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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. 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. It’s human nature.

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The 22 Best Blogs to Help Grow Your Business (That You May Not Be Reading)

Up and Running

He recently wrote an in depth, multi-part blog series on the impact of working with remote employees and no managers. Fred Wilson is a widely known blogger and Venture Capitalist who’s been publishing posts daily since 2003. Sweet Process . AVC’s MBA Mondays | Fred Wilson. a16z | Andreessen Horowitz.

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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. An employee walks up to me and says, “Mark, I’m thinking about buying a house. I’d like to give you a few examples that are more nuanced: 1.

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

Software By Rob

The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm. It had ancient hard drives, an installation of Windows Server 2003 that hadn’t been refreshed for 5 or 6 years, and two SQL Server databases that had not been re-indexed (or had any visible maintenance) for 3 years. I also put in quite a bit of coding time myself.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

We wanted to find a name that had meaning and that would keep every employee focused on what we are all about. When I actually started my PR firm in 2001, I had the name and the LLC already, so that’s what I went with, and in 2009 we rebranded to simply be The Eisen Agency. 10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music.

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

Then identify the questions that you need to ask potential employees. Managers and employees encounter false expertise in three ways: Promotions. invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a classic example.) PR professionals and marketers have recognized the potential value of that proxy and shoved their leaders into the spotlight.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

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. The beauty of working in PR is that you get to learn how other companies and industries operate. 12 – It was Just Time.