TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

.” That pre-COVID transformation that Pichette is referring to is Hopper’s shift from being essentially a machine learning-powered lowest fare finder to what co-founder and CEO Fred Lalonde says is really much more of a fintech company. We allow you to come in and hold the price of a booking for between two hours and 14 days.

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JUNE 21, 2014

.” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Writing a book will be fun. But he knows it.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

His popular book on this subject, “ The Lean Startup ,” lays out how today’s entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. This refers to the monetization or revenue model. Platform pivot. Value capture pivot.

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Source Link

MARCH 29, 2021

In guiding organizations through the process of deploying Community Navigators (we often refer to them as Network Navigators), it’s been our experience this model can be successful in communities of all sizes—whether that’s impacting small towns like Klamath Falls or scaling to statewide initiatives in Kansas , Missouri , Wisconsin and Iowa.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

One thing I learned from the book is that real estate agents always sell their personal property at higher relative prices than their clients’ properties. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. I’m also reluctant to hand over reference calling. They hold out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2022

A best-selling author, his newest book is Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams. It refers to the tendency to disregard other more appropriate alternatives when we have a particular perception of proper practices. These mental blindspots result in poor strategic and financial decisions when evaluating options.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

The members of the group are free to agree or disagree with each other and should reference the points of view of the other members when formulating their responses. When I want the group to debate, I will type DEBATE. Sometimes, I want to hear the worst-case scenario for a question I ask.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The best designed mobile apps use the accelerometer, the camera, map integration, location, contact book integration, QR codes and so on. making the experience “as easy as buying a book on Amazon.” Think about Snapchat. As users are typing messages to you, a popup notification appears as they’re typing — it’s kind of magical.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

If you hadn’t read the book I’ll bet most of you (like me) had never understood the role that Coach Campbell played with the three execs but according to the book at one point they were having weekly sessions with him. And that’s why it’s super important to reference check your VC as I wrote in the linked post.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. He is profiled in my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered From Distraction , where the author talks about high-performance ADHD professionals. I knew Dave when he had just finished his stints at oDesk and SimplyHired.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Many of you have read or at least know the primary thesis of “ Crossing the Chasm &# the seminal book on marketing your products to mainstream consumers by Geoffrey Moore. The book popularized the technology adoption lifecycle curve that originally came out of Iowa State University shown below.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. Please call our references. You can book them at budget hotels – but don’t go too far.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 28, 2013

I don't know if it was by design that I reference Descartes when I think about risk and uncertainty or by accident, but I wish I had started doing that earlier. Perhaps this book will help you figure things out (HT to Maria Popova ) This Explains Everything: 150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Maybe you're a salon that lets clients book services with individual providers, or perhaps your consulting agency needs a simple online appointment scheduling tool to organize discovery calls. Focus on the meeting, not the scheduling Automate your booking The best booking apps offer the perfect mix of flexibility and ease of use.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

. “For instance, when an economics student uploads a PDF on the topic of marginal cost, StudySmarter will recommend several user-generated courses that cover marginal cost and/or several flashcards on marginal cost as well as e-books on StudySmarter that cover this topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. If there were no advertising on Google we would have no Gmail, no Google Maps, no Android, no Google Books. That was a kerfuffle too. So did the media.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As chair of the entrepreneurial practice at Forbes Books, a former director of an entrepreneurial center and a tech entrepreneur, I drill this philosophy into aspiring entrepreneurs. even a book. But in order to capitalize on that benefit you need to encourage satisfied customers or clients to refer you. Referral Marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Culture refers to the social and emotional glue that bonds employees together into a community of belonging, motivates employees and protects against burnout. A best-selling author, his newest book is Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

You might even consider making an audio recording of the session to reference later. Then, gather the team (preferably off-site to limit distractions) for at least a four-hour session to participate in a series of exercises, both individually and as a group. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. I hadn’t known Derek before but he knew I was a huge fan of the late Clayton Christensen, the HBS professor and author of the highly influential book, “ The Innovator’s Dilemma.”

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Dream It

DECEMBER 22, 2020

If you have many reference-able customers, then customer success is truly driving your company. If you have any questions about product management at your startup, book office hours with Mel here. By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with the Securetech team. Here’s a litmus test.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. Almost 10 years ago, I had my first experience with a professional Forum when I joined Entrepreneurs’ Organization. He is also the host of The Elevate Podcast.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. I suspect many ecosystem builders will find the final sections of the book the most rewarding.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In addition to his books, Geoffrey Moore assisted in writing “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” for the Harvard Business Review in 2009. This is why provocation-based selling requires the vendor to utilize what Moore refers to as “soft power”, specifically “relationship capital.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Entrepreneurial success hinges on generating breakthrough ideas.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 30, 2019

As Eli Pariser notes in his book The Filter Bubble , Consuming information that conforms to our ideas of the world is easy and pleasurable; consuming information that challenges us to think in new ways or question our assumptions is frustrating and difficult (p. References: Pariser, E. NY: Penguin Books. NY: All Points Books.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

For a point of reference, the last time we reported the number was at the time of a $35 million funding round in 2019, when it noted that it had over 100,000 across 70 countries.). Soto and Guesty are not disclosing how many properties managed using its platform but directionally say the numbers are growing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. Please call our references. You can book them at budget hotels – but don’t go too far.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Help somebody negotiate their compensation package, introduce someone to your favorite startup CEO, agree proactively to be a reference client for somebody who didn’t ask. Well, that is, after I booked airplane tickets to be there just to meet him in person, but that was a small detail I decided not to share with him.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Who else is going to tell a VC if he got a bad reference from an entrepreneur or fellow VC? It reminded me of the “blowing your customers up” mentality in perhaps one of the best business books ever written – Liar’s Poker – where bond traders celebrated when they bankrupted their first customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

The most experienced conference goers (bigger company ones) often book suites in hotels and plan meetings rather than attending any actual sessions. Book ‘em. Start by booking a few easy-to-land friends who are interesting. Don’t leave it to chance. If you sit on a panel, make sure you don’t suck.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic. Preferably you’d have a customer testimonial where the customer reference will be able to talk through their economic benefits. I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2023

Creating a bucket of actionable ideas Ideally, the leader lays out a vision of the future through writing a detailed Painted Picture or Vivid Vision three to five years out (see books by Cameron Herold ). Ideally, these results are illustrated on a One-Page Strategic Plan (see books by Verne Harnish ).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

That refers to our tendency to look for and interpret information in ways that conform to our prior beliefs, intuitions, feelings, desires and preferences, as opposed to the facts. His newest book is Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (2020). Again, cognitive fluency deserves blame.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s what comes after because that is the essence of your brand, according to Gerry O’Brion in his new book, They Buy Your Because. It is helpful to have those four concepts clearly outlined for reference as you brainstorm supporting actions. How should they complete the sentence, “I would recommend [your company name] because __”?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” Piyush’s book, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture that Matters , reinforces how to lead by example by giving to your employees. “The book—as well as my speaking events—are really focused on how to transform the lives of your employees. Still not sure where to start?

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