his magic.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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I actually really enjoyed many of the points Muhammad made about marketing in general and I found myself nodding through the entirety of the article except for it’s core premise. It’s about looking out for and catching the next major marketing wave before others have grokked it. I laughed as I did at much of his rant.

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The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get

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As a market we seem to be incapable of temperance. And even the best teams combined to create big innovations sometimes don’t time markets well, are surprised by unexpected technology breakthroughs by competitors or just don’t find the magic the leads to mass customer adoption. I started blogging 2 years ago.

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4 Trending animation styles to level up your marketing in 2022

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In marketing, as in life, change is the only constant. Trends in marketing come and go—causing a burden of uncertainty that torments every marketer. One marketing trend you’ve likely heard of is the use of animated videos—and videos in general. Statistical analysis of video marketing. 3D animation.

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Here are More Signs that LA Tech is Moving to the Next Level

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I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. The magic all came together. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And over the past few years I had been egging him on from LA to get Cooley to take our market more seriously.

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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I’m going to save that for a future blog post. Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money). And market your brand, not your personality. Nail it before you scale it” – I missed who said this but I love this quote. Greycroft – Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups.