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Re: Meet The Modern Message Team: Anna Lee Webster

Mike — Wed, 25 May 2016 13:31:57 -0000

Welcome aboard Anna Lee!

Re: Meet The Modern Message Team: Andrew Miller

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:36:33 -0000

Welcome to the team Andrew!

Re: Exclusive: Dallas’ Panamplify Raises $1.1 Million With Dallas Area Investors

Mike — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:31:30 -0000

Congrats guys!

Re: Join us for Dallas Startup Happy Hour

Mike — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:50:17 -0000

Excited to welcome everyone to our new office!

Re: The Re-Launch of Launch DFW

Mike — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:26:43 -0000

Thank you sir!

Re: The Re-Launch of Launch DFW

Mike — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:39:21 -0000

Congrats to the new Launch DFW team! Really excited about what's coming next.

We'd love to host the next Dallas Startup Happy hour at our new office in downtown. Who is the best person to talk to about this?

Re: One Idea, 10 Days, Infinite Possibilities

Mike — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:24:54 -0000

Wait you didn't spend a month making an awesome logo on 99Designs? How do you expect to survive!?!?!?!

Re: Meet the Modern Message team: Brandon

Mike — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:42:24 -0000

Aw shucks...

Re: The Triad of Startup Suckiness – or – Have you hugged a founder today?

Mike — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:14:11 -0000

Well said!

We all hear that startups are hard, but my younger self failed to realize the true nature of this difficulty. It's not something you can overcome with a stronger work ethic, more practice, etc... Yes that helps but it won't solve the problem.

The problem is how you handle absolute uncertainty as a career path AND everything else. This is something you can't prepare for until you're in the trenches. It's like someone telling you that having a child is hard, but then you have one and you laugh at how naive you were beforehand.

This aspect of the startup life needs more attention, so kudos to you for making it happen.

Re: New Chapters: A farewell from the shortest member of the LAUNCH DFW team

Mike — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:07:00 -0000

Thanks for all you've done Rachel! What's next?

Re: Meet the Modern Message team: Brandon

Mike — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:03:43 -0000

Welcome aboard Brandon!

Re: Startup Hustle: Matt Alexander

Mike — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:54:49 -0000

Well done and congrats Matt on the launch of Foremost!

Re: Aristos Ventures Invests in Tech Wildcatters Alum, Nimbix

Mike — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:01:36 -0000

Congrats guys!

Re: 4 Lessons I Learned From Selling My Company: The Importance of Teamwork

Mike — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:01:00 -0000

Shaz would love to meet up sometime. Im the cofounder of Modern Message (http://modernmsg.com) and love meeting other founders.

Any plans beyond Karlani?

Re: Online marketplace, Quantifye, is changing how businesses hire consultants

Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:52:06 -0000

Is it basically like a staffing agency? Is your business model to make a % on all hours billed through your platform?

I've used Robert Half for stuff like this in the past. Are you competitive with their rates?

Do I get some kind of personal concierge to walk me through the process or is it DIY?

Re: Engineers Vs Sales People: How to Respond When You Lack a Feature the Prospect Requests

Mike — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:39:14 -0000

When you're in sales it's easy to have the mindset that you have to know everything. Therefore the question you posed from the engineer is difficult for most sales people b/c it makes them seem vulnerable or unprepared (in their eyes).

Engineers conversely only want to focus on problems that actually exist (versus ones conceived in the minds of sales people), so getting to the root of it makes perfect sense.

The trick (for B2B companies especially) is knowing how to get at the root of the problem. Customers are especially bad at articulating solutions, so if you're not careful you'll spin your wheels reacting to side effects instead of resolving the actual problem.

Re: Raise $200K in 2 minutes!

Mike — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:22:51 -0000

Great info Craig, thanks!

Re: How Can We Help You?

Mike — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:44:42 -0000

Raj,
Very appropriate article and I suspect this is a question that many people have been waiting for someone to ask. I also suspect many new entrants to the Dallas startup scene aren't quite sure how to answer this question, or are too scared to ask it in the first place.

I remember back at the beginning when I didn't know the difference between html and css (this is true), I was too afraid to ask (publicly) for help because I didnt even know what I needed.

One thing I think we need more of (and I would love your help with this), is to share more founder stories. Not startup pitches, but founder stories. Who are you, why are you doing what you're doing now. What skills do you have that others might find value in. That type stuff.

Re: Facebook is a Listening Tool

Mike — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:26:55 -0000

Great blog post Misty! I definitely agree that multifamily marketers typically treat social like another advertising platform rather than a conversation with their residents.

In your opinion, is this due to a lack of time, resources, or some latent fear of what resident engagement will result in?

Re: Raise $200K in 2 minutes!

Mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:57:17 -0000

What kind of traction did you guys have at this point?

Re: Why We Need to Stop Using the Term “Disrupt”

Mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:32:20 -0000

I blame the prevalence of pitch coaching and the like. If all you have is vaporware, the product has to be described as disruptive or it wouldn't garner any attention.

Re: The Social Media Setup Guide for New Apartment Communities

Mike — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:27:55 -0000

Nick,
Absolutely! We actually work with quite a few developers in pre-leaseup or leaseup phases.

Re: Three years of Distributed Teams

Mike — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:03:22 -0000

Huboard has proven to be an invaluable resource for our team as well. Syncs w/ your Github issues for a cloud Kanban board.

https://huboard.com/

Re: Dallas Fort Work is Moving Downtown!

Mike — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:25:42 -0000

How much are the offices, and how many people could fit in 1 office?

Re: Dallas Fort Work is Moving Downtown!

Mike — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:21:25 -0000

I thought the same thing!

Is anyone opening "Dallas Coworking" in Fort Worth :) ?