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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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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. The solution: build a brand.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

Recently, my friend Dave Gardner (president of Gardner & Associates Consulting ) shared his story of how he used social media to reach (and start a working relationship with) a big company (Dell.) I have been a Dell customer since 2004. How did this come to be? Dave Gardner: This is a very interesting story, Rajesh.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

Recently, my friend Dave Gardner (president of Gardner & Associates Consulting ) shared his story of how he used social media to reach (and start a working relationship with) a big company (Dell.) I have been a Dell customer since 2004. How did this come to be? Dave Gardner: This is a very interesting story, Rajesh.

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The Evolution Of The Podcast

Duct Tape Marketing

Todd is the CEO of Blubrry Podcasting – a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. That was the one they started in 2004. So Todd, welcome to the show.

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What do investors REALLY want?

Up and Running

Simply leave a comment below or get in touch on any of our social media accounts – Twitter , Google+ and Facebook. They’re the PR and the security. In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. QUESTION: Should I send out market research surveys prior to approaching an investor? They’re the step ladder.

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Thursday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

David Meerman Scott David is the author of 7 books, Real-Time Marketing & PR , is his newest addition to the collection. Rohit Bhargava Rohit is a founding member of the Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence team , the world’s largest global network of social media strategists. Find out more information about Bob Burg here.