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A Place to Turn for Punchbowl
Monday, February 27, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
A few years ago, I started a Groundhog Day tradition at Punchbowl. We've always made February 2nd a company holiday (yes, it's my favorite reason to celebrate), and in the last few years...
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Voices
Demoing Product
Thursday, February 9, 2012 Christopher O'Donnell - Director of Product Management, HubSpot
Most product demos are disastrous. I’ve gone through more trainwrecks than I would care to have, and thought I’d share some of my scars and random learnings on the topic...
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Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
How to Get Started on Social Media: Take It One Network at a Time
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Jay Acunzo - Associate Product Manager, CampusLIVE
I recently had coffee with a friend and former colleague whom I met working at Google. We’ll call him Jake. Jake now works in education, at a premier music and arts school outside...
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Best Practices, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
No Better Time, Ever, To Be An Entrepreneur
Friday, February 3, 2012 Scott Johnson - Managing Partner, New Atlantic Ventures
I am often asked “what is new and exciting” by pretty much anyone that knows what I do for a living. And it is a great question that I relish answering – usually. Of late, however...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
Reactions from CES 2012: The TV is the Next Frontier
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Dan Katcher - Co-Founder, Rocket Farm Studios
The stories at CES this week were many, but the biggest one was our friend, the TV.  The magnitude of the CES show is stunning: 150k attendees striding through the bright lights...
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Technology Trends, Voices
Five lessons after five years of Punchbowl
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
Five years ago this week, I was part of a small team (me, Sean, Devin and Gerard) that launched MyPunchbowl.com (now Punchbowl.com). The site...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Android as we know it will die in the next two years and what it means for you
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Antonio Rodriguez - General Partner, Matrix Partners
I used to think that, as with Linux and web services in the early part of last decade, Android was going to be the mortar for the Internet of post PC devices— an essential ingredient...
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Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
409A Option Pricing Redux
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Dave Broadwin - Partner, Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Last week I had a conversation with an entrepreneur who was confused about option pricing, and no matter how many times I tried to explain it, he never seemed to get his head around...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Voices
Why not kick these 7 bad sales habits in 2012!
Friday, January 6, 2012 Frank Belzer - VP of Corporate Training, Kurlan and Associates
I was really inspired to write this post by this recently published great article about 7 bad habits of executives. That got me thinking about the bad habits that sales people can sometimes...
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Expert Advice, Voices
If you build it, will they come?
Monday, December 5, 2011 Dave Power - President, Power Strategy
One of the most memorable lines in film history comes from “Field of Dreams.”  Shoeless Joe Jackson, a baseball legend from the early 1900’s, convinces an Iowa farm owner named...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Technology Trends, Voices