Startup Best Practice - when/why to build Marketing team?

During the early stage, you, as the founder, focus on building a technical team to deliver early product. Marketing is always an after thought.
But when is a good time to start hiring your Marketing and Business Development staff?
RSVP: http://ertbestpractice.eventbrite.com/
P.S. this event is in San Francisco.

Akram (Soovox), Jude (HeyZap) and Brian (Kidlandia) will share their stories and... [read more]

During the early stage, you, as the founder, focus on building a technical team to deliver early product. Marketing is always an after thought.
But when is a good time to start hiring your Marketing and Business Development staff?
RSVP: http://ertbestpractice.eventbrite.com/
P.S. this event is in San Francisco.

Akram (Soovox), Jude (HeyZap) and Brian (Kidlandia) will share their stories and experiences that lead them to succeed from early stage to Series A. They will touch also on when is a good time to build the marketing team and why it is important at what stage.

6:00 - 7:00pm, refreshment, networking
7:00 - 8:30, Akram, Jude and Brian will share their stories and best practices
8:30 - 9:00, You are the star! Tell us about yourself!
9:00 - 9:30 more shmoozing

::Akram Benmbarek, CEO of Soovox - help Brands Connect With Online Influencers. Soovox uses a tool/algorithm Social IQ to measure a user's ability to sway others' opinions and actions. Akram's career included serving as VP at various financial institute such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and UBS.

::Jude Gomila, founder/CEO, HeyZap, a monetization and distribution platform for online casual games offering an easy and trustworthy method by which to discover new games that target the individual's specific interests. Born in UK and a graduate from Cambridge, Jude previously founded Sugar Global, a digital photo frame brand, and charity gaming site, Helpthirst.com. He is widely known and respected within the global gaming industry

::Brian Backus, founder/CEO, Kidlandia which lets parents and kids create maps of a fantasy land, where the child is King or Queen of their own eponymous fantasy kingdom. You can insert family members or friends names into the map, so other areas of the land incorporate family members' names.
Brian began his career as an award-winning Producer for Disney Interactive. Kidlandia, a digital playground for families, is his third and favorite company. He holds an MBA and AB from Harvard, and an MFA from USC. He lives in San Francisco and Kidlandia, and has been creating imaginary maps and Kreechurs since he was four years old.

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