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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. Revenue Metrics. I like to think of revenue drivers. That’s not acceptable.

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20 Networking Tips from a PR Expert [+ GIVEAWAY]

Up and Running

Below is an adapted excerpt from “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed” by Jennefer Witter. I didn’t start actively networking until I started my business in 2003. Turns out her company was looking for a PR company. The Little Book of Big PR Giveaway. I have a secret.

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

Software By Rob

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm. This acquisition is a long story, but if you have a few minutes let me tell you the best parts.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

In the startup journey if you have success in your early product launches, fund raising and PR you’re likely to get “inbound interest” from likely acquirers. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Sure, our revenue is growing, but is that enough to raise an internal round?

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Playing with Glass – Changing (and Saving) Lives (Part 2)

Up and Running

Catch up on Part 1 of his “Playing with Glass” series, this is Part 2… It was 2003, 10 years ago, but I remember meeting Larry Page like it was yesterday. As for Google a decade later, after an IPO and billions upon billions in ad revenue later Google is one of the largest companies in the world. He said this.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our model combined fair pricing and advocacy and direct development projects in each of the communities we bought from that would be managed by the communities themselves, thereby creating managerial capacity among the farmers and self-respect. I train and certify Holistic Coaches and help them develop their professional coaching careers.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

I’ll discuss what skills you’ll need, how to write your requirements, how to source developers and designers, how much to budget, how to agree a development contract, how to manage your vendors, how to plan your release, all the documentation youll need, and much more. Award contract - Negotiate a software development contract.