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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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The Top 10 Duct Tape Marketing Podcast Episodes for 2020

Duct Tape Marketing

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. Michael Margolis is the CEO and founder of Storied. Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of Hint Water, a flavored water brand founded in 2005. Biggest takeaway: Today everybody has a megaphone. Hall, Ph.D.,

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Geoffrey Arone , the founder of FLock, who is now an Entrepreneur-In-Residence in our Menlo Park office, mentioned this company to me and I thought it was worth writting a post about it. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transform.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I had kept a personal blog for more than a year and was new at keeping a professional blog.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. ); // Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 2 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business.

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