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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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The bonus of naming the company Redhead Marketing & PR is that when I am meeting a potential client for the first time in a coffee shop or wherever, they are always able to spot me because of my company name and hair color. Thanks to Hilary Reiter, Redhead Marketing & PR. #5 I named my company RED PR for several reasons.

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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. echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change. Managers can defy old mind-sets and creatively search for superior solutions. Image source ). Email habits change.

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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. Take search-oriented creative agency Rise at Seven. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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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 SEO For Facebook Graph Search? Facebook Has Some Tips | Search Engine Land - [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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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. Lessons Learned.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. How To Calculate Whether A Freelance Web Application Programmer Is Asking For Too Much Step 1: Use the Indeed.com Salary Tool to Search for Their Job Title By Salary Level. If you sum up these costs and divide them by 2000 Hours then you are looking at $1.15