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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

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My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). If you don’t address it they’re minds are shaped by competitor PR. Don’t underestimate the impact of good PR on your competitors. Having a conversation. We were hot.

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Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. 13% of all adult leisure conversation is swearing – [link]. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Inspiration: 50+ Vector-Based Book Covers – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #34 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. 13% of all adult leisure conversation is swearing – [link]. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Inspiration: 50+ Vector-Based Book Covers – [link].

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Image source ). Survey design. But you can do better than slightly editing the copy your lawyers would write.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

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Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right?

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Twitter Link Roundup #162 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Lots of great insight in this Hacker News Conversation about MVPs and getting started - [link]. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up - [link]. Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link].

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

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This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. Every conversation about fund raising should start with what your current operational needs are and the stage of your business. They get the PR bump. How long is the window open?