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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Podcasts, though, don’t cost a dime. Tuning into a business advice podcast is going to cost you absolutely nothing, while still opening yourself to that valuable insight.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. This simply means you need to be sensitive to costs, revenue projections, and a timeline, such that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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How to Say Thank You :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

We ended up putting in our equipment at no cost, and two days later the smell was gone. It’s not sexy, nor is it costly (in hard costs, but the time she puts into it is certainly of high value), but the specificity and clarity with which she writes is something I deeply appreciate. All rights reserved.

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Customer Data Platforms: The Next Big Shift in SaaS Marketing Stacks?

ConversionXL

After that, the adoption of the cloud as a more scalable and cost-effective approach allowed small/medium business to build CRMs around very specific market needs and establish dominance in new vertical segments. It was 2003. This happens in advertising all the time. The Salesforce era was only at the beginning. Image Source.

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. This simply means you need to be sensitive to costs, revenue projections, and a timeline, such that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. This simply means you need to be sensitive to costs, revenue projections, and a timeline, such that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising.

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8 Entrepreneur Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

Hiring inappropriate council constituted a $15k mistake because the incorrect company was formed–costing us time and $15k. From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. If I could go back and do one thing again, it would be to find appropriate counsel.