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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Is It Too Late To Start A Podcast?

Duct Tape Marketing

Podcasts are and will continue to be an amazing marketing tool that gives you a way to build a community and gives you a platform to advertise your products and services. I actually started mine in, in 2005. The market may be more crowded than it once was, but people are still listening to podcasts at a growing rate. It could be, yes.

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Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link]. Advertising Isn’t Dead – The Creative Process Is – [link]. Advertising Firms Need To Be Downsized Before They Become Too Dumb For Their Own Good – [link]. SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models – [link].

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

The hardware trend showed that internet connection speeds were increasing, and by 2005, the speed of the connection would be sufficient that we could reasonably stream video in real time without resorting to heroic amounts of video compression or miracles in internet protocols. Nine years later, in February 2005, YouTube arrived.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). lead gen) and advertising revenue from both of these companies. AdSense and other Google advertising accounted for 7.7%

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How to Say Thank You :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

We ended up putting in our equipment at no cost, and two days later the smell was gone. It’s not sexy, nor is it costly (in hard costs, but the time she puts into it is certainly of high value), but the specificity and clarity with which she writes is something I deeply appreciate. All rights reserved.

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Why Your Company Should Be Investing in Podcast Advertising

crowdSPRING Blog

” The term stuck, and in 2005, “podcast” was the New Oxford English Dictionary’s “word of the year.” Of course it was going to pique the interest of advertisers, who have quickly seen strong results from their initial efforts beyond the “offer code” standard rolls.