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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? What should you blog about?

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What is the Best CRM and Marketing Tech Platform for a New Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund?

David Teten VC

After extensive research, we centralized on HubSpot and deprecated Salesforce, Hootsuite, Calendly, Mailchimp, Contacts+, and Zapier. If you keep all your relationships in one place, then you’ll need to use tags or another identifier to isolate the folks that really matter to you. The main reasons: First, all-in-one functionality.

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How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website

Startup Blogpost

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. At worst, you’ve just introduced yourself to relevant contacts in your industry and opened the door to communication for future opportunities.

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The 7 best free website builders in 2023

The Zapier Blog

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. I looked at the SEO tools each website builder offers, such as the ability to adjust page titles and meta descriptions, add alt tags, and upload a site map. You can edit meta and alt tags and optimize for mobile.

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The 14 Marketing Tools Every Business Needs

StartupNation

In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the best tools you can use to achieve productive marketing, how to apply them and how much they cost. By combining this with more optimal management and execution, you will likely find that you’re experiencing an increase in ROI. Audio file management. Improved staff accountability.

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B2B email marketing: Proven strategies and examples

The Zapier Blog

When you identify a B2B target, you're really identifying a group of targets—and your strategy needs to account for the differences among multiple contacts within a company. Instead of grouping contacts by company or industry, create lists for each of the different buyer personas.

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