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Why Do So Many People Want to be Entrepreneurs?

Friday, 23 August 2013 by Paul O'Brien

I like to think we’re hard wired to forge our own path and build things. Imagine for a moment, your life as a child, untainted by education and experience. You built with blocks, you played through your imagination, and drew pictures – You were an entrepreneur. Only as you got older did you, as does everyone,

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Where Do I Find, Vet, and Engage with Rockstar Marketers?

Monday, 10 June 2013 by Paul O'Brien

A few FounderDating entrepreneurs recently fired up a topic discussion that every founder, startup, and business owner has had at some point in the early development of their idea; that very question, “how do you find great marketers?” – a question that comes up in public discussions more than a few times a week. So what’s the answer?

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RISE to the Occasion

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 by Paul O'Brien

RISE Austin kicked off yesterday and proves, once again, to be one of the pivotal events in Austin’s entrepreneurial economy. On the heels of President Obama’s visit to Austin, the timing of RISE is an intriguing contrast to the President’s goal of learning what makes Austin so incredible and successful. While he and the world

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As Goes the Web, So Goes, well… Everything

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 by Paul O'Brien

There is a great school of thought, an interesting debate really, loosely related to the idea that we just started talking about here within the concept of architecture and it’s role in business. That is, that as technology becomes more pervasive in everything we do, so too is that the case in business. CFOs, CMOs,

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Working With Austin

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 by Paul O'Brien

As SXSW creeps upon us, I’ve spent the last few months considering how exceptionally Austin has communicated to the world that this is the place to live and work. It’s not just hard to disagree, it’s downright impossible: with exceptionally low unemployment rates, incredible business incentives provided by the city and state, a creative and

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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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