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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

While I would like to say there was a very expensive marketing and PR campaign for our company that really was not the case. That was the biggest caveat I considered when searching for a name. 12- Symbolise bridge between marketing & PR. Our PR guy noted that it needed to be a word that’s forceful, not timid.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Take search-oriented creative agency Rise at Seven. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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What do investors REALLY want?

Up and Running

They’re the PR and the security. A simple online search should reveal your investors interests as well as the portfolio of companies that he/she has invested in. In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. Investors are just as the title suggests – investors. They’re the step ladder. You and Your Team. “It

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

I have been a Dell customer since 2004. The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. PR firms are also on the lookout for their clients and troll the Internet. I enjoy a wonderful relationship with Dell’s PR firm. How did this come to be?

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

You come there, there’s nothing but a search bar. The search engines have done a wonderful job of really serving that up. Any eCommerce site owner will tell you that anyone that comes to their site, they’re much more likely to convert if they use the search box. John: PR wants some event calendar.

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