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Your Product Might be Killer. But Without Killer Marketing, it will Still Fail

This post is for founders of venture-backed tech startups with a Product or Engineering background. I spend my life working with venture-backed…

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3 Start-Up Lessons From Warren Buffett

  When I attended the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in early May, I didn’t expect much would be applicable to early stage…

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An Interview With Silicon Valley Veteran, Matt Murphy of Menlo Ventures.

Matt is a Partner at Menlo Ventures, and focuses on investments in cloud infrastructure and AI-first SaaS applications. Matt has led investments…

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Great Marketing Strategy, Even With Average Execution, Wins

The motivation for this piece came from a recent McKinsey article titled “The Case for Digital Reinvention,” wherein they make the case…

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This is the Year You Stop Playing It Safe

Nothing displays the uniqueness, distinctiveness and singularity of your brand position more directly than your homepage. So why do so many homepages…

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The Rise of the Detractor Persona

We all have a type. Usually you know what she looks like. You may have met her once or twice. Your friends…

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