Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? the link is here. And Brad Feld.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

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 agree that not all businesses require this level of dedication and the lifestyle choice isn’t for everybody. It also served as the trophy for any big business win.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We were only paying for Zapier in order to pull business cards into Salesforce. Ideally, we were looking for a one-stop-shop combination of a classic sales-oriented CRM (e.g., 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.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Building your own site gives you full control over your business, but it requires more effort and resources to attract shoppers. It depends entirely on your business model and what management style you're comfortable with. based business address to sell—plus, you have to present your business plan for approval.

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StartupNation

APRIL 27, 2021

After growing my own side hustle to multiple six figures per year, I’m going to share how to brainstorm and launch your own successful side business that can eventually replace your full-time income. StartupNation has partnered with Yottled to provide the fastest way to bring your business online. Choose a business type.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In recent times, marketing tools are becoming increasingly popular amongst businesses and the reason is simple. It helps such businesses gain an upper hand over the competition. Therefore, if you run a business (or plan to start one), it is an excellent idea to look into effective marketing tools to boost your efforts.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

But most smaller businesses don't have the budget to hire an expert developer. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. When you sign up, you'll be presented with a page asking if you want Weebly (personal websites) or Square Online (business websites).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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Feedough

MARCH 15, 2021

If you’re engaged in business, LinkedIn is a goldmine for you. The platform is a true definition of business social networking. And even those who don’t tag themselves as influencers tend to use LinkedIn posts for their own benefits. Explain your offering to over thousands of potential investors, customers, and top blogs.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 27, 2023

Google considers hundreds of distinct ranking indicators when determining the value of your business in search results. This material should consist of well-written and original product descriptions, photographs of high quality, and relevant meta tags. Hamza Usmani, Head of content, SEO-Audits.io

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 8, 2022

My story of ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving In 2017, I sold my startup to the largest company in the college sports recruiting industry. Zcruit had developed into a successful product working with over 90 Division 1 football programs. despite it being a cold November day in Chicago. Unsatisfied.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Zoho has a pretty massive suite of over 55 cloud-based tools that span categories like sales, marketing, HR, finance, security, project management, and more (I'm getting dizzy). Zendesk, on the other hand, offers two tools: Zendesk for Service (for customer service) and Zendesk for Sales (its CRM).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

If Ventro was worth $8 billion on $2 million of sales surely a paltry $1 billion would suffice. So I developed this standard line that I used for all employees. I’ve said versions of it on this blog before so I hope it’s not too repetitive. It kind of reminds me of sales employee bonus plans.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Huge news from India where the regulator approved the sale of SaNOtize’s antiviral nasal spray after it proved 99% effective against Covid-19 , in Phase 3 clinical trials. My late mother Renate Medved liked nothing more than garage sales. R egister Now. Startup of the Week: India approves SaNOtize-Glenmark anti-Covid spray.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 24, 2010

Worst of all, it was a business development intensive business—so I took their failed attempt at building a relationship with me as a signal of what I could expect from them when they approach their potential partner pipeline. You know what’s in my busy schedule? Sound silly? I’ve seen it happen. I want to and I need to.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I didn’t go back and re-read the book or double check my exact language but the thoughts below are directionally correct (the fact that I remember anything a few years later from a business book is already a huge positive sign). Always developing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on startup advice but also filed under my sales & marketing posts. The only problem is that you can’t afford all of these expensive direct sales reps to go and sell it. Sort of amortizing the costs of their sales reps over more products. You decide to go out and hire a sales rep.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

But for most businesses it is. Do you work as a civil engineer on water projects and have great access to wealthy project developers? Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business. If, like many businesses, you go through some rough patches, hairy dentists can make life more difficult.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In this article, well explore how small businesses can develop a social media strategy to boost small business sales through the use of best practices that include selecting the social media platforms, use of influencer marketing, audience engagement, tools, analytical methods, and more.

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