SXSW Accelerator returns for its fifth edition to showcase some of the web’s most exciting innovations – do you know a company that could be one? This event provides an outlet for companies to present their new online entertainment and gaming products, social, mobile, innovative web, news, music, or health technology to a panel of [...]
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@Geekdom Gains Local, Regional and National Media Coverage – Here’s What’s Being Said
Since it’s opening in December of 2011, Geekdom has received a tremendous amount of local, regional and national media coverage. Here’s a summary of what’s been covered so far…. thank you Nick Longo for your leadership and making this a very special place to make and create something very new. Geekdom Media Coverage Report -
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Startups – How To Write Code – A Different Sort
If you’re writing code, it’s time to start thing about writing something else in parallel. Rev up the band and get them on board with your startup’s mission. Photo shot by me during the King William Parade – Fiesta 2012 – San Antonio. Write out your vision of what your startup is and could [...]
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Blogging is Self Actualizing Your Startup’s Vision
Try this: start writing blog posts as if you were already a really big deal in your space, or the space that does not exisit and you inten to own. Your startup’s blog sets the stage to help build trust, thought leadership and owning the space you’re in, or helping to create. Photo by me [...]
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Five “How-To” Startup PR / Communications Strategies You Can Put Into Action Today
Here’s some simple and basic “how-to” posts that are part method and part belief sets that will help you in not only gaining media coverage, but in learning how to rise Above The Code. 1. How To Write Great Content For Your Blog 2. How To Be Quotable By The Media 3. Investors Invest in People Not Companies. Does [...]
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#Startups: You Have The Power of Seeing Signals. Make Them Quoteable
Startups are creating a new future, that in many cases are really signals of what’s next. Story telling, and your vision of what’s next can be a great insight to the media and your being a source for thought leadership. If you’re seeing something new, share your vision in simple to read English on your [...]
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Startups: Do You Have A Trusted Content Strategy in Place?
Writing content for your startup’s blog should be thought of as not just a place to self promote, but to become a trusted source for the media. Your startup and the data you are collecting has huge value as you gain critical mass. Share your insights, knowledge and wisdom on your blog. Photo by [...]
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Do You And Your Startup’s Co-Founders Have Personal Brands?
Investors in startups invest in people, not just a company. Open the door to new deal flow by making sure you and your co-founders have a personal branding strategy. Photo by me shot on one of many airplanes over the last year or so. Keep that in mind as you shop your startup for deal [...]
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Book Review: “Running Lean” By @ashmaurya – A Playbook For Startups
No matter how many mentors, Angels, and consultants you have cheering you on in the process of trying to figure out how to take your startup’s team’s big idea and bringing it to market, you still need some type of general framework to guide you along in the process. That’s what author, Ash Maurya, delivers [...]
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Why R.O.H.O. is the New R.O.I. (And How To Prosper, Disrupt and Have More Fun in the Land of Geekdom)
If you’re an investor thinking about investing in an early stage startup, and not quite sure what to do, or which company you like, I would like to recommend that you put away your checkbook and make an initial investment of a different type: your time. Just in time for Fiesta, get your own Geekdom [...]
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