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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

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I recommend that companies move beyond narcissistic marketing to what I call “point-of-view (POV) marketing.” If you start with a POV rather than product features / functions or your own internal news story you’re already a long way down the track of answering the above questions. So how exactly do you break out then?

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Building Products for Mass Adoption

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Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. He is both.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. While I feel that I tend to have a strong POV on many things I’ve always been aware of the social proof impact on my decisions.

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As a Human, I’m Excited About AI. As an Investor, I’m Still Wrestling With a Few Questions

Hunter Walk

Riffing Off VC Charles Hudson’s Blog Post, Here’s What I’m Trying to Answer a group of different robots running a race, digital art [DALL-E] If startup founders sometimes ‘Build in Public,’ is the analogou sventure capitalist motto to ‘Think in Public?’

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Great Time to Start a Company, Tough Time to Be Running One

Hunter Walk

But first, stretching the blogging muscles with some general ‘state of the nation’ posts.

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How to Decide if a Career in Venture Capital is Right for You

Hunter Walk

Homebrew: Looking back at our “ Welcome Kate ” blog post three years ago, what were you thinking at the time. It’s also a business I’m really bullish on (now that I’ve been able to hone my investing POV!). During this period we, and the Homebrew founders, have benefited tremendously from Kate’s work.

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15 of the Best Email Newsletter Examples We’ve Ever Seen (and Why They Work)

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Instead, Fizzle offers a peek behind the curtain, often using a first-person POV to establish intimacy and expertise. Theming your content gives it a cohesive POV, and it also signals intentionality in your sends. This kind of example proves that it’s less about conversion and more about building a relationship. Apartment Therapy.