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Removing Barriers to Scale – Marketing Before Raising Capital

Monday, 28 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

As an entrepreneur raising capital, you expect the inevitable question about growth. From where are you going to acquire customers? Such a question, though expected and appropriate, is as laden with ignorance as the typical answers. At the end of the day, no one needs to know how, nor model from, where you will acquire

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Startup Marketing

Tuesday, 01 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure of joining an incredible group of Austin entrepreneurs through AUSOME (Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs) for a discussion of the Art of Startup Marketing. Thanks to David Vogelpohl, founder of Marketing Clique and Tapfire Mobile, I finally took a few minutes to put pen to powerpoint to

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How the Internet Failed to Change Our Lives

Saturday, 29 December 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Wrapping up this year and having spent some incredible time with an amazingly diverse set of innovations (and innovators), I starting wondering if and how the internet has really failed to deliver on its promise. One of the sobering realities of a capitalistic economy is that the almighty dollar, indeed, causes tremendous innovations, services, and

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The Cost of Entrepreneurship in Your Community

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent a couple years now in Austin, and the previous 12 in Silicon Valley, a frequent topic of discussion over drinks or dinner is the question of how entrepreneurship works. Not “Startups” per se, at least not in the context that we think of them when reading about all the innovation on TechCrunch; rather,

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airbnb for Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 18 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Without a doubt, one of the most exceptional new services brought to us by the interweb is airbnb. An incredibly obvious service (in hindsight); the website connects people with unique spaces that can serve as an accommodation, to travelers looking a distinct, personal, and comfortable experience. As they put it, “Airbnb connects people to unique

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10 Entrepreneur Friendly Coffee Shops in Austin

Tuesday, 04 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

In the incredibly eclectic and entrepreneurial community that is Austin, TX, trying to create a list of the ideal coffee houses for entrepreneurs is next to impossible and undoubtedly most will disagree with me about at least one or two here. After all, entrepreneurship is so woven into the DNA of Austin, it’s probably safe to say

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Founders Dating

Monday, 06 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Starting a new business is a lot like dating. Indeed, the founders of Cospace went on a few dates; we had drinks, we explored our likes and dislikes, experimented with a few ideas, (I think I even got to second base once), and now it’s serious. Lucky for us, this was’t our first time around

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