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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Customer Service Case Study: A Nightmare at Disneyland!!
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/30/2015The plaque at the entrance of Disneyland in California reads: "Here you leave today, and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow a...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Lesson #224: When to Take Off the Gloves With Competitors
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/23/2015Let’s face it: every company needs to deal with competition. You compete on your product offering, your pricing, your custom...
Lesson #223: Ten Things You Need to Know When Responding to RFPs
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/23/2015If you are in the B2B space, odds are you will need to respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from prospective customers througho...
Monday, December 21, 2015
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[VIDEO] George Deeb Talks Startup Marketing, Hot Chicago Startups & Coding in Schools with Tasty Trade
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/21/2015Red Rocket's George Deeb was recently interviewed by Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista for Tasty Trade's "Bootstrapping in...
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[VIDEO] George Deeb Teaches Startups How to Build Team & Advisors
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/21/2015Red Rocket's George Deeb recently presented a "How to Build Your Team & Advisors" session for the new class of start...
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Red Rocket's Best Startups of 2015
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/17/2015Red Rocket gets introduced to hundreds of startups each year, in the normal course of doing business, or via our involvement with Fire...
How to Evolve from Selling Widgets to Selling Wisdom
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/17/2015I've previously written about the 1,024 different types of salespeople there are and the difference between selling simple produ...
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The CEO's Role Must Change as the Company Scales
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/10/2015I have previously written about The Role of a Startup CEO , during the company’s early stage of development. But, if your company hit...
Friday, December 4, 2015
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[VIDEO] George Deeb Evangelizes Tech Coding for Core K-12 Curriculum
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/04/2015Red Rocket's George Deeb has recently been working with his local school administrators to emphasize the importance of learning to...
Friday, November 27, 2015
When to Take Off the Gloves with Competitors
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/27/2015Let’s face it: every company needs to deal with competition. You compete on your product offering, your pricing, your customer benefit...
Thursday, November 19, 2015
What is an Entrepreneur? The Ultimate Definition.
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/19/2015The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an entrepreneur as: “one who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterpris...
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thoughts on Chicago's Growing Tech Scene, And How to Improve It Over Time
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/13/2015I recently read a very good post on Chicago's tech scene: where it is today, from a talent and ecosystem perspective, and where i...
Thursday, November 5, 2015
How to Recruit Employees for Your Startup
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/05/2015As a startup, odds are you will not be able to afford a dedicated HR person or 30 percent headhunter fees, and will most likely need t...
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Targeted Marketing Has Never Been Easier . . . or Cheaper!!
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/29/2015The marketing world has substantially evolved over the last few years, in terms of how you can target prospective customers for your b...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
10 Things You Need to Know When Responding to RFPs
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/27/2015If you are in the B2B space, odds are you will need to respond to requests for proposals (RFPs) from prospective customers throughout ...
Monday, October 26, 2015
Lesson #222: Measuring Your Company’s Culture Can Pay Big Dividends
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/26/2015Building the right culture for your startup is a critical driver of its success or failure, as we learned back in Lesson #13. It i...
Friday, October 23, 2015
Lesson #221: The Internet of Things is Coming, Hang on to Your Hats!!
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/23/2015I recently completely a deep dive on the Internet of Things (IoT) space for one of my clients, and I was blown away with what I learne...
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Mark Suster's "Venture Outlook 2016"
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/22/2015We just read Mark Suster's recently published " Venture Outlook 2016 " and needed to share it with all of you. Mark ...
So, You're a Startup CEO, What Do You Do All Day?
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/22/2015Chief Executive Officer? Chief Visionary? Chief Cheerleader? Chief Salesman? Chief Funding Officer? Chief Communications Officer? ...
Friday, October 16, 2015
Lesson #220: Venture Debt Financing, A Hybrid Between Debt and Equity
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/16/2015Back in Lesson #109, we c ompared equity to convertible debt to bank debt as finacing options for your early stage business. There i...
Friday, October 9, 2015
The Right Way to Give Equity to Your Employees
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/09/2015As a rule, entrepreneurs are very protective of their equity, and try to keep 100 percent ownership for themselves. Usually this is f...
Thursday, October 8, 2015
What Would Entrepreneurs Have Done Differently?
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/08/2015I have previously written about the importance of planning ahead for proof-of-concept marketing based on my first-hand experience see...
Friday, October 2, 2015
5 Things to Look For in Your Startup Team
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/02/2015Once you determine if you have a good business idea or not , the first step in building your business is putting the right team in pla...
Thursday, October 1, 2015
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[NEWS] @RedRocketVC Client on Hunt for Tech Companies to Buy
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/01/2015We have a private equity firm client that is looking for a lower-middle market business to buy, or several synergistic businesses to b...
Lesson #219: Stock Option & Incentive Plans for Startups
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/01/2015I previously wrote about the importance of spreading equity to your employees or key partners . Stock options or other similar incenti...
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