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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue!

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. With enough resources, products can always be copied.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Internet and Online Business. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Leadership. Advertising.

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Cause Marketing on Ice

crowdSPRING Blog

Right now, today, appearing in virtually every corner of the the internet you can be find my neighbor’s video along with thousands of others and witness one of the most successful, most impressive viral media campaigns of all time. The guy was raising money for a charity which he may or may not even feel a particular affinity for.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I founded Wings Air Helicopters in 2002, which started out as a flight school with just one training helicopter and has since grown into a premier helicopter company. This was borne out of my personal frustrations in scouring the internet and needing to stitch together my own half-baked solutions. Thanks to Evian Gutman, Padlifter ! #5-

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A Marketer’s Ode to Gawker

crowdSPRING Blog

As Farhad Manjoo put it in the New York Times : Created in 2002 after the dot-com bubble, Gawker was far from the first online news site; it wasn’t the first blog or the first network of blogs, either. The most important innovation Gawker brought to news was its sense that the internet allowed it to do anything.

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26 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

I have been self-employed since 2002. My desk and various spaces in the POSH PR® Studio always have fresh flowers. Thanks to Caroline Kalentzos, POSH PR® ! #13- If I get distracted when I should be writing, I disable my internet access so that I can only write and edit, but nothing else. 1- Regular vacation and self-care.