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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” My new head of Public Relations quickly learned that my admin could answer calls from the press. The same was true for PR. I couldn’t care less about those.

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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

Marketing develops a complete marketing communications plan, provides Sales with a full complement of support material, and starts the public relations bandwagon rolling. Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:37 am Said: [.]

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) Reply Amit , on January 22, 2010 at 11:34 am Said: Great article! Reply Knowtu » links for 2009-11-03 , on November 3, 2009 at 5:05 pm Said: [.]

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SuperMac War Story 2: Facts Exist Outside the Building, Opinions.

Steve Blank

Since this was the marketing department, I was going to be planning to spend some advertising and public relations dollars. No one remembered our ads, saw our reviews or had read a positive article about us. What did they think the leaders most important attributes were? What magazines did they read?

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Rocket Science 4: The Press is Our Best Product

Steve Blank

The only difference between us and the Internet bubble that would follow was that we did branding on the cheap by creating our image with public relations, whilethe dot-bomb era was to do it by spending enormous sums on advertising (those large venture rounds had to get spent somewhere.) Hindsight is wonderful. Order Here.

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. PSFK list of most relevant brands of 2010. The Edelman 2010 Trust Barometer – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. Great article on focus – [link]. PSFK list of most relevant brands of 2010. The Edelman 2010 Trust Barometer – [link].