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Tony Hsieh Changed Our Lives(itsrossg.medium.com)
2 points by tallross 6y ago|0 comments
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A Founder’s Reflection on Lack of Diversity(medium.com)
4 points by tallross 6y ago|1 comments
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by tallross 6y ago
Some helpful tips and actions start-ups can take now to take a stand and improve diversity.
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What Banksy's Park Stunt Teaches Us About Pricing, Branding, & Society(builtinchicago.org)
2 points by tallross 13y ago|0 comments
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3 Must-Follow Rules for Creating A Content Culture(builtinchicago.org)
1 points by tallross 13y ago|0 comments
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How I Almost Ruined My First Pitch With Chicago’s Hottest VC Firm(builtinchicago.org)
2 points by tallross 14y ago|0 comments
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An Entrepreneur’s Guide To Navigating Negative Feedback (Even From VCs)(builtinchicago.org)
1 points by tallross 14y ago|0 comments
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by tallross 14y ago
Tweet me @tallross and we can connect
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by tallross 14y ago
An exit is not universally defined as success. Success is defined by the person who builds the company. >Success should be building and maintaining a business that can annually bring you in a ton of cash, keep you relatively sane, keep
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by tallross 14y ago
Should be there in Jan/Feb. Tweet me @tallross with your info and we'll connect. Thanks!
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by tallross 14y ago
If you just want to sell leads there are some basic lead distribution platforms out there like boberdoo.com. We built our own in-house. If you have a lot of custom stuff you want to do, find a CTO.
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by tallross 14y ago
It doesn't say that at all. I said nothing about easy. I'm saying that as an entrepreneur you have to maintain the delusion that your company is likely to be worth a shit-ton of money. After all, if you don't believe that, what's the point
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by tallross 14y ago
I disagree. Once you have already done it your likelihood increases that you will do it the second time around. You have more capital, experience, and connections. You are right in the sense that before you start a business you are less lik
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by tallross 14y ago
Interesting. I bought the domain almost 2 years ago so I'd like to think I started the trend! ;)
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by tallross 14y ago
Thank you! 100% right. Although a lot of the technology we built for our service providers was new, the business model was not new at all. There are dozens of leadgen companies in the home improvement space as well as dozens of lead managem
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by tallross 14y ago
We have some other good ones too: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5pSwIdp6w7L3bAZwhsIuq... :)
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by tallross 14y ago
I started off that way as an affiliate, but eventually, when I launched LocalPainterQuotes.com, which a year later became CraftJack, we started selling direct to service providers and built a lot of technology that other companies were/are
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by tallross 14y ago
But then what would TC have to write about?!?!?! ;)
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by tallross 14y ago
Thanks for sharing that story. That's a big fear a lot of founders have when they are deciding if they should seek/take VC money. As far as our team, we were small. CraftJack was owned by the first company I started, Tribe9 Interactive. I o
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by tallross 14y ago
There is no formula for how to value a startup after one year. In our case, we had over $1MM in revenue and built some very cool technology that was new to our space. It all depends on the company, the team, and the situation. Also, while t
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Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money(builtinchicago.org)
189 points by tallross 14y ago|54 comments