Comments on: All Startup Competitions Are Unfair. Don’t Whine. Here’s How To Win. http://mixergy.com/win-startup/ Entrepreneurs you respect teach how they did it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: x http://mixergy.com/win-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-12542 x Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:11:25 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=1269#comment-12542 where is the mp3? where is the mp3?

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]]> By: Ian Ozsvald http://mixergy.com/win-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 Ian Ozsvald Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:09:18 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=1269#comment-2817 Re. Simplicity and Videos - couldn't agree more, at ProCasts I lead a tight band who create custom screencasts that explain software products and web-apps as frontpage videos. <br>My past start-up was <a href="http://ShowMeDo.com" rel="nofollow">http://ShowMeDo.com</a>, an open-source focused screencast education site (visitorship: 100k/mo.). Between the two I'm happy to offer advice to anyone who is wondering if screencasts might help explain their product to their site visitors.<br>Much obliged for all the interviews (great Baron RvW interview!), loving your site.<br>Ian. Re. Simplicity and Videos – couldn't agree more, at ProCasts I lead a tight band who create custom screencasts that explain software products and web-apps as frontpage videos.
My past start-up was http://ShowMeDo.com, an open-source focused screencast education site (visitorship: 100k/mo.). Between the two I'm happy to offer advice to anyone who is wondering if screencasts might help explain their product to their site visitors.
Much obliged for all the interviews (great Baron RvW interview!), loving your site.
Ian.

]]> By: Deep Patel http://mixergy.com/win-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 Deep Patel Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:35:42 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=1269#comment-2442 great post! Thinking back about the event, I realized our weakness was that I did not identify and network with all the judges effectively. I suppose I lacked awareness, thanks for pointing that out. Even though we did not officially win twiistup, I want to share how we won in our own way by being present and having a platform to participate: 1. we got to teach people about energy efficiency and clean energy. This is what we do best, and it was very fun teaching people who are not normally exposed to the technologies we offer. We generated leads and collected contacts of people who want to follow our progress. 2. From a SEO preservative, we got a lot of links. My google alert for "gogreensolar" blew up after the event. Reporters and attendees wrote about and linked us in their content which increased our search presence on important keywords. 3. Revenue! Someone who visited our table, ended up buying from us! woo hoo! We're not whining over here, I'm happy we got a chance to add value to and had a chance to present our company to some very interesting people. I've been involved in a few startup competitions in the past and I have realized that building a successful company is a marathon, so it doesn't matter if you win competitions but how well you can execute and help customers after a competition that really counts. great post! Thinking back about the event, I realized our weakness was that I did not identify and network with all the judges effectively. I suppose I lacked awareness, thanks for pointing that out.

Even though we did not officially win twiistup, I want to share how we won in our own way by being present and having a platform to participate:

1. we got to teach people about energy efficiency and clean energy. This is what we do best, and it was very fun teaching people who are not normally exposed to the technologies we offer. We generated leads and collected contacts of people who want to follow our progress.

2. From a SEO preservative, we got a lot of links. My google alert for “gogreensolar” blew up after the event. Reporters and attendees wrote about and linked us in their content which increased our search presence on important keywords.

3. Revenue! Someone who visited our table, ended up buying from us! woo hoo!

We’re not whining over here, I’m happy we got a chance to add value to and had a chance to present our company to some very interesting people. I’ve been involved in a few startup competitions in the past and I have realized that building a successful company is a marathon, so it doesn’t matter if you win competitions but how well you can execute and help customers after a competition that really counts.

]]> By: Ian http://mixergy.com/win-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Ian Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:45:01 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=1269#comment-2436 Definitely true. People should know this from fund raising. It's all about introductions when pitching to investors. Same with competitions. Thanks for the RoboDynamics link. I happen to be working on something similar for my engineering senior design project. That was an eye opener. Guess I have some competition haha. :-) Definitely true. People should know this from fund raising. It’s all about introductions when pitching to investors. Same with competitions.

Thanks for the RoboDynamics link. I happen to be working on something similar for my engineering senior design project. That was an eye opener. Guess I have some competition haha. :-)

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