Category: Insights / Research

Opportunity. What is causing so many people to move to Austin? Not (just) Tech, nor Startups, it’s Opportunity

Monday, 12 April 2021 by SEO'Brien

Opportunity Education Technology Entrepreneurs Infrastructure Resulting in Opportunity. You know that licking of your lips and grasping at air that one does when trying to put in to words a dream. How you think through, as you’re talking with someone, something you just can’t quite simplify. What I’m thinking about is not a dream but

Published in Industry, Insights / Research

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Asked: What Stops VCs from Investing in Foreign Companies?

Monday, 25 January 2021 by SEO'Brien

Nothing, it happens all the time. Yet, the question is common, frequently asked; begging a question its own – what are startups struggling with that they think that foreign investors won’t invest? Start with this appreciation: investing in startups is the riskiest use of capital, in the world. Gambling at a casino is more likely

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Published in Insights / Research, Startups

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The Valuation of a Pre Funded Startup

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 by SEO'Brien

Startups all, struggle with a question of what’s called, “valuation.” What is the company worth? To put together a pitch deck, negotiate terms with investors, or just to share with potential team members and advisors what you’re doing, people will want to know what it’s worth now. Before you take money from a venture capital

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Published in Insights / Research, Startups

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Can You Tell When a Digital Marketing Plan Will Fail?

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 by SEO'Brien

A marketing plan is more like a flywheel, not a funnel.

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Published in Advertising, Insights / Research, PR, Search, Social Media

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Ideas Are Valuable; Stop Saying They’re Not!

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 by SEO'Brien

Businesses without ideas are like people with matches trying to light a wet campfire. Striking, striking, and striking again. You have the stuff that's valued (wood, matches) but you can't do anything without a ton of work.

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Published in Insights / Research, Startups

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The Emperor’s New Clothes of Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 by SEO'Brien

When you're prepared for loss, failure, isolation, commitment, tenacity, perseverance, and living on nothing, THEN maybe give it a shot; not because someone else says it's easy or that they'll help you. You need to be more prepared for the very likely downside than living on the hopes and dreams perpetuated because a small fraction who try make it work.

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Published in Insights / Research, Startups

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Resume Not Landing You That Job? Stop the Keywords, Start Optimizing

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 by SEO'Brien

To take a look at even the most advised of resume writing guides is to take a step back into the history of web page design; everyone writing a resume is being taught and encouraged to create a website circa 1999. While such designs look prettier than the old text-laid-out-on-a-page, in thinking about a resume

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Published in Insights / Research, Search, Social Media

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