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2015
Jul 8, 2015
Leadership
The Extra Mile
Jul 6, 2015
Marketing
It’s a Numbers Game
2014
Nov 18, 2014
Marketing
Pickup Lines
Nov 17, 2014
Engineering
Startup HPC Conference
Nov 12, 2014
Engineering
A Big Day for ArrayFire with Open Source Release
Nov 9, 2014
Marketing
The Importance of a Good Business Model
Nov 8, 2014
Engineering
The Importance of Customers Loving a Product
Nov 7, 2014
Marketing
Preparing for Presentations
Oct 21, 2014
Marketing
Articles on Marketing
Oct 13, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Needs Case Ideas
Oct 7, 2014
Culture
Brand Equity
Sep 24, 2014
Marketing
On Being First To Market Versus Following
Sep 22, 2014
Fundraising
Hazelcast Raises $11 Million
Sep 13, 2014
Engineering
Avoiding Lock-In Through Open Source
Sep 12, 2014
Acquisition
HP Acquires Open Source Tool Provider Eucalyptus
Sep 6, 2014
Marketing
Social Media Goals for New Professionals
Aug 28, 2014
Marketing
Fighting Uphill with Market Awareness
Aug 19, 2014
Marketing
When the BigCo Competes
Aug 6, 2014
Marketing
Business Cards
Aug 1, 2014
Engineering
Transition Plan to Move ArrayFire to Open Source
Jul 31, 2014
Engineering
The Decision To Open Source ArrayFire
Jul 30, 2014
Marketing
Network Effects of Open Source Software
Jul 23, 2014
Marketing
Sell To The Person People Wish They Were
Jul 13, 2014
Ideas
When Customer Discovery Breaks Down
Jul 12, 2014
Ideas
Costs of Customer Discovery
Jun 27, 2014
Marketing
How To Contact Your Prospect List
Jun 25, 2014
Marketing
Do you use the Hello Bar?
Jun 21, 2014
Marketing
Pizzazz
Jun 20, 2014
Marketing
Raw Lead Digging
Jun 19, 2014
Marketing
Landing a Customer Discovery Interview – A Script
Jun 15, 2014
Acquisition
Inane Market Sizing
Jun 11, 2014
Marketing
Thoughts on Logo Design
Jun 10, 2014
Marketing
List Building
Jun 9, 2014
Marketing
Marketing Voice and Copy
Jun 8, 2014
Marketing
Absorbing Ideas from Everyone You Meet
May 28, 2014
Marketing
Takeaways from Mary Meeker’s 2014 Update
May 27, 2014
Leadership
Being Genuine
May 23, 2014
Marketing
More Thoughts On Domain Names
May 22, 2014
Engineering
Finding & Poaching Our First Employee
May 19, 2014
Marketing
Timing Marketing Communications
May 12, 2014
Marketing
How Important is Owning the .com Domain?
May 6, 2014
Marketing
Creating a 90 Second Explainer Video
May 5, 2014
Leadership
ArrayFire Rebranding Mission Accomplished
Apr 19, 2014
Ideas
What Do You Do With Your Startup Idea?
Apr 14, 2014
Ideas
A Personal Entrepreneurial Thesis
Apr 12, 2014
Marketing
When to Send Email Blasts and Press Releases
Mar 28, 2014
Marketing
Examples of Companies Successful at Monetizing Open Source
Mar 27, 2014
Engineering
The ArrayFire Users Group
Mar 26, 2014
Marketing
A Winning Strategy for BigCo/Startup Partnerships
Mar 25, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Open Source Projects
Mar 24, 2014
Events
Making the Most of a Tradeshow, #GTC14
Mar 23, 2014
Engineering
Sales Guys Can Build Websites
Mar 18, 2014
Leadership
Reader Feedback on Two Recent Posts
Mar 17, 2014
Leadership
Hand-written Letters
Mar 14, 2014
Marketing
Refreshment in Re-branding
Mar 11, 2014
Marketing
Startup Taglines & Our Re-Branding
Mar 6, 2014
Marketing
You’ve Got To Lose Some Sales
Mar 5, 2014
Leadership
Presenting To A Small Group
Mar 2, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Pivoting and MVPs
Mar 1, 2014
Marketing
Engaging the Globe
Feb 28, 2014
Marketing
Startup Hustle
Feb 26, 2014
Marketing
Slow Persistence
Feb 23, 2014
Engineering
Secrets of Marketing in Technical Computing
Feb 19, 2014
Events
Elements of a Great Pitch
Feb 16, 2014
Marketing
If I Only Capture a Few Percent of the Market, I’ll Be Rich!
Feb 7, 2014
Marketing
Email Formats for Marketers
Feb 6, 2014
Engineering
Is Your Product 10X Better?
