In 2003, a remastered version of the 1973 album sold 800,000 copies. The band sacrificed a short-term PR boost, but in the long run, it proved a bold and artistically appropriate choice. Start-ups are often faced with similar PR opportunities, which offer short-term rewards but may hamstring the venture in the long term. MORE >>

By 2003, Blogger had one million users and Google bought Pyra (the first Google acquisition). They get 100,000 subscribers in the first 3 months by launching a PR campaign, talking to journalists, doing an east coast and west coast press tour, etc. Pyra Labs (A.K.A. The founders then decide to focus on Blogger full-time. Whiteboards. MORE >>

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. Photo by psiaki. My Background. exit big! Closing. MORE >>

Hower explained in a November interview that in 2003 Hoffman saw-- correctly it turned out -- that social networks would be important for business. And as your venture grows, odds are good that you'll need help with different things in broad categories like strategy, finance, people and product. ” 2. Mentors can help. stores. MORE >>

When I joined Atlas in 2003 we had way too much geographic and sector complexity. We had legal, PR and recruitment services at our main locations. 'I joined Atlas Venture 9 years ago. At the time we had 5 offices, 22 partners, 7 board rooms, a team of over 60, over two billion in assets managed. Today: one office, 7 partners. MORE >>