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Show HN: Sweet – Open Source Network device configuration backups and change alerts
2 points by conrey 12y ago|0 comments
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by conrey 13y ago
"Hi I'm from YOURCOMPANY and I saw you wrote/spoke on/commented about RELEVANTTOPICORTHEME and thought you may be interested in learning more about YOURCOMPANY. I'd love to set up a demo to show you how it can help
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by conrey 13y ago
Yes, best thing to do is research the hell of them before you make any call or email. Some great articles that I've shared with my team: http://www.startupmoon.com/how-i-got-meetings-at-twitter-lin... http:/&#x2F
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by conrey 13y ago
Hard to argue with this post. It really breaks out the "everyone can start a company" myth into something I've been trying to explain for a while. The analogy I've been working with is comparing startups to the mid 2000s
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by conrey 13y ago
This indeed - I'm not always the best or least inflammatory, but I own what I say and want to have that reflect on me.
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by conrey 14y ago
I assume this is for those of you too cheap to spend the $10 to have this done by Southwest. Pay for service that's worth it.
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by conrey 14y ago
LinkedIn is the obvious answer. SellerCrowd may not be a bad idea if you don't mind anonymous sources Conferences are easy finds for sales people in the exhibit halls.
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by conrey 14y ago
The level of elitism in the Ruby and by extension Rails communities never ceases to amaze me. Having attended several ruby and rails conferences over the last few years, the belief that Ruby is the language of "good programmers" is so preva
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by conrey 14y ago
I actually agree with much of this. Having attempted to "re-learn" to code since my time in college I got several lessons in before hitting a wall where the on-site messaging failed to be helpful anymore. I loved the concept, and was more t
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by conrey 14y ago
Speaking as a salesperson this article has a few things that I find difficult to agree with: 1) Sales vs BizDev - As described in the article the sales people he's looking for are great for one off transactions, not for building a real clie
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by conrey 14y ago
It's all about having the right campaigns and optimizing for conversion. It isn't easy, but it is certainly doable for most people. Adwords is like golf - it's a simple game to play but the being good requires a mastery of nuance and fine d
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by conrey 14y ago
The problem that Apple is avoiding though is having a bad experience because you have an outdated OS - this occurs on the desktop with OSX as well. Because older OS won't handle newer software gracefully they just "Force" the upgrade. Not s