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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

If you haven’t followed this blog in the past, I’m a guy who launched several web startup/product ideas, acquired several more, had many failures and enough successes that I was able to shut down my consulting firm back in 2008. The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm. So I scrambled.

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Thursday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

David Meerman Scott David is the author of 7 books, Real-Time Marketing & PR , is his newest addition to the collection. His blog – Web Ink Now – is ranked by AdAge Power 150 as a top worldwide marketing blog.

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How Do I Get More Leads in the Top of the Funnel 1 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

David Meerman Scott David is the author of 7 books, Real-Time Marketing & PR , is his newest addition to the collection. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). In 2008, Lara founded Kidcreate Studio out of a need to provide children with more art education-something that Lara discovered was lacking in the public education sector after realizing her son was receiving less than one hour of art at school per week.

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Help Me Celebrate National Small Business Week

Duct Tape Marketing

Twenty five guest post in all with five per day all around the topics listed below: Monday May 16 – What is a Marketing Strategy and How Do I Get One?

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. So make sure you have a solid PR strategy. Understanding PR & Crisis Management. How to Work with PR Firms. Make sure good PR is underpinning your fund raising efforts.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal." This is her core market. But she needs to drop her tendency to "expand." Now is not the time to expand.