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by dshah 12y ago
I agree that company culture's are organic (changing) and highly dependent on the people that make it. Having said that, the people that are there are determined by the culture. If the culture of a company is well known, articulat
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by dshah 13y ago
I would humbly submit http://inbound.org . It's a Hacker News for inbound marketing (including SEO, blogging, conversion rate optimization etc.) Great community of folks and some of the best content on SEO out there. The co
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by dshah 13y ago
Wow. I had no idea. Though I'm not the author of the article, I came with the title. I didn't even know there was such a thing as an "800 pound gorilla". Thanks for pointing this out. Learn something new every day.
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Did The 900-Pound Gorilla Just Vanquish Your Startup Or Validate It?(onstartups.com)
37 points by dshah 13y ago|9 comments
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by dshah 13y ago
This is unfortunate. Trying to figure out what it would take to keep the site alive, because I do think it serves a useful purpose and the costs of keeping it alive are likely minimal.
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Ad-hoc data breakpoints in Python(nedbatchelder.com)
1 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 13y ago
Disagree with this. In today's world (particularly in consumer Internet), investors often judge the "quality" of a team based on the aesthetics of the pitch-deck -- and website. All things being equal, the deck with the bett
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by dshah 13y ago
Longer decks still work -- even today. Possible reason: Often, decks are shared before a meeting is taken, so the really good ones are designed to be read (not just presented).
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by dshah 13y ago
As someone that has raised $100M+ in VC for my current startup, I totally agree with this sentiment. Open with the investment thesis -- or more specifically, lead with WHY this is a great investment compared to the other 100+ deals they&#x2
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Why I don’t like the LTV metric(blog.asmartbear.com)
4 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 13y ago
The smartest share what they know all the time -- that's part of what makes them smart.
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The cloud stack that helped SendGrid scale to 100 billion emails sent(blog.leanstack.io)
2 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Ambition vs. Obligation - Rand's Blog(moz.com)
2 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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On the SaaS Adoption Curve: When to Solve for the Current Customer(redbord.com)
1 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Escorts, Startups, and the questionable promise of being your own boss(blog.asmartbear.com)
8 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Vision-Based Framework - Rand's Blog(moz.com)
1 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Hey Product Managers — Stop Pissing Off The Engineers(blog.aha.io)
2 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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The Danger of Dogfooding (insideintercom.io)
3 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 13y ago
As founder/CTO of HubSpot: We don't really sell much to local businesses. We're in the SMB space but with an emphasis on B2B companies.
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by dshah 13y ago
I'm a bit biased (friend of Rand, founder of HubSpot), but I think the exact opposite is true. Long-term, I think inbound marketing is way less risky for one simple reason: We're living in an age of increasing choice and increasing transpar
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by dshah 13y ago
Indeed, like other relationships, it has to go both ways. No fun being in a relationship where the love is unrequited.
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by dshah 13y ago
That's a really low bar. The market (at least here in the U.S.) for talent is so competitive that a company has to go well beyond the basics of paying on time and providing great hardware.
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An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales(blog.asmartbear.com)
156 points by dshah 13y ago|97 comments
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The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors(onstartups.com)
3 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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The Pitch Deck We Used To Raise $500,000 For Our Startup(onstartups.com)
139 points by dshah 13y ago|29 comments
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Why More Is Not Always Better (Jason Friend in Inc.)(inc.com)
3 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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"Hire People Bothered By Suck" And Other Insights From GitHub(dev.hubspot.com)
3 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Reframing the problems with “Freemium” by charging the marketing department(blog.asmartbear.com)
5 points by dshah 13y ago|0 comments
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Clear Eyes, Full Heart: Beating The Series A Crunch(onstartups.com)
3 points by dshah 14y ago|0 comments
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by dshah 14y ago
Ok, hadn't thought of that, but see your point. I think the content is really good, so title changed -- don't think the author will mind (he had two alternate titles for the original post).

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