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Founder of , husband to , feminist, author of "Lost & Founder". Formerly . I tweet ~40X/wk on marketing, tech, & startups.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 4

    My new book: Lost and Founder exists to bring transparency to topics the startup world seems scared to tackle: - Depression - Layoffs - Failure - Why growth hacks fall flat - Why pivoting sucks - Why MVPs fail - How much $$ founders+employees actually make

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  2. 8 hours ago

    This is a really compelling idea. I like having rough, long term guesses, but calling them "guesses" sets everyone up for reacting intelligently to new information vs being trapped by "plans." h/t (from +)

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Happy birthday to the love of my life. Flying home to take you out to dinner ❤️❤️❤️

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Sadly, I think is moving in a more "serious,"/"enterprise" direction, so they're not using the amazing thumbnail I made for this week's WB Friday . I bought this costume specifically for it. You'll just have to imagine :-)

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  5. 20 hours ago

    PPC/SEM folks in Puget Sound -- -- Expedia's hiring an SEM manager; have heard good things about this team, & if you're looking for a powerful player in a challenging field, this is it.

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  6. 21 hours ago

    So say we all.

    Pinterest is the worst thing that ever happened to Google Image Search. I want to read the original article, not sift through some rando's pin board to find the link.
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    23 hours ago

    Poll: Thinking of starting a free SEO newsletter because I'd like to share+discuss more great content out there (beyond Zyppy). What do you think?

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    Sep 3

    Fortnite is impressive, but it’s absolutely dwarfed by the world’s largest video game, LinkedIn, played exclusively by 40-50 year old white guys who compete by sending random connection requests in a quest to build the furthest-reaching “professional network.”

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    Sep 6

    Startup storytelling should not only make your audience evoke emotion, but you too should be emotionally passionate. Thanks for taking a stand on entrepreneurs taking control of their life and business opportunities. is building something special!

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  10. Sep 6

    My presentation from on the things that would have made me (and will, hopefully, make you) a better entrepreneur:

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    Sep 6

    Here's something from you don't always see companies do - respecting your privacy. By default, the toggles for receiving e-mails / updates are turned off. If you want to receive any communications, you have to opt-in for it. Neat one, .

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    Sep 5

    Interesting Data: Correlation isn't causation, but Shopify/Wordpress sites receive FAR more Google traffic per domain than Wix/Weebly: Which CMS platform performs best on Google? – A study of 1-million websites

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    Sep 5

    Determine the True Influence of a Twitter Account via

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  14. Sep 5

    Joined & 's podcast: The Law of Startups to chat about the structural and legal innovations that startups can consider (& a little bit about regulations, crypto, societal goods+bads, too)

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  15. Sep 5

    Love this piece from . The discipline, self-awareness, & courage required as a public company founder to reject growth at all costs is no small thing.

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  16. Sep 5

    Another feature of Trending I love is seeing the marketing world's reaction to the news, e.g. Google's proposals to kill the URL:

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  17. Sep 5

    ❤️❤️❤️

    Had a blast guesting in on 's DnD game with and . I played Gha'zeet, a panther-like creature who has the most fun (and questionable) ideals 😛🎲🐆
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  18. Sep 5

    😂

    I know no-one would read it, so this is an exercise entirely for my own benefit, but when this is all said and done, I'd love to write the opposite of 's book that just glosses over all the hard parts and makes it all sound easy / like I had my shit together all along
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    Sep 5

    I'm not going to go into details, but for those who have been following my latest experiment which sparked much controversy in the security world, I have on final update. Google has issued a pure spam penalty which is now visible in the new Search Console.

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    Sep 5

    New — 10 Elements of Power Category Pages That Rank + Convert The techniques to turn invisible category pages into valuable SEO assets. Please share!

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  21. Sep 5

    Counterpoint to the earlier Wix thread:

    NEW REASON ADDED not to use for your website: OLD REASONS 1) It's a terrible platform 2) you can't SEO polish a turd NEW REASON 3) they pander to Fascist wannabes?
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