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Re: Track Blog Reactions To Your Brands With Scout Labs

Dan Martell — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:26:35 -0000

It's worth mentioning that Radian6 (http://www.radian6.com/cms/... has had a similar solution out for sometime, and IMHO is a whole lot more interesting.

Re: Lessons from the casino industry on engagement metrics and lifetime value

Dan Martell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:20:02 -0000

I'm a big fan of studying other industries to draw inspiration on, especially when all the "lessons learned" have already be figured out. I'm definitely going to get that book, thanks.

Re: Le Web Nearly Sold Out. See You There

Dan Martell — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:49:15 -0000

See you all there, can't wait for the TC party on the last night!

Re: It Takes Serious F#@%ing Passion!

Dan Martell — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:37:26 -0000

Thanks everyone for the kind words ... Gary is a big reason that I launched my new blog. He's right, if you don't wake up doing what you love everyday, quit! Stop doing that.

I'm hoping to write potent articles, with stuff I learn while being in San Francisco - it's like hyper learning right now.

Talk to you all soon.

Re: Connecting With a Mentor

Dan Martell — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:39:46 -0000

@Flirt Guru - your right re: women, and how tough it is - I certainly wish there were more women in tech! :P love the comment.

@Ian, Marcel, Jeff, Remi, much appreciated.

I'm going to continue bringing "the thunder"!

Re: Financial Tsunami Bad For The Healthy Ones

Dan Martell — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:12:29 -0000

Thanks for the forward looking advice ... I'm still convinced it's going to get worse (yet, I'm excited) - as this is a great time to be an entrepreneur - IMHO.

Also, I was at LeWeb and seen your talk - great prez, especially the - "It's simple. Not Easy" ... great stuff.

http://www.twitter.com/danm...

Re: 9 Tactics to Kickstart Your Priority Focus

Dan Martell — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:49:43 -0000

Taylor - I agree 100% ... I'm a big fan of David's Allen http://www.davidco.com/ GTD rule, if it takes less than 2 minutes, do it now.

Thx for the comment.

Re: Ok, I've been tagged…so here goes nothin'

Dan Martell — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:27:46 -0000

Ahhhh man ... I've been tagged - normally I don't get to these, but seeing that you published yours during holiday vacation - I'll put something together tonight :-).

Hope your enjoying the snow :P.

Re: How to Create a Paperless (and Mobile) Office

Dan Martell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:41:30 -0000

Josh - I absolutely love Evernote, and use it for all my travel related items ... I'm still working on tweaking my processes to absorb more information / pictures & notes.

I appreciate the feedback.

Re: Apture Packs a Lot of Media Into a Little Pop-up

Dan Martell — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:20:42 -0000

@Vinod there is a WordPress plugin to make it easy to install.

@Christopher all the links are manually created / edited.

Re: Starting a Company? Launch Early & Often

Dan Martell — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:02:36 -0000

@Leila - yeah, just do it (once you know "why" you're doing it) .. but the essence is get something out there, get some feedback, and adjust.

@Matt - 100% agree. There's ways to leverage the human need to be "intrigued" by ambiguity - however, you still want your business idea being evaluated by real (potential) customers to ensure you deliver on a real need.

Re: Five Tips on Staying Motivated

Dan Martell — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:26:41 -0000

@David - Thx! Your comment really made my day. Glad you got something out of it. Just checked your site - love your passion for life. We share similar interest.

Re: Come join us at the Kiva Developer Garage

Dan Martell — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:25:38 -0000

This is going to be awesome ... There's some serious coding talent (top CTO from startups in Bay Area) + designers to help guid UI / UX. 4 hours to developer serious apps! Excited.

If you're reading this - and not coming (and live in the area) - you might want to rethink your decision. Just saying.

See you all there!

Re: How to Pitch Your Startup

Dan Martell — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:38:19 -0000

@Leila Agreed! Nonprofits definitely have many that pull on the heart strings.

One of the most memorable for me in the past year was Dana (CEO of www.goodguide.com) talking about his daughter: http://www.techcrunch50.com...

Re: How to Pitch Your Startup

Dan Martell — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:11:04 -0000

@Dave - Thx!, but I think I'll stick to being an Entrepreneur - it's the one thing I know best.

Re: Why We Scrapped 3.5 Months Of Development

Dan Martell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:32:43 -0000

I couldn't have said it better.

Our goal as a company has always been to create things people want, and to be focused on quantitative (business metrics) and qualitative (customer interviews) feedback cycle.

I'm personally super excited about the product pivot - and hope everyone will give it a try.

Were pushing new features daily and listening very carefully.

Please leave a comment with your thoughts.

Re: Event Marketing Just Got a Bit Easier

Dan Martell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:21:16 -0000

John, thanks for the update.

On a similar note - I just discovered this company for event planning - they claim to be easier / faster than Eventbrite.com?? Worth checking out.

http://www.guestlistapp.com/

Re: I hate Community Management

Dan Martell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:14:43 -0000

I love the focus on the wording. The words we use make a HUGE impact on the actions and strategies we take.

Engagement is also a great work. How can I engage in a meaningful / relevant way. I personally LOVE people. I'm curious - however I spend most of my time looking for commonality that were BOTH passionate about.

That is quality engagement.

my2cents.

P.S. Love the blog format!!!

Re: Startups: It’s O.K. to Change Your Mind / Product

Dan Martell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:43:19 -0000

I guarantee that I've got typos and information that might not be correct. If so, let me know via email or comments and I'll do my best to update.

Re: Startups: It’s O.K. to Change Your Mind / Product

Dan Martell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:30 -0000

@Raj Creative Destruction <- I love it. That concept also triggers a conversation I was with a friend who asked me how we wanted to position Flowtown in the market (re: segment / vertical). His suggestion was "you need to do it in a way that if your closest competitor did this, it would cannibalize their business". I'm not sure if that falls into the same ideas as Creative Destruction, but it certainly reminds me of the Innovators Dilemma and the importance to spin out innovation from the "mother ship" - especially when it challenges the current business model.

EA is a great example, and you're right - kudos to the leadership team for making such a hard decision.

Re: Startups: It’s O.K. to Change Your Mind / Product

Dan Martell — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:05:32 -0000

Marc, Thanks! I've heard that Paul Graham starts each Y-Combinator class by asking if anyone wants to change their mind / product / idea. There's many examples of companies mid-stream (within YC) that "pivot".

I also agree with starting with a powerpoint deck. Steve Blanks recent post amplifies this (different context though).

“Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch
http://steveblank.com/2009/...

Re: Pitch yourself, not your idea

Dan Martell — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:47:58 -0000

Dinesh,

I ideas don't matter as much as you think.
http://www.danmartell.com/s...

Any great entrepreneur will "pivot" if there's no traction until it works, sometimes outside of the original industry / customer type they were trying to address.

Re: 9 Reasons Why Doing a Startup is Like Running a Marathon

Dan Martell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:23 -0000

Lisa, Thanks for the comment! Very insightful and I agree, small business is just more fun. I feel the same way about startups, I could never work for someone else - in that sense - I'm unemployable ;-).

Much appreciated.

Re: 9 Reasons Why Doing a Startup is Like Running a Marathon

Dan Martell — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:49:15 -0000

@Dave THANKS! Honestly, you inspired me to run this - our talks help me understand what I was getting into.

Love the corporate America analogy ;-).

Thx for the comment.

Re: Have You Nominated Us for an Award Yet?

Dan Martell — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:33:50 -0000

I would like to self nominate http://www.flowtown.com for the MOC award.

Were building a platform that helps companies scale caring! We help them discover their customers online and build deeper relationships with them.