Initial Thoughts on GoogleApps Marketplace

Posted by walter.roth on Mar 13, 2010 in Packaging, Startups, SweatInvesting, SweatStart, Workshop Posts | 0 comments Jenn Kho shared her front row access to the Google CampfireOne event last week allowing SweatInvestor to be one of the first sites to report live on Google’s announcement of the GoogleApp Marketplace.  She also wrote an article for AOL’s Dailyfinance entitled: Google Opens Market for Enterprise Apps. In 2010 SweatInvestor plans to slowly build its presence at such events and to...
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Sweat Example: Cold Calling & Pipeline Development for Startups

Posted by walter.roth on Nov 3, 2009 in Packaging, SweatStart, Upside | 2 comments I’ve been working on “packaging” my Sweat on various topics. One topic is on “cold calling for startups.” The concept alone makes a lot of sales and non-sales people shudder.  “I’m not a sales guy. I hate cold calling, I hate cold callers…I could never do it…” My reply to this type of initial response is always simple. “But do you...
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A Great “SweatStart” example PPT

Posted by admin on Apr 4, 2009 in Founders, Great Read, Startups, SweatStart | 0 comments Thanks Kli for sending this.  Great read to think about, and review multiple times. Eric Ries Lean Startup Presentation For Web 2.0 Expo April 1 2009 A Disciplined Approach To Imagining, Designing, And Building New Products View more presentations from Eric...
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SweatStart

Posted by walter.roth on Mar 8, 2009 in Definition, SweatStart | 0 comments Ok, so you’ve filled out your SweatInvestor profile, now how do you set yourself up for success without investing a lot of time? There are many ways.  One of the ideas I’m starting to solidify is the idea of The Deck, which we’ll call a “SweatStart”.  A 5 to 15 slide deck that “productizes” a bite size piece of the board level value you have to offer...
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