Comments for A Smart Bear http://blog.asmartbear.com Startups + Marketing + Geekery Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on How to convince a startup to hire you by Mike McCormickhttp://blog.asmartbear.com/startup-hire-me.html#comment-22568 Mike McCormick Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=618#comment-22568 Awesome post. I think a lot of non-technical people, who would be good candidates for biz dev jobs at startups, have trouble positioning themselves for the jobs they want. I like the idea of envisioning the perfect job scenario for you and then going out and finding it. Good stuff.  Awesome post. I think a lot of non-technical people, who would be good candidates for biz dev jobs at startups, have trouble positioning themselves for the jobs they want. I like the idea of envisioning the perfect job scenario for you and then going out and finding it. Good stuff. 

]]> Comment on How to convince a startup to hire you by Stefanos Karakasishttp://blog.asmartbear.com/startup-hire-me.html#comment-22566 Stefanos Karakasis Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=618#comment-22566 I am/ have been in the same position and I can actually tell you based on the fact that when there is a match: GO for it! Starting your question with a WHY always puts you in the driver seat of what you want to achieve and what makes you tick and go after a particular goal. WHY do you want to be in a startup? I believe it is awesome that someone with that much experience wants to go after their passion/ what they love so don't settle for anything less that Jason already had you painting in your mind. Life is to short for that ;) All the best and looking forward to hearing about your progress! Great post Jason and awesome advice series! Kudos, Stefanos I am/ have been in the same position and I can actually tell you based on the fact that when there is a match: GO for it!

Starting your question with a WHY always puts you in the driver seat of what you want to achieve and what makes you tick and go after a particular goal.

WHY do you want to be in a startup?

I believe it is awesome that someone with that much experience wants to go after their passion/ what they love so don’t settle for anything less that Jason already had you painting in your mind. Life is to short for that ;)

All the best and looking forward to hearing about your progress!

Great post Jason and awesome advice series!

Kudos,
Stefanos

]]> Comment on Trends: Follow or flee? by Shahee Georgeehttp://blog.asmartbear.com/trends.html#comment-22564 Shahee Georgee Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=639#comment-22564 Great breakdown! Thanks for writing this. Great breakdown! Thanks for writing this.

]]> Comment on How should a startup founder value her time? by Founder Inner Conflict: Engineer vs. Entrepreneur « bradt.cahttp://blog.asmartbear.com/value-time.html#comment-22563 Founder Inner Conflict: Engineer vs. Entrepreneur « bradt.ca Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:29:04 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=654#comment-22563 [...] of building a new business, I can’t afford to let the engineer take over at any point. A founder’s time is expensive and any time spent working on the business should be moving it forward. A balance is needed [...] [...] of building a new business, I can’t afford to let the engineer take over at any point. A founder’s time is expensive and any time spent working on the business should be moving it forward. A balance is needed [...]

]]> Comment on Easy statistics for AdWords A/B testing, and hamsters by Publipage | Test and Test Again to Increase Web Conversionshttp://blog.asmartbear.com/easy-statistics-for-adwords-ab-testing-and-hamsters.html#comment-22560 Publipage | Test and Test Again to Increase Web Conversions Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.asmartbear.com/easy-statistics-for-adwords-ab-testing-and-hamsters.html#comment-22560 [...] those of you more interested on Adwords A/B split testing there is a good post on The Smart Bear blog. [...] [...] those of you more interested on Adwords A/B split testing there is a good post on The Smart Bear blog. [...]

]]> Comment on How to find that first big customer by Mark Riffeyhttp://blog.asmartbear.com/find-first-big-customer.html#comment-22559 Mark Riffey Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=620#comment-22559  You can always tell when people are paying attention to this kind of stuff. Folks - this comment is worth 10x the post. Knowing these things is just plain critical to growth.  You can always tell when people are paying attention to this kind of stuff. Folks – this comment is worth 10x the post. Knowing these things is just plain critical to growth.

]]> Comment on How to convince a startup to hire you by How to convince a startup to hire you | Texas Entrepreneur Networkshttp://blog.asmartbear.com/startup-hire-me.html#comment-22558 How to convince a startup to hire you | Texas Entrepreneur Networks Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:48:15 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=618#comment-22558 [...] Sailor writes: How can a former navy officer with twelve solid years of overseas defense contracting experience convince a tech startup to hire [...] [...] Sailor writes: How can a former navy officer with twelve solid years of overseas defense contracting experience convince a tech startup to hire [...]

]]> Comment on How to get customers who love you even when you screw up by How to find that first big customer | A Smart Bearhttp://blog.asmartbear.com/how-to-get-customers-who-love-you-even-when-you-screw-up.html#comment-22557 How to find that first big customer | A Smart Bear Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.asmartbear.com/how-to-get-customers-who-love-you-even-when-you-screw-up.html#comment-22557 [...] How you convinced them to pay up when code review at that stage was nonexistent?I think you meant this?It’s rarely true that your first customer will be big. It wasn’t true for me either.You [...] [...] How you convinced them to pay up when code review at that stage was nonexistent?I think you meant this?It’s rarely true that your first customer will be big. It wasn’t true for me either.You [...]

]]> Comment on Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway by Bad ideas « Patrick Foleyhttp://blog.asmartbear.com/your-idea-sucks-now-go-do-it-anyway.html#comment-22554 Bad ideas « Patrick Foley Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:32:17 +0000 http://wordpress.asmartbear.com/your-idea-sucks-now-go-do-it-anyway.html#comment-22554 [...] Cohen suggests your idea probably is bad, even if you think it’s good – but hey, you have to start somewhere, so you should probably go [...] [...] Cohen suggests your idea probably is bad, even if you think it’s good – but hey, you have to start somewhere, so you should probably go [...]

]]> Comment on How to find that first big customer by Software Marketing Tweetables - 20 February 2012 | Smart Software Marketinghttp://blog.asmartbear.com/find-first-big-customer.html#comment-22553 Software Marketing Tweetables - 20 February 2012 | Smart Software Marketing Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:27:02 +0000 http://blog.asmartbear.com/?p=620#comment-22553 [...] How to find that first big customer [...] [...] How to find that first big customer [...]

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