Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

You can make all the grand plans you like about delivering an entertaining, inspiring, simple, surprising or mission filled marketing strategy, but you won’t make it happen unless it comes from within – at the hands of fun, inspired, motivated, surprised and connected employees.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

In my entrepreneurship journey, I’ve made incredible retail partners from many countries, and eventually landed my own show on HSN for 19 years. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. I don't think I'm cut out to being an employee. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13- Photo Credit: Andrea Siy.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

John Marshall began his enterprise-grade mobile device management company, AirWatch , in 2003 as a wireless hotspot management company before providing device management for old-school mobile devices. Marshall and his partner, Alan Dabbiere, then had an opportunity to take the business to the next level after a chance meeting with Apple.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. In early days, the network effect of employees, advisors, investors is key to gaining market traction and scale:

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Brent Robinson is the Chief Thought Officer and Founding Partner of Modthink, a strategy firm where we focus on your people, culture and systems to impact operational efficiency, change management, transparency, and meaningful human relationships with customers through social networking. Backed by a B.A. Backed by a B.A.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Second Life has been around since 2003, has over 30m registered users of which about 500k are active monthly. In the world of HR the hope is that gaming will help keep employees engaged and provide new analytical tools. This is not new either.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars. For example, Twelve has partnered with Daimler and can recreate ingredients needed to make car parts. Starbucks puts its employees first in a number of ways.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Our business is located in House District 44 (Mike May), and Senate District 30 (Ted Harvey) and most of our ~15 employees live in these same or surrounding Districts in the South Denver area. I live in House District 47 (Spencer Swalm) and Senate District 27 (Nancy Spence). Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5,

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. Eventually, my mother grew weary of the amount of travel she was doing for her work, although still in love with the content and impact of her work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. Founded by legendary advertiser Leo Burnett in 1935, the company now has 85 offices in 69 countries and more than 9,000 employees. Headquarters: London.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. Eventually, my mother grew weary of the amount of travel she was doing for her work, although still in love with the content and impact of her work.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2012

Because so many project team members enjoy a fair amount of autonomy in their individual tasks, the researchers believe such employees are more open to hearing what their superiors and organizers have to say. Small groups might help kids retain math lessons. The most effective teams have worked together before. Surprise, surprise, right?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. If you’ve done it for a long time then I usually advise hiring managers to hire you as contractors and not full-time employees. Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In June of last year it raised $35 million from Millicom International Cellular , following Serie A funding of $26 million earlier that year from Summit Partners. “We We started with three employees building up an e-commerce platform in Nigeria.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. By way of context: It took me 28 years (from summer fo 1975 til December of 2003) and at least four close encounters to see what seems to me so obvious after the fact.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I was driven by my desire for freedom and that’s what I got; along with an amazing opportunity to help transform my employees’ and my client’s lives through homeownership and real estate. When I met my co-founder and partner, we inspired each other to take a chance and start our own business. Thanks to Nancy D.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2011

Both employees and customers benefit from a business where play and laughter are as treasured as profit and process. A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2011

Present.ly – A private microblogging tool that has great applications for businesses wanting to share a stream of information with employees and customer groups. Swiffy – A Google Labs project that makes it very easy to upload your flash movies and convert them to a format that will play on the iPhone and iPad.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). 4 Matt Doar on 09.29.09

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Pamela Slim Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. 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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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. She is the founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists , a company she started back in 2003 and has seen double digit growth every year since it’s inception. Back to Podcast. Transcript. Jill, thanks for joining me.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Sheila Johnson at Prendismo Collection , Dec. This article was first posted on Online Universities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 26, 2011

And please, let’s recapture our basic manners and stop being so hard on one another.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By prioritizing direct interaction with customers, fostering a culture of innovation, viewing setbacks as learning opportunities, investing in employee development, and upholding integrity and ethical conduct, businesses can navigate the challenges of growth and achieve sustainable success. Partner feedback is so important.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

6. Not Leveraging Employees. Your employees are your content assets. Find the 10% of employees that are content creators and nurture that. Stop thinking from a campaign mentality. Content for your customers is a promise. Execute a content marketing editorial calendar.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. In order for Frisco to achieve its full vision to be a destination city for VC’s, we have to be part of a larger, statewide network to support our partners and entrepreneur support organizations to help advance our collective and common goals.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Pamela Slim Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan. He can be found blogging at his main blog Planning Startups Stories.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

You imagine yourself winning the employee of the year award; your colleagues will leave the best parking spot open for you just out of sheer gratitude for all you’ve done for the business! You’re elated and energized; your boss is thrilled! This is really going to drive people to your door!

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

My partners at Greylock and I have invested in a number of young founding CEOs who match this pattern and are doing a fantastic job leading their companies through hypergrowth, such as Brian Chesky of AirBnB and Drew Houston of Dropbox. James Slavet, a partner at Greylock, introduced me to Jeff Weiner. What am I world-class at?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. Reid Hoffman.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Things Change In 1956 Hewlett Packard (HP) was a 17-year old company with $20 million in test equipment sales with 900 employees. Hewlett’s partner Dave Packard wanted to get into the computer business.) (I’ll show you the memo in a second. But first some background.) It was still a year away from its IPO.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

At what point did you feel like you outgrew your ability, you and your partners, I guess in this case, ability to actually run that company? Over that eight year, eight years of time, actually some of the partners come and went. Matt Watson: It is a hard skill to learn and I love our employees dearly, but managing employees is hard.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

I’ve never liked being hemmed in, particularly by outdated systems or models or by projects that drain energy from employees rather than filling them up. #5- I can think outside the box. Photo Credit: Teresa Funke. So running my own business means I can try new ways of doing things. Owning your own business allows you to do that!

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here, the “public” includes your customers, prospects, your employees, vendors, and others who connect in any way with your brand. Remember that you should evaluate both internal (your employees) and external (everyone else) perceptions of your brand. New employees. This isn’t an issue you can afford to ignore.

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