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Scott Beechuk
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Dec 8, 2021

Want Warm Intros to your Prospects? Read On.

Do you remember in 1999 when everyone was freaked out about the turn of the century? Some folks thought that the Y2K date change would crash computer systems worldwide. Others were all about the whole “end of days” apocalypse thing associated with the year 2000. …

LinkedIn

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Want Warm Intros to your Prospects? Read On.
Want Warm Intros to your Prospects? Read On.
LinkedIn

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Feb 9, 2021

Into the Blue Again — The Next Wave of E-commerce

“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads is a work of genius. I’m not the kind of person that often ruminates on the choices that have gotten me to where I am today, but this song always puts me in an introspective mood. While I will use any excuse no…

Ecommerce

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Into the Blue Again — The Next Wave of E-commerce
Into the Blue Again — The Next Wave of E-commerce
Ecommerce

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Sep 10, 2020

Machines, AI, and the Future of Customer Service — Replicant and our Series A Investment

I realized something recently when I was picking my friend’s brain about writing this particular post. I shared what I thought was a compelling outline for the basis of the piece, hitting upon the rationale for why I led the Series A investment in Replicant, a company that has developed…

AI

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Machines, AI, and the Future of Customer Service — Replicant and our Series A Investment
Machines, AI, and the Future of Customer Service — Replicant and our Series A Investment
AI

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Aug 4, 2020

Don’t Read If you Have Enough Leads — Our Investment in Qualified

I love investing in great entrepreneurs and products, and Qualified checks both boxes. I have known the founders, Kraig Swensrud and Sean Whiteley, for a decade, working together during some of the highest growth years at Salesforce. Having built multiple companies in the CRM, Marketing and VoC spaces, the founders…

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Don’t Read If you Have Enough Leads — Our Investment in Qualified
Don’t Read If you Have Enough Leads — Our Investment in Qualified

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Jul 29, 2019

They Named the Company MindTickle (Here’s why it’s Great)

Picture this: it’s 1996. I’m at my first job since graduating with an E.E. degree from the University of Michigan. My hair is bleached (be honest, didn’t we all want to be Crash Override or Acid Burn after Hackers came out?) …

Sales Enablement

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They Named the Company MindTickle (Here’s why it’s Great)
They Named the Company MindTickle (Here’s why it’s Great)
Sales Enablement

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Dec 11, 2018

Hey Pre-Launch SaaS Startup, You Have a Leaky Bucket Problem

If you’re reading this post and you’re not my mom, chances are you know what SaaS stands for. There once was a time in the not-so-distant past when software only came in one form: boxed. It was something you could hold, feel the weight of, throw away the physical instructions…

SaaS

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Hey Pre-Launch SaaS Startup, You Have a Leaky Bucket Problem
Hey Pre-Launch SaaS Startup, You Have a Leaky Bucket Problem
SaaS

6 min read


Nov 10, 2017

What’s Culture Got to Do With It? (Or, Why I Invested in Leanplum)

So, this just happened: https://www.leanplum.com/blog/series-d-funding-annoucement/ As a fresh-off-the-operating-boat investor, friends and colleagues frequently ask me: what qualities do I look for in companies I wish to invest? The answer you may already know is that at Norwest we have a pretty rigorous process to determine the viability of a company…

Startup

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What’s Culture Got to Do With It? (Or, Why I Invested in Leanplum)
What’s Culture Got to Do With It? (Or, Why I Invested in Leanplum)
Startup

3 min read


Oct 4, 2017

Bluecore: Inbox HERO for consumers, marketing genius for retailers

They say there are two types of people in this world — those with inbox zero and those with 15,968 unread messages. I tend to be of the former, with a pretty solid spam filter to augment my email maintenance routine. …

Marketing

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Marketing

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Scott Beechuk

Scott Beechuk

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Investment partner @NorwestVP, product exec, entrepreneur, musician

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