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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Turner, Solomon Turner PR ! #4- When entering a Target store you can expect to see a clean store, with clear site lines, and in style fashions and products. His new products don’t come out thick and fast, but when they do they are market-leading and voted best in class. Photo Credit: Mike Charles.

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Twitter Link Roundup #205 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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It compares a 2013 smart phone (an iPhone) to what you had to carry just 10 years earlier (in 2003) to have some of the same tools (camera, video, music, etc.). The image above puts into perspective how much power we have in our pockets with a smart phone.

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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). I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features.

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PR Founder Provides Social Media Advice for Companies Looking to Grow Brand

Hearpreneur

We had the opportunity to speak with Melissa Sin of anthonyBarnum Public Relations about how she started her business, her approach to PR and social media strategy. I started in New York at large, elite national PR firms. Oreos, M&Ms, Mr. Clean – all these products are represented by witty social media masters.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The end of Google’s experiment with Wave as a standalone product – [link]. The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives (And How to Identify Them!) – [link]. “We create as much information in 2 days now as we did from the dawn of man through 2003″ – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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Telling Your Brand Story Through Packaging Design: These 3 Businesses Are Doing It Right

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If you sell products, invest in good packaging design (the packaging for your product) and package graphics (the graphics/content on the product packaging) to help your company succeed. Product packaging accomplishes this by helping tell your brand story in an expanded format. But, that’s not all.

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

Software By Rob

If you haven’t followed this blog in the past, I’m a guy who launched several web startup/product ideas, acquired several more, had many failures and enough successes that I was able to shut down my consulting firm back in 2008. The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm. My Background.