Feb 2, 2014
Leadership
Tips to Making a Great Presentation
Jan 20, 2014
Marketing
Selling Snake Oil and Genome Sequencing
2013
Dec 2, 2013
Education
As Speed Gains Taper, CPUs Look To Do More
Nov 22, 2013
Marketing
Causing More Harm than Good in Email Marketing
Nov 21, 2013
Events
Our Tradeshow Experience
Nov 20, 2013
Events
User Engagement in the NVIDIA Exhibit
Nov 19, 2013
Events
A Great Story of Scrappy Tradeshow Resourcefulness
Nov 18, 2013
Engineering
Two Kinds of Exhibits to Watch at Tradeshows
Nov 16, 2013
Events
Dear HPC Market, Stop the Ugly Slidedecks
Nov 13, 2013
Education
Partner Conferences and APU 2013
Nov 10, 2013
Engineering
Dealing with Platform Risk
Nov 7, 2013
Ideas
Dependence on Luck Varies with the Type of Startup
Nov 5, 2013
Events
The Value of Tradeshows
Oct 25, 2013
Education
Using the Full Specturm for Ratings or Grades
Oct 23, 2013
Education
Building Technology Barriers to Entry are Tricky
Oct 22, 2013
Events
A Sampling of Market Data from Venture Atlanta
Oct 14, 2013
Engineering
“I’m Not Technical” is Uncool
Sep 27, 2013
Marketing
Ideal Customer Profile
Sep 26, 2013
Leadership
Defending Turf
Sep 24, 2013
Marketing
Simplification of Design
Sep 23, 2013
Marketing
Inviting Spam with Open Arms
Sep 19, 2013
Marketing
Competitive Positioning
Sep 15, 2013
Marketing
The Mixed Bag of Feedback on Rebranding
Sep 14, 2013
Marketing
Feedback Welcome on Rebranding AccelerEyes
Sep 13, 2013
Marketing
Product Names and Logos
Aug 31, 2013
Marketing
Marketing Companies in Atlanta
Aug 30, 2013
Ideas
Startups Serving Startups
Aug 26, 2013
Marketing
The Startup Cheat Sheet
Aug 18, 2013
Education
The Steve Jobs Movie
Aug 15, 2013
Education
Disruptive Innovation in Technical Computing
Aug 14, 2013
Education
Disruptive Innovation
Jul 30, 2013
Education
Survivorship Bias
Jul 20, 2013
Events
Notes from B2BCamp
Jul 17, 2013
Education
Fostering Creativity
Jul 11, 2013
Leadership
Helping Prospects Recognize Value Proposition
Jun 19, 2013
Marketing
An Email Boo Boo and Undo Send
Jun 15, 2013
Events
Laggards at Lunch
Jun 12, 2013
Education
Book Review: Never Eat Alone
Jun 11, 2013
Marketing
Webinar Hosting
Jun 5, 2013
Marketing
Right-Sizing Market Focus
Jun 4, 2013
Marketing
Lead Gen and Sales Tools
May 25, 2013
Marketing
The Exciting Competition of Mobile Chipsets
May 24, 2013
Marketing
Give and Take of Website Data Collection
May 11, 2013
Marketing
Bait-and-Switch Video Production Sales Story
Apr 26, 2013
Education
Market Caps of Public Companies in Technical Computing
Apr 21, 2013
Events
Conference Crashing
Apr 16, 2013
Marketing
Two Examples of Tangible Value from Social Media
Apr 15, 2013
Engineering
User Experience
Apr 8, 2013
Marketing
Knowledge Leadership and Working with the Press
Mar 28, 2013
Marketing
Product Launches and Bootstrapped Companies
Mar 23, 2013
Marketing
Blogging while Traveling
Mar 18, 2013
Events
Connect with Pain, Not with Overviews
Mar 13, 2013
Marketing
Startups that Ride a Platform Advantage
Mar 12, 2013
Marketing
Video Marketing Lessons from Kevin Daum
Mar 5, 2013
Marketing
How to Go-to-Market before Releasing a Product
Feb 28, 2013
Marketing
The Enormity of Early Adopters
Feb 2, 2013
Engineering
How We Built our Website
Jan 30, 2013
Marketing
Marketing Artists vs Marketing Scientists [Domino Idea]
Jan 26, 2013
Leadership
Story-Telling as a Vital Skill
Jan 22, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Self-Starting
Jan 21, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Clear
Jan 10, 2013
Marketing
Trade Show Story from the Early Days
Jan 5, 2013
Marketing
Twitter for Lead Generation and Market Awareness
Jan 4, 2013
Marketing
Google Alerts for Monitoring Markets
Jan 3, 2013
Marketing
Google Reader for Discovering Articles
Jan 2, 2013
Marketing
Instapaper for Processing Articles