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Hi. I'm Rick. I write, advise, and invest.

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Like many startups, my company put very little thought into marketing or business development. To us, they were activities you would only engage in if you had a weak product. We had a great product roadmap and were poised to own the software development work market. But halfway into a pitch with a renowned VC in San Francisco, the VC threw up his hands. “Why do you TechStars and YC guys always think everything is a product problem?” he asked. “Don’t you realize you have a marketing problem on your hands?

Startup Delusion and Embracing the Schlep | PandoDaily

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