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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. As a startup this is often the one true source of strong leverage in a negotiation to: Get a better price, get a longer-term commitment, get PR commitments and so forth. ” Here’s what I mean.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. My favorite line about using blogging for PR I heard from Brian Solis who said, “PR doesn’t stand for press release, it stands for public relations.&# When you think about your blog, think about which members of the public you most need relations with.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble. That’s not true. This market will be the same.

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Taxes Are Good, Actually

YoungUpstarts

Our firefighters cannot buy their own fire engines, nor our military their own munitions, arms, medical supplies, or transportation. Freedom, the old adage goes, isn’t free; neither is anything else. Our roads cannot build themselves. Our teachers cannot pay themselves. All of these things come out of the public fund, for the public good.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

It was late 2006 and I was serving old media as a national editor at an entertainment industry trade publication, plus freelancing for an alt-weekly and writing a book. PR and Prose. Thanks to Lauren Gilmore, PR and Prose ! #9- I could do what I was doing online with my own publication, so I started Greer’s OC in July 2006.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

This represents an outstanding 2,298% growth vs. 2006 (this type of growth seems big but you get used to it when reading business plans is you day job). " Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. ► 2006. (7).