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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

“Founder trouble” is a leading cause of startup death (though data also show that companies with only one founder are more likely to fail , so the conclusion is just that startups are just always likely to fail!). A marketing campaign that adds two sign-ups/week is a success. A team of one is brittle, but fast.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I made every textbook mistake at my first startup, which is why I believe I was much more effective at my second one. The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans.

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Product Launches: 5 Unexpected Lessons from the Real World

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For product launches, long-term success relies on cornerstones of marketing research and execution, like a strong value proposition and full-funnel campaign. The key to product launches is to create a resilient campaign—one that can survive the nonlinear journey. A famous 1913 campaign by R.J. That rarely happens.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up with Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

2- Personal inspiration Photo Credit: Terina Nicole I launched my business 23 years ago in the year 2000. As I've seen many times since starting this business, the simple solution is often the best, and the name became Direct Edge Campaigns. Thanks to Gregory Gleaves, Direct Edge Campaigns ! #29- We wanted to say no to Tingo!

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. If deals drift people start whisper campaigns. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice (although this also applies tightly with Raising Venture Capital ).

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Twitter Link Roundup #52 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship , small business , leadership, social media , marketing, and more! 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) – [link]. 2000 Absolutely Free Textures – [link